{"id":894582,"date":"2026-09-16T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894582\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:22:10","slug":"madonna-to-open-2026-vmas-her-first-live-performance-at-show-in-23-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894582\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna To Open 2026 VMAs, Her First Live Performance At Show In 23 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMadonna<\/a>, who heads into the VMAS<\/a> with a leading 11 nominations, will open the 2026 awards shindig, her first live performance at the show in 23 years. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Queen of Pop is coming off the release of her well-received album Confessions II, which debuted at No. 1 in July on the Billboard 200. Her 2026 VMA nominations include Video of the Year for \u201cConfessions II \u2014 The Film,\u201d Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year for \u201cBring Your Love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe last performed at the VMAs alongside Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera for the 2003 opener.<\/p>\n

\n\tCBS<\/a> and MTV<\/a> will simulcast the Snoop Dogg-hosted VMAs live from Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET\/4:30 p.m. PT. It also will stream live on Paramount+ (Premium) in the U.S. and will be available globally the next day on Paramount+ and MTV.<\/p>\n

\n\tMadonna has a long history with the VMAs. Her performance of \u201cLike a Virgin\u201d during the inaugural 1984 broadcast became a groundbreaking moment in VMAs and pop culture history. She went on to become the first solo female artist to receive the prestigious Video Vanguard Award in 1986. Her other VMA performances include \u201cBye Bye Baby\u201d (1993), \u201cExpress Yourself\u201d (1989 opener), and the theatrical 18th century-inspired staging of \u201cVogue\u201d (1990).<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Madonna Live Video Event For \u2018Confessions II\u2019 Sets TikTok Record With 2.1M Global Viewers<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tWith 19 VMA career wins, this marks the third time Madonna has led the VMA nominations. She earned nine nominations for \u201cVogue\u201d in 1990 and another nine for \u201cRay of Light\u201d and \u201cFrozen\u201d in 1998.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditional performers, presenters and special guests will be revealed in the next week.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe VMAs are produced by Gunpowder & Sky. Van Toffler serves as producer. Jesse Ignjatovic of Den of Thieves, Barb Bialkowski and Bruce Gillmer serve as executive producers alongside Barry Barclay and Floris Bauer. Melanie Block serves as co-executive producer and Gary Lanvy as co-producer. Snoop Dogg is executive producer alongside producers Sara Ramaker and Jasmin Ratansi. Jen Proctor is executive talent producer.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: William Orbit Dies: Grammy-Winning Producer Of Madonna\u2019s \u2018Ray Of Light\u2019 Was 69<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna, who heads into the VMAS with a leading 11 nominations, will open the 2026 awards shindig, her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[463897,64,63,3871,134,24195,39701,136,39702,39703],"class_list":["post-894582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-2026-vmas","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cbs","tag-entertainment","tag-madonna","tag-mtv","tag-music","tag-video-music-awards","tag-vmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}