{"id":603234,"date":"2026-09-17T13:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/603234\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:04:11","slug":"madonna-returning-to-mtv-vmas-with-first-performance-in-23-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/603234\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna returning to MTV VMAs with first performance in 23 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/artist\/madonna\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna<\/a> is set to open this year\u2019s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) with her first performance at the show in 23 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having secured a career-high 11 nominations on the back of her latest, chart-topping album \u2018Confessions II\u2019, the Queen of Pop will take to the stage in Los Angeles when the awards return on September 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It marks her first performance at the ceremony since she famously kissed <a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/artist\/britney-spears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Spears<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/artist\/christina-aguilera\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Aguilera<\/a> during the 2003 show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madge has a longstanding history with the VMAs; she\u2019s earned a total of 19 awards to date and her performance of \u2018Like a Virgin\u2019 during the inaugural 1984 ceremony is widely regarded as a groundbreaking moment in pop culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s expected to utilise the slot to showcase her latest LP, which debuted atop the UK charts and delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/madonna-extends-uk-chart-record-as-kylie-collab-goes-top-10\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the UK Top 10 hit \u2018Love Sensation\u2019<\/a> \u2013 her first since 2009\u2019s \u2018Celebration\u2019 peaked at No. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After topping the Billboard 200 in the US, along with various other countries\u2019 charts, the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/madonna-sabrina-carpenter-drop-bring-your-love-music-video-with-julia-garner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bring Your Love<\/a>\u2018 singer took to social media <a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/madonna-ties-kylie-minogues-uk-chart-record-as-confessions-ii-hits-no-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to share her gratitude with fans<\/a> for their support of her latest project. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWords cannot express how grateful and surprised I am by the incredible reception Confessions on a Dance Floor has received,\u201d she penned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you to everyone who has been a part of this and who has helped make this dream come true. Especially my Fans. The Goodwill and positivity has been incredible. I\u2019m still pinching myself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t believe it\u2019s #1 all around the world. My dream was to make people dance this summer!! To bring people JOY! Dreams do come true. Thanks and love!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 MTV VMAs take place on September 27 with Snoop Dogg hosting. \u2018Confessions II\u2019 is out now and available from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eJP1EQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fave.co\/3Zw6BaT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HMV<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fave.co\/3s48xZX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rough Trade<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tidd.ly\/3BACWmP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Townsend<\/a>\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna is set to open this year\u2019s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) with her first performance at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[40549,1936,4939,156,1385,157,111,139,69,4913],"class_list":["post-603234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1980s","tag-britney-spears","tag-christina-aguilera","tag-entertainment","tag-madonna","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}