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MTV EMAs:
Wyclef To Host; Backstreet, U2, Moby To Play
Source:MTV
10-3-00
Hip-hop impresario
Wyclef Jean has been tapped to host next month's 2000 MTV Europe Music
Awards, an event that will also feature performances from the Backstreet
Boys, U2, and Moby, among others.
Robbie Williams,
Spice Girls, Ronan Keating, and Guano Apes will also take to the stage
of the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on November 16 for the MTV Europe
Music Awards, while Eiffel 65, Kelis, Alice Cooper, The Cardigans, Anastacia,
Aqua, Moloko, and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson will serve as presenters.
U2
"Beautiful
Day"
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Jean was announced
as the host of this year's EMAs during a press conference in London on
Monday, and he talked about the pressures of hosting the show after performing
at the event four years ago as a member of The Fugees.
"It's a great
honor for me to be chosen by MTV to host their Awards," Jean said at the
conference. "I've presented individual awards for MTV in the States, but
not for them in Europe, so far. But I'm not coming to the Europe Music
Awards completely cold. The Fugees performed at the London Awards in 1996,
when Robbie Williams was host, so I have an idea what's involved before
I get out to Stockholm."
Robbie
Williams
"Rock DJ"
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Robbie Williams
and British pop diva/DJ Sonique lead all nominees for the 2000 MTV EMAS,
as both have been nominated for four awards each. Williams' "Rock DJ" and
Sonique's "Feel So Good" will square off against each other in the category
of Best Song.
Following Williams
and Sonique is a logjam of several multi-nominated artists, as Britney
Spears, Madonna, Eminem, Travis, Bon Jovi, and Spice Girl Mel C have all
received three nominations apiece.
For a complete
list of 2000 MTV Europe Music Award nominees and categories, check out
the MTV Europe Web site.
After being
broadcast live across Europe on November 16, the MTV EMAs are tentatively
set to air in the States on Monday, November 20.
-- David Basham
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