The Foo Fighters won the first-ever Global Icon Award at MTV’s Video Music Awards. The honor originated from the European version of the VMAs. The award is to be given to “who has left an indelible mark on the musical landscape and continues to influence, inspire and evolve.” The band was also nominated for Best Rock, Best Cinematography, and Best Choreography for the video for their track “Shame Shame.”
In addition to their nominations and honors, the band played a short set for the crowd gathered at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. With “R.I.P. Charlie” written on their drum set, in honor of the late Charlie Watts, the rock band opened with their 1999 track, “Learn to Fly,” then “Shame Shame,” which comes off their 2021 release Medicine at Midnight and closed with their beloved and seminal hit “Everlong.”
Watch their full performance below:
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Bill
September 13, 2021 at 8:03 pmIt’s does the soul good to see that the biggest bad asses at a video music award event held by a corporation that no longer airs music videos are not rappers or social media influencers, but a bunch of guys in their 50’s and 60’s (Pat Smear is 62) that regularly blow everyone else off the stage every night.
Nope
September 14, 2021 at 10:11 amWhatever, bill. Foo fighters are a corporate shit show just like Mtv that awarded them.