The Green Day Of Best Video Music Awards

Lil Wayne was designated for Best music Video with a Message, but this was won by Demi Lovato for 'Skyscraper'. In this pic Lil Wayne is performing arts 'Yuck!' with 2 Chainz, after stealing his shorts from a leopard.

Last nighttime September 6^th MTV hosted the 29th Video Music Awards (VMAs) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, feature performances from Rihanna, P!nk, and Green Day, amongst others. One path, pictured, were the night's biggest winners, scooping three of the coveted Moonmen statues.

Perry Music Festival stuns Middle Georgia

Live music, free food, face painting and hot-air balloon games filled the streets of downtown Perry Saturday. From southern rock to gospel people found different kinds of music at the many venues scattered around the streets of historic downtown Perry during the second annual Perry Music Festival.

Perry Mayor Jimmy Faircloth estimated over 5,000 people attended the music festival to hear the 41 bands that performed on four different stages set up throughout downtown. The festival was also family oriented with a Children’s music stage and a kid’s village of lively houses set up in the center of downtown. One local church was even cooking and passing out free hotdogs to festival go-ers.

And the football games didn’t keep the crowds away. Restaurants in downtown Perry had their doors open with TV’s set up airing the Georgia/Florida football game.

Roland Everettfall, Vocalist with The Light word Band says he is thankful to the city of Perry for giving his band the chance to perform.Everettfall said, “This is a great opportunity for any musical group to get outside with such a wonderful setting as this and with such professional equipment as this and just be together out in the community to enjoy the people, enjoy the fellowship and enjoy the community spirit”.

Faircloth says they hosted the festival again this year due to the overwhelming response after last year’s event, and after seeing the big turnout this year he says the festival will return again next year even bigger and better.

MTV Music Awards 2011

MTV Video Music Awards 2011 is to be held on 28th Sunday 2011, MTV has predicted the winners for the Best Pop Video and Best Male Video categories. Tony Bennett will lead a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, the network announced Tuesday. Winehouse teamed up with the iconic singer to record the duet “Body and Soul” for his upcoming "Duets II" album, and Bennett will make his first appearance on the VMA stage since 1993 to pay homage to the singer. Bennett will introduce the segment, which is set to include footage from their recording session together.

“Body and Soul” was reportedly Winehouse’s final studio session and took place in March at Abbey Road Studios in London. The single and video will be released by Columbia Records on Sept. 14, which would have been Winehouse's 28th birthday. Proceeds of the single will support the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which the singer's family recently established to help a number of charities connected with children and young people.

“Our family is honored that the VMA’s are giving Amy this wonderful tribute," her father, Mitch Winehouse, said in a statement. "We know that Amy’s performance of 'Rehab' at the MTV Movie Awards played an important part in Amy’s worldwide success.” The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday at 9 p.m. and feature performances from Lady Gaga, Adele, Bruno Mars, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Pitbull, Young the Giant and Jessie J.