Over 35,000 Attended Isle of MTV Malta

Jul 17 2024

MTV has returned back to Malta’s historic Il-Fosos Square last night for the annual Isle of MTV Festival. This festival which is awaited by many, featured thrilling performances from international stars such as Nelly Furtado, RAYE, and DJ Snake, which co-headlined to an audience of over 35,000 enthusiastic fans. Local musicians such as Klinsmann and Sarah Bonnici also made notable performances.

Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winning icon Nelly Furtado surprised the audience by performing her new single, “Corazón” with Liliana Saumet, from her upcoming album. Backed by a full band and dancers, Furtado’s set included some of her iconic songs such as “Maneater” and “Promiscuous”, which had the crowd cheering for more.

Multi-BRIT-Award winning Raye left the audience in awe with her smooth vocals on a stripped-back stage, performing “Genesis” and her hit “Worth It.” Accompanied by a brass band bringing jazz to Isle of MTV, as she had everyone dancing to her hits “Prada” and “Escapism.”DJ Snake’s high energy set featured popular dance anthems “TEKA”, “Let Me Love You”, and “Lean On” ending with a grand finale of fireworks that left everyone with an adrenaline rush to keep dancing all night long.

Local stars also shone brightly. Klinsmann debuted his unreleased track “Unknown,” and Sarah Bonnici wowed delivered an energy packed performance , including a cover of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Throughout the festival local DJS ; DOTX, WYNE, Denzil Jo Armani, GABII, D-Rey & MC DAVE, Bay Radio DJs Kurt, Jamie, and Taryn, Koroma, and MC JD Patrick, and DEBRII kept the crowd energized the whole night with their sets.

As Isle of MTV Malta is in its 16th year since debuting in Malta, we remember all of the times this festival has drawn tens of thousands of fans for performances by top stars such as Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg, and David Guetta. The event will be internationally broadcasted on MTV on Saturday 14th September in more than 150 countries. Additionally, it will also be available on demand on Paramount + at a later date.

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo took to Facebook earlier today to share the impressive attendance numbers, including the fact that the concert will be streamed to millions of families around the world in the coming weeks.

The celebration continues with Isle of MTV Malta Music Week , featuring club nights and parties across the island from July 16th-21st. Visit www.IsleofMTV.com, and follow @IsleOfMTV on Facebook, Instagram, X to keep up with the latest news from the event.

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Kylian Mbappe Officially Unveiled As Real Madrid Player

Jul 16 2024

Football global star Kylian Mbappe has been officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player, at a packed ceremony at Madrid’s stadium Santiago Bernabeu.

Los Blancos announced last month that the club had signed Mbappé to a five-year deal, ending the French superstar’s seven-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain.

“It’s an incredible day for me, incredible,” the forward told those inside the stadium. “Since I was a boy, I had only one dream: to play here. And to be here now means a lot to me.

“Because of that, I want to thank every madridista because, since years ago, you’ve given me a lot of affection, a lot of love – that goes directly to my heart. And so I want to say thank you to everyone to let me be here today.”

After his speech, Mbappé greeted fans in attendance, signing autographs and kicking footballs into the stands.

The unveiling with the highlight being Mbappe donning the no.9 shirt, came with a lot of comparisons to Ronaldo’s unveiling.

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Alex Agius Saliba Decides To Abstain From Voting For EP President

Jul 16 2024

Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba has announced on his Facebook, his decision to abstain from voting for the European Parliament Presidency, an election which fellow Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola went on to comfortably win.

He stated that this decision was consistent with everything that he has said in the leadup to this election and the MEP elections.

Saliba revealed that he could not give his support to Metsola due to a number of different principles which for him are crucial and that he felt that Metsola overall acted against in the past two and a half years as European Parliament President.

He also confirmed that he did not vote for Metsola’s competitor Irene Montero, despite being from the left leaning group Social Democrats like Saliba, due to different priorities such as abortion, which Montero aimed at making a right available in every member state including Malta.

He ended his post by announcing that he would explain his decision in more detail during a press conference with Maltese journalists in Strasbourg.

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Roberta Metsola Wins With Record Breaking Absolute Majority

Jul 16 2024

Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola has won a second consecutive term as European Parliament President with a record breaking absolute majority over her Leftist opponent Spanish MEP Irene Montero.

Metsola received a staggering 562 votes to her opponents total of 61. This means that out of a total of 623 casted votes, the Nationalist MEP received 90.2% of the total casted votes available.

This is yet another record breaking result for Metsola as this result is the highest percentage of a vote for a President of the European Parliament in history.

There were 76 votes which were blank and void such as the vote of Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba who decided to abstain from voting.

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