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1996 MTV Europe Music Awards

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1996 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date14 November 1996
LocationAlexandra Palace
London, England
Hosted byRobbie Williams
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMTV Networks International (Europe)
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The 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony was hosted by former Take That member Robbie Williams and held at Alexandra Palace in London, England, on 14 November 1996.

One special note was that MTV executives notified the band Metallica that expletives were prohibited during their live TV performance and they were not allowed to use pyro. The band was upset by this so the band disregarded performing their scheduled single "King Nothing" and played the non-TV friendly songs "Last Caress" and "So What?", songs that contain numerous expletives, and reference rape, murder and bestiality, respectively. The result was the performance and any references to Metallica during the ceremony have been removed from future broadcasts of the ceremony. Metallica was banned from MTV for years following this act of rebellion.

Nominations

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Winners are in bold text.

Best Song

Oasis — "Wonderwall"

Best Female Best Male

Alanis Morissette

George Michael

Best Group Breakthrough Artist

Oasis

Garbage

Best Dance Best Rock

The Prodigy

The Smashing Pumpkins

MTV Amour MTV Select

Fugees

Backstreet Boys — "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"

Free Your Mind
The Buddies and Carers of Europe

Performances

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Appearances

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See also

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