The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Måneskin won big at the  2022 MTV Video Music Awards last night – August 28th, 2022. The official ceremony took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Rock N Roll Hall of Famers, the Chili Peppers presented the ‘Global Icon’ Award and performed a medley of songs. They also took home the award for Best Rock with their track “Black Summer.“ Eurovision winner and global sensation Måneskin‘s “I Wanna Be Your Slave” won the ‘Best Alternative’ award. Both bands lost Group of the Year to BTS. The awards that matter to rock fans are below: 

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Best Rock:

Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer” (Winner)

Foo Fighters – “Love Dies Young”

Jack White – “Taking Me Back”

Muse – “Won’t Stand Down”

Shinedown – “Planet Zero”

Three Days Grace – “So Called Life”

 

Best Longform Video:

Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (Winner)

Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles”

Foo Fighters – “Studio 666”

Kacey Musgraves – “Star-Crossed”

Madonna – “Madame X”

Olivia Rodrigo – “Driving Home 2 U”

 

Best Alternative:

Måneskin – “I Wanna Be Your Slave” (Winner)

Avril Lavigne feat. Blackbear – “Love It When You Hate Me”

Imagine Dragons & J.I.D – “Enemy”

Machine Gun Kelly feat. Willow – “Emo Girl”

Panic! At The Disco – “Viva las Vengeance”

Twenty One Pilots – “Saturday”

Willow & Avril Lavigne feat. Travis Barker – “Grow”

 

Group Of The Year:

BTS (Winner)

Blackpink

City Girls

Foo Fighters

Imagine Dragons

Måneskin

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Silk Sonic