The VMAs bowed to reality on Friday and announced that the VMAs will not be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, as originally planned.
Instead, the Aug. 30 show, to be hosted by actress and singerKeke Palmer, will consist of "several outdoor performances around [New York] City with limited or no audience." The show will return to Barclays Center (which hosted the VMAs once before, in 2013) in 2021.
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