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17th April 2020
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MTV EMAs nominations announced ahead of star-studded Manchester award show
Daisy Jackson
The nominations for the 2024 MTV EMAs have been announced, ahead of a truly massive awards show right here in Manchester.
The star-studded event will be taking place at the Co-op Live, and it’s the first time the global music celebration has ever been held in our city.
And now that MTV has revealed its list of nominations, we’re starting to get a good idea of what famous faces we might see gracing the streets of Manchester.
Megastar Taylor Swift is leading the nominations for the MTV EMAs for a second year running, with seven nods, with other top contenders including Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX and Ariana Grande.
Now in its 30th year, the MTV EMAs celebrates the biggest and best of the music industry across genres, with categories honouring the best music videos, collaborations, live shows and even fanbases.
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It’s a huge deal for Manchester to be the host city, especially with our very own Liam Gallagher going up agains rock icons like Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Green Day, Kings of Leon, Lenny Kravitz and The Killers in the Best Rock category.
Also leading the nominations, with four each, are Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan, Tyla, LISA and Arya Starr.
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There are 19 first-time nominees too, such as Fred Again, Disclosure, Kehlani, Tinashe, The Last Dinner Party, Fontaines D.C. and Jimin.
And as for the Best Collaboration category, there are huge names like Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars; Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar; LISA and Rosalía; Peso Pluma and Anitta; Charli xcx and Billie Eilish, plus Taylor Swift and Post Malone.
Just stop for one minute and imagine all of those people wandering the streets of Manchester. Wild.
The 2024 MTV EMAs will take place at the Co-op Live in Manchester on Sunday 10 November, and will be broadcast live on MTV UK, Channel 5 and Pluto TV.
Voting is now open HERE for fans to choose their winners from the range of categories announced.
2024 MTV EMAs nominations in full
Best Song
- Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
- Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
- Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
- Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
- Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Best Video
- Ariana Grande – we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
- Charli xcx – 360
- Eminem – Houdini
- Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
- LISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight
Best Artist
- Beyoncé
- Billie Eilish
- Post Malone
- RAYE
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Taylor Swift
Best Collaboration
- Charli xcx & Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish
- Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
- Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
- LISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN
- Peso Pluma, Anitta – BELLAKEO
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight
Best New
- Ayra Starr
- Benson Boone
- Chappell Roan
- LE SSERAFIM
- Teddy Swims
- The Last Dinner Party
- Tyla
Best Pop
- Ariana Grande
- Billie Eilish
- Camila Cabello
- Charli xcx
- Dua Lipa
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Taylor Swift
Best Afrobeats
- Asake
- Ayra Starr
- Burna Boy
- Rema
- Tems
- Tyla
Best Rock
- Bon Jovi
- Coldplay
- Green Day
- Kings of Leon
- Lenny Kravitz
- Liam Gallagher
- The Killers
Best Latin
- Anitta
- Bad Bunny
- KAROL G
- Peso Pluma
- Rauw Alejandro
- Shakira
Best K-Pop
- Jimin
- Jung Kook
- LE SSERAFIM
- LISA
- NewJeans
- Stray Kids
Best Alternative
- Fontaines D.C.
- Hozier
- Imagine Dragons
- Lana Del Rey
- Twenty One Pilots
- YUNGBLUD
Best Electronic
- Calvin Harris
- David Guetta
- Disclosure
- DJ Snake
- Fred Again..
- Swedish House Mafia
Best Hip-Hop
- Central Cee
- Eminem
- Kendrick Lamar
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Nicki Minaj
- Travis Scott
Best R&B
- Kehlani
- SZA
- Tinashe
- Tyla
- USHER
- Victoria Monét
Best Live
- Adele
- Coldplay
- Doja Cat
- RAYE
- Taylor Swift
- Travis Scott
Best Push
- Ayra Starr
- Chappell Roan
- Coco Jones
- Flyana Boss
- Jessie Murph
- Laufey
- LE SSERAFIM
- Mark Ambor
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
- The Warning
- Victoria Monét
Biggest Fans
- Anitta
- Ariana Grande
- Beyoncé
- Billie Eilish
- Chappell Roan
- Charli xcx
- Katy Perry
- LISA
- Nicki Minaj
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Shawn Mendes
- Taylor Swift
MTV EMA 2024 BEST REGIONAL ACT NOMINEES – BEST UK & IRELAND ACT
- Central Cee
- Charli xcx
- Chase & Status
- Dua Lipa
- Hozier
- RAYE
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Rizzle Kicks are back and they’re playing Manchester on their 2025 UK reunion tour
Emily Sergeant
One of the best-loved musical duos of the last decade are back and hitting the road for special reunion tour next year.
And they’ll be coming to visit us in Manchester.
It’s been nearly eight years since Jordan Stephens and Harley Sulé, otherwise known as iconic British duo Rizzle Kicks, released music together and played to audiences of adoring fans nationwide, instead favouring acting and other solo projects in the meantime – but now, the pair is drawing their indefinite hiatus to a close and heading out on a UK tour in 2025.
The duo, which has sold more than one million singles and 600,000 albums in the UK, is set to peform their first headline show in nearly a decade at London’s iconic KOKO in Camden next month, before they hit the road.
The highly sought-after London show sold out in less than a minute, so it’s expected that eager Greater Manchester fans will also quickly snap up tickets to see the duo’s first tour when they go on sale later this week.
Rizzle Kicks will be arriving in Manchester and taking to the beloved O2 Ritz stage in March 2025, as well as headlining other major cities like Birmingham and Brighton.
Rizzle Kicks – UK Tour Dates 2025
- Wednesday 19 March – O2 Ritz, Manchester
- Friday 21 March – O2 Institute, Birmingham
- Saturday 22 March – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
- Friday 16 May – Brighton Dome
The pair returned in style with comeback single ‘Javelin’ being released this past summer, and have now followed on with this continuation of their mature and evolved sound with new track ‘Gumdrops’ – which offers a nuanced discussion about masculinity and lad culture.
Both singles are taken from a forthcoming, as-yet-untitled, project that sees Rizzle Kicks return to the pop music space sober, in love, and equipped with life lessons, self awareness, and a maturity they’ve built on separately, while still retaining their sense of humour and humanity that sets them apart from other artists.
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Rizzle Kicks will perform take to the O2 Ritz stage in Manchester on Wednesday 19 March 2025, and tickets will go on general sale from this Thursday (10 October) at 10am.
Grab tickets when they go live here.
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