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MTV and Cuomo said the Aug. 30 VMA show at the
Barclays Center in Brooklyn would follow safety guidelines and
would have "limited capacity or no audience."
Award shows traditionally feature large numbers of performers,
guests, audiences and stage crews, and have been relegated to
online or prerecorded events since the pandemic shut down
theater, music and other live shows in mid-March.
MTV said some VMA performances would take place at unspecified
New York landmarks and that social distancing and limits on
capacity would be enforced at the 19,000-seat indoor venue.
It was not clear how many performances would be live. The youth
TV network said in a statement that details and potential
options for the show would come later "based on the science and
data in New York."
New York City has been the hardest hit area in the United States
for coronavirus cases but is now gradually emerging from
shutdowns to contain the spread of the virus.
The VMA traditionally features live performance from music's
biggest stars and is one of the biggest annual events on the
awards calendar. Performers and nominations for the August
ceremony have yet to be announced.
Organizers of the Emmy Awards for television said earlier this
month that the ceremony in September would go ahead as planned
in Los Angeles but gave no details of how the show would be
produced.
(Reporting by Maria Caspani and Jill Serjeant; Editing by
Marguerita Choy and Paul Simao)
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