Previously scheduled for September 10, MTV confirmed the 2024 Video Music Awards will be pushed back one night, to not coincide with the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
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Along with announcing that the VMAs will now air LIVE from UBS Arena on Wednesday, September 11 at 8PM ET/PT, the first round of global performers for "music’s most iconic night" has also been revealed.
Set to take over the VMAs stage this year are some of the world’s biggest superstars including Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Camila Cabello, GloRilla, and Rauw Alejandro.
While MTV did not outright cite the competing debate as the reason for the date shift in its announcement, the network made it unofficially clear that it has a history of encouraging civic engagement and did not want to stand in the way of viewers becoming educated about what’s at stake in a presidential election.
Mindful that the date bump puts the VMAs on another important day, the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, MTV shared it will again support the nonprofit 9/11 Day, which organizes the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, and Tuesday’s Children, which serves the families of 9/11.
MTV also shared that additional performers, presenters and special guests would be revealed in the coming weeks.
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