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Having broadcast the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles for the past 29 several years, this year, celebrating its 30th anniversary, the ceremony will move from the Staples Center to our beloved Barclays Center.
[Insert celebratory Nets GIF here!]
We did it, you guys. We landed the MTV Video Music Awards. And how exciting it is.
In celebration -- and promotion -- of the move, MTV launched a campaign Monday morning on its Twitter and its Instagram accounts, featuring the VMAs' iconic Moonman trophy making his way from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where last year's ceremony took place, to Barclays Center.
"Presenting the award for best kiss in a music video, please welcome to the stage Mr. Whammy and 2013 NBA All-Star, Brook Lopez."
I'm sold!
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Barclays FTW: MTV VMAs Moving to Brooklyn thewrap.com/tv/article/mtv… #brooklynization
— Callie Schweitzer (@cschweitz) March 25, 2013
(Also: congrats to Callie for being named one of Time Magazine's Top 140 Twitter Feeds of 2013... Tony Allen is also on that list, so you know it's legit!)
- MTV VMAs Moving to Brooklyn - TheWrap TV
- MTV Video Music Awards Show Coming to Brooklyn's Barclays Center - Dave Itzkoff - New York Times
- MTV VMAs Coming To Brooklyn's Barclays Center! - Gil Kaufman - MTV
- Barclays Center to host MTV video music awards - Ronan Geberer - Brooklyn Eagle
- MTV Video Music Awards 2013 coming to Brooklyn - Jim Farber - New York Daily News
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MTV’s Video Music Awards to be hosted at the Barclays Center - Rich Calder & Leonard Greene - New York Post
- MTV VMAs Headed to Brooklyn's Barclays Center - R.J. Cubarrubia - Rolling Stone