Blog: State Magazine

Three things you need for a successful awards show. A great host. Great performances. Just a touch of controversy. Sadly this holy trinity has been missing of late in the awards that we would concern ourselves with – MTV, The Meteors, Brits. At best you can hope for the odd glimpse, usually one or two memorable live showings and some musician making a fool of him or herself (who are we kidding, they're always blokes). The VMAs 09, as well all know by now, saw dear Kanye West return to his default setting after last year's show stealing performance of [...]