Young the Giant are the home boys that sneakily made good--Morrissey loves them, they've played the Weenie Roast, are opening for Incubus on tour this year...and today MTV announced that Young the Giant will make their VMA performance debut at the 2011 Video Music Awards.
The lineup for VMA performers include Adele, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown, and the show will air live from Nokia Theater on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 9 p.m.
Avenged Sevenfold was a big winner at Revolver Magazine's 2011 Golden Gods award show last night. Held at Club Nokia, the Huntington Beach group won "Album of the Year" for their latest set, Nightmare, "Best Vocalist" for M. Shadows and "Best Guitarists" for Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance.
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The 2010 OC Music Awards don't take place until March 6 at the Grove of Anaheim, but that doesn't mean there isn't news. Announced recently was the venue information for the Showcase Series, which determines two out of the 23 trophies/plaques/gift certificates/whatever the hell prize is for Best Live Band and Best Live Acoustic. Showcases begin January 5 at Detroit Bar and include seven free shows across the county. Want to know more about these freebies. Then keep reading.
I'll have some more thoughts on the more, uh, interesting choices made by the academy (which I am not a part of, despite what their Web site says) a little later, but for now here's the full list of nominees, unedited from the OC Music Awards press release.