After hot Las Vegas, cold Budapest.
There is no respite this 2021 of successes for the Maneskin, who after the consecration overseas with the opening of the Rolling Stones concert in the homeland of casinos, landed in the Hungarian capital in search of new continental trophies, six months after the triumph at Eurovision Song Contest.
The Roman band is in fact the first in the history of our country to have obtained three nominations among the main prizes at the
MTV Europe Music Awards
, namely "
Best Rock
", "
Best Group
" and "
Best Italian Act
", and will be among the protagonists of the show scheduled for tonight.
The frontman Damiano, the bassist Victoria, the guitarist Thomas and the drummer Ethan were busy in the tests on the eve of the Papp László Budapest Sportarén.
They should perform in the new single "Mammamia", yet another success of the band.
Following the live event there will be 1500 spectators, mostly insiders, with an audience reduced to a minimum due to the pandemic situation, far from under control throughout Eastern Europe. On the other hand, the show will be broadcast from one part of the globe to the other: direct starting from 8.00 pm with the Pre Show and from 9.00 pm with the Live Show on MTV, MTV Music, VH1.
It is not excluded that from those screens the artists send some direct signals to the Hungarian government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in defense of the rights of the LGBT community and freedom of expression, in the hope that a colorful demonstration like that of the EMAS could have an impact. on the political management of the country. Concerts have flooded Budapest for a week now, with a prologue to the show tonight in the spectacular Heroes Square that will see OneRepublic on stage.
But all eyes are on tonight, hosted by rapper Saweetie who will also perform with her hits "Best Friend" and "Back To The Streets" taken from her upcoming album "Pretty Bitch Music". Many stars on stage, starting with
Ed Sheeran
, who received five nominations after the release of his new album, to the
Imagine Dragons
with their new single "Enemy". And again, the musician and songwriter
Yungblud
, the Latin icon
Maluma
, the young British
Griff
, who released her first mixtape, the Norwegian Girl in red who will present the hit single "Serotonin" and pop star Kim Petras.
Not only the show, with the red carpet and spectacular scenery, but also the race.
At the top of the nominations there is once again
Justin Bieber, at eight
.
Followed by
Doja Cat and Lil Nas X
with six nominations each, then Ed Sheeran and the newcomers to the Ema,
Olivia Rodrigo and The Kid Laroi
, with five.
For the "
Best Italian Act
" in nomination
Aka7even, Caparezza, Madame, Rkomi and precisely the Maneskin
, who however aim to obtain a new consecration with the victory in the international categories "Best Rock" and "Best Group".