Kid Rock - Billboard Magazine Cover
Kid Rock is returning to the VMA's for more crazy and unforgettable
moments! MTV has confirmed the badass will perform
his monster summer hit "All Summer Long" off his latest album Rock N Roll
Jesus, which has been on the Billboard Top 200 for the past 45 weeks since
it debuted at #1 and is currently sitting in the top 5.
Lil Wayne
and the Jonas
Brothers have
already been added to the list of powerhouse performers at this year's
show. As previously announced, MTV's 25th annual Video Music Awards will be
hosted by comedian/actor Russell Brand and will air live and only one time
in its original incarnation, on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 9PM SHARP
(Live ET/Tape Delayed PT). Presenters and additional performers for the
"2008 Video Music Awards" will be announced at a later date.
Official sponsors of "2008 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS" are GM, Pepsi, TAG Body
Spray, Taco Bell, Rhapsody and Verizon Wireless.
This year, one lucky viewer will get the chance of a lifetime trip by
joining "Do Good. Go to the VMAs." Think.MTV.com, MTV's online community
for youth activism, is hooking up one young activist and shipping them off
to Los Angeles to attend the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards alongside the
biggest stars in the industry. From July 24th through August 22nd, all
Think.MTV.com members who join the "Do Good. Go to the VMAs" group, at
http://think.mtv.com/Groups/DoGoodGoToTheVMAs/, can enter to win two
tickets to the VMAS on September 7, 2008 along with travel and hotel
accommodations when MTV takes over Los Angeles for this year's show.
Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the Executive Producer, for the
"2008 MTV Video Music Awards." Dave Sirulnick is Executive Producer. Chris
Choun/Ish Entertainment is Co-Executive Producer. Jane Mun is Producer. Amy
Doyle, Joanna Bomberg and Robin Katz are Music Talent Executives. Robin
Reinhardt-Locke is Celebrity Talent Executive. Garrett English is Executive
in Charge of Production.
Telescope is the Official Business Advisor of the "2008 MTV Video Music
Awards" Nominee Voting period.
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
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Telescope Inc.
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company provides mobile, phone, and internet interactivity services. This
includes mass-scale participation television with the world's largest phone
voting solution; and mobile marketing and content programs, such as
user-generated content, social networking; and CRM for media and advertiser
clients. Telescope is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with
offices in New York and London.
MTV
MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music,
creativity and youth culture. For over 26 years, MTV has evolved,
challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries -- giving each new generation
a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every
platform and screen. On-air, MTV has been the number one rated 24 hour
ad-supported cable network P12-24 for 16 straight years. Online, MTV.com
scored double-digit growth in 2007 and MTV launched ten dynamic online
communities and six new virtual worlds. On the go, MTV Mobile is the #1
music brand in the wireless space -- delivering 90% more streams than in
2006. And MTV's successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each
deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college
students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV
Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading
creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
Source: MTV