LONDON:
Subsequent month’s MTV Europe Music Awards in Paris have been cancelled, organisers stated on Thursday, citing “the volatility of world occasions” amid the continued Israeli atrocities in Gaza.
The awards ceremony, scheduled to be broadcast stay and at which the likes of Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Dangerous Bunny and the Foo Fighters have been among the many nominees, was resulting from be held on November 5 at Paris Nord Villepinte.
“Given the volatility of world occasions, we now have determined to not transfer ahead with the 2023 MTV EMAs out of an abundance of warning for the 1000’s of workers, crew members, artists, followers, and companions who journey from all corners of the world to convey the present to life,” a spokesperson stated in an announcement.
“The MTV EMAs are an annual celebration of world music. As we watch the devastating occasions in Israel and Gaza proceed to unfold, this doesn’t really feel like a second for a world celebration. With 1000’s of lives already misplaced, it’s a second of mourning. We stay up for internet hosting the MTV EMAs once more in November of 2024.”
The area remained risky within the aftermath of an Israeli air strike at Gaza’s Al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital late on Tuesday, which Palestinian officers stated killed 471 individuals. The Gaza well being ministry stated 3,478 Palestinians have been killed and 12,065 injured in Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave since October 7.
Demonstrations erupted within the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Financial institution, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and elsewhere amid outrage throughout the Center East over the hospital assault. Lebanese safety forces fired tear gasoline and water cannons at protesters throwing projectiles close to the US embassy in Beirut, TV footage confirmed.
The annual MTV Europe Music Awards are held in a distinct metropolis annually. Final 12 months’s occasion was in Duesseldorf in western Germany. Swift had led this 12 months’s nominations with seven nods, together with for Greatest Artist, Greatest Music and Greatest Video for her hit Anti-Hero. Different nominees included Jung Kook, a member of Okay-pop stars BTS, who was additionally resulting from carry out on the occasion. The awards present was final held in Paris in 1995.
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