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Depeche Mode TV Show performance of Strangelove at MTV Music Video Awards, USA on 1988-09-07.
The 1988 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 1988, honoring the best music videos from May 2, 1987, to April 1, 1988. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
Australian group INXS was the night's biggest winner and nominee, taking home five awards out of nine nominations. The group's awards included Video of the Year and Viewer's Choice, making this the very first of few times in which the same artist and video took home these two awards in the one night. INXS's nominations, meanwhile, totaled up to nine: eight for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (making it the year's most nominated video) and one for "Devil Inside".
In the meantime, George Harrison and U2 were tied in for second place in terms of nominations, as each picked up eight nominations that year. Furthermore, both artists split their nominations between two different videos in 1988, and at least once both of their videos competed against one another in the same category (and so did INXS's videos).
Finally, this year's show saw the elimination of another category, as the award for Best Overall Performance in a Video was not handed out this year or ever again. At the same time, the category of Most Experimental Video was renamed "Breakthrough Video", a name that it still keeps (as of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards).
Performances:
Rod Stewart – "Forever Young"
Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover"
Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Elton John – "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (live from Miami)
Depeche Mode – "Strangelove"
Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
Michael Jackson – "Bad" (live from London)
Cher – "Main Man"
The Fat Boys (featuring Chubby Checker) – "Louie Louie"/"The Twist"
Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"
INXS – "New Sensation"
depechemode in 1988 were:
Andrew Fletcher
Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
Alan Wilder
Thanks to RickHunter for the video.
Depeche Mode TV Show performance of Strangelove at MTV Music Video Awards, USA on 1988-09-07.
The 1988 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 1988, honoring the best music videos from May 2, 1987, to April 1, 1988. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
Australian group INXS was the night's biggest winner and nominee, taking home five awards out of nine nominations. The group's awards included Video of the Year and Viewer's Choice, making this the very first of few times in which the same artist and video took home these two awards in the one night. INXS's nominations, meanwhile, totaled up to nine: eight for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (making it the year's most nominated video) and one for "Devil Inside".
In the meantime, George Harrison and U2 were tied in for second place in terms of nominations, as each picked up eight nominations that year. Furthermore, both artists split their nominations between two different videos in 1988, and at least once both of their videos competed against one another in the same category (and so did INXS's videos).
Finally, this year's show saw the elimination of another category, as the award for Best Overall Performance in a Video was not handed out this year or ever again. At the same time, the category of Most Experimental Video was renamed "Breakthrough Video", a name that it still keeps (as of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards).
Performances:
Rod Stewart – "Forever Young"
Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover"
Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Elton John – "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (live from Miami)
Depeche Mode – "Strangelove"
Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
Michael Jackson – "Bad" (live from London)
Cher – "Main Man"
The Fat Boys (featuring Chubby Checker) – "Louie Louie"/"The Twist"
Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"
INXS – "New Sensation"
depechemode in 1988 were:
Andrew Fletcher
Dave Gahan
Martin Gore
Alan Wilder
Thanks to RickHunter for the video.
