{"id":263628,"date":"2026-09-17T19:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/madonna-is-opening-the-2026-video-music-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:39:14","slug":"madonna-is-opening-the-2026-video-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/madonna-is-opening-the-2026-video-music-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna is Opening the 2026 Video Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Madonna to Open MTV Video Music Awards With First Show Performance in 23 Years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NZ3oqFzb4z\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/NZ3oqFzb4z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2100310014359425336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Madonna will be opening this year&#8217;s VMAs.<\/p>\n<p>She hasn&#8217;t opened since 2003&#8217;s ICONIC VMA performance with Britney Spears and Xtina, over 23 years ago. <\/p>\n<p>Other performers announced so far: LISA, RAYE, Sienna Spiro, GENER8ION + Yung Lean, Shaboozey &amp; Gunna.<\/p>\n<p>No word yet if the ICONIC Doritos <s>Locos<\/s> VMA stage will return! <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Snoop Dogg, the 2026 VMAs will air live from Los Angeles at the Peacock Theater on Sunday, Sept. 27, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. ET (4:30 to 6:30 p.m. PT) on CBS, with a simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2100310014359425336?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132880476.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna to Open MTV Video Music Awards With First Show Performance in 23 Years https:\/\/t.co\/NZ3oqFzb4z \u2014 Variety (@Variety) September 16, 2026 Madonna will be opening this year&#8217;s VMAs. She hasn&#8217;t opened since 2003&#8217;s ICONIC VMA performance with Britney Spears and Xtina, over 23 years ago. Other performers announced so far: LISA, RAYE, Sienna Spiro, GENER8ION [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}