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Watch Nirvana accept Video Vanguard Award at MTV VMAs: “The ideas for those videos all grew out of the vision of one of the greatest artists of all time – Kurt Cobain”

September 28

The surviving members of Nirvana have taken to the stage at the 2026 MTV VMAs – accepting the Video Vanguard Award, three decades after their first appearance at the awards.

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