{"id":363082,"date":"2026-09-27T22:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/madonna-makes-epic-vmas-return-with-sabrina-carpenter-and-charli-xcx"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:04:26","slug":"madonna-makes-epic-vmas-return-with-sabrina-carpenter-and-charli-xcx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/madonna-makes-epic-vmas-return-with-sabrina-carpenter-and-charli-xcx","title":{"rendered":"Madonna makes epic VMAs return with Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

Madonna<\/a> kicked off the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards<\/a> with a star-studded performance featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx.<\/p>\n

The Queen of Pop opened Sunday night\u2019s show with her first VMAs performance in 23 years, taking the stage after the ceremony was delayed by the Baltimore Ravens-Dallas Cowboys game.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Baltimore<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>
\n
\n

Madonna and Charli XCX perform at the MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 27, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stewart Cook\/CBS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Carpenter joined Madonna early in the performance for “Bring Your Love,” their house-pop collaboration from Madonna\u2019s latest album, “Confessions II.”<\/p>\n

The pair got the crowd on its feet with the dancefloor anthem before Charli xcx made a surprise appearance for a performance of her remix of Madonna’s “Danceteria.”<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Charli<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>
\n
\n

Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter perform at the MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 27, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stewart Cook\/CBS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Madonna’s opening number also featured appearances from Seth Rogen, Sombr and Julia Garner, who had previously been linked to playing<\/a> Madonna in a biopic about the singer’s life and career.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Confessions<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>
\n
\n

Madonna and Charli XCX perform at the MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 27, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Francis Specker\/CBS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The performance marked a major return to the VMAs stage for Madonna, who has delivered some of the awards show’s most memorable moments over the decades.<\/p>\n

Her high-energy opening set officially got the night underway after viewers had to wait longer than expected for the broadcast to begin.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Francis\"<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>
\n
\n

Madonna and Charli XCX perform at the MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 27, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stewart Cook\/CBS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"high-energy<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>
\n
\n

Madonna and Charli XCX perform at the MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 27, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stewart Cook\/CBS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Snoop Dogg is hosting this year’s VMAs, which returned to the West Coast for the first time in nearly a decade.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the show, Taylor Swift was among the final stars to arrive<\/a> on the red carpet, stepping out in a black halter bodysuit paired with a sparkling silver draped skirt.<\/p>\n

The 2026 MTV VMAs are airing live Sunday night on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Madonna kicked off the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards with a star-studded performance featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx. The Queen of Pop opened Sunday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20944,4700,38459,11114,38460,13879,941,5830,38458,35921,638],"class_list":["post-363082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-charli-xcx","tag-confessions-ii","tag-francis","tag-high-energy-opening-set","tag-madonna","tag-queen","tag-snoop-dogg","tag-the-2026-mtv-video-music-awards","tag-the-mtv-video-music-awards","tag-west-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363084,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363082\/revisions\/363084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}