The iHeartRadio Music Awards will honor U2 with its most prestigious
award of the evening, the 2016 iHeartRadio Innovator Award. The
fan-fueled third annual televised music event will feature the biggest
names in entertainment, bringing the music of the iHeartRadio app to
life on Sunday, April 3 live on TBS, TNT and truTV at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.
PT from the historic, fabulous Forum in Los Angeles and hosted by Jason
Derulo. The iHeartRadio Music Awards will broadcast simultaneously on
iHeartMedia stations nationwide and across the iHeartRadio digital music
platform.
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iHeartRadio will honor the iconic group U2 for their undeniable impact
on the world of popular culture and will pay tribute to their
unparalleled contributions to the music industry and social causes. The
group is also nominated in the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards’ Best Tour
category. U2 – comprised of band members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton
and Larry Mullen, Jr. – is celebrating 40 years together in 2016. During
that time, the rock band has won a record-breaking 22 Grammy awards and
has become one of the top touring and best-selling bands of all time as
a result of their celebrated world tours – including the U2 360°,
Vertigo, Zoo TV and Popmart tours – and iconic albums including The
Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and All That You Can't Leave Behind. U2’s
highly-anticipated, technically ambitious Innocence + Experience tour
has been traveling the globe in support of their critically acclaimed
Grammy-nominated “Songs of Innocence,” which Rolling Stone named the
best album of 2014.
U2 is also known for their unmatched commitment to social causes and
activism. In addition to being long-time supporters of Greenpeace and
Amnesty International, U2 has supported The Angiogenesis
Foundation, Chernobyl Children’s Project, Free Burma, Mencap, Music
Rising – cofounded by The Edge to help replace musical instruments
destroyed during Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita – and two
organizations cofounded by Bono: ONE – an international advocacy
organization fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease in Africa
and elsewhere – and (RED), which works with established brands to create
(RED) branded products to raise money to eliminate AIDS in Africa. In
December 2015, Bono celebrated the 10-year work of ONE and (RED) with a
star-studded special World Aids Day benefit concert at New York’s
Carnegie Hall that brought together The Edge, Hozier, Jesse J, Miley
Cyrus, Stephen Colbert, Sting, Trevor Noah, U.S. Vice President Joe
Biden, former President Bill Clinton, Bill and Melinda Gates and more.
Most recently, U2 returned to Paris three weeks after the deadly
November 2015 terrorist attacks for two nights of concerts that honored
the strength and resolve of the city.
“U2 is a band of activists, not only in music but in politics, popular
culture and human rights,” said John Sykes, President of Entertainment
Enterprises for iHeartMedia. "They began as a punk band and that
attitude still runs strong throughout their songwriting, albums and live
performances. They will never stop testing the limits, and that’s why we
are honored to recognize them with this Innovator Award."
“It is extremely rare to have a band that has spent four decades not
only changing music, but helping change the world with their tireless
dedication to important social causes focusing on AIDS, poverty, cancer,
the environment, Hurricane Katrina and much more,” said Tom Poleman,
President of National Programming Group for iHeartMedia. “We’re thrilled
to be able to honor U2 with the 2016 iHeartRadio Innovator Award.”
For the third straight year, the iHeartRadio Music Awards will celebrate
the amazing music that was heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia
radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio. The evening will include
performances from Justin Bieber, Meghan Trainor, Zayn, Chris Brown,
DNCE, Fetty Wap, Demi Lovato and more. The telecast will also feature
first-time duets and collaborations, celebrity guest appearances, live
award presentations, and exclusive can’t-miss special performances by
Pitbull and Maroon 5 that will be simulcast from the Capital One
JamFest, which is part of the March Madness Music Festival taking place
in Houston, TX. This is the first year for the Turner networks to
simulcast the event, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday April 3,
the night between the NCAA Final Four National Semifinals and the NCAA
National Championship on TBS.
Nominees for the iHeartRadio Music Awards were announced on February 9
and the full list of category finalists can be found here.
Fan voting will determine this year’s "Best Fan Army presented by Taco
Bell," "Best Lyrics," “Best Collaboration," and the first-ever "Best
Cover Song," "Best Song from a Movie," "Most Meme-Able Moment" and
"Biggest Triple Threat" awards. Voting began through iHeartMedia’s
social media partner Telescope on February 9 and will extend through
March 25, with the "Best Fan Army presented by Taco Bell" and “Most
Meme-Able Moment” voting continuing through the evening of the awards on
April 3. Fans can vote by visiting iheartradio.com/awards.
Proud partners of the iHeartRadio Music Awards telecast live on TBS, TNT
and truTV include Capital One®, Taco Bell® and T-Mobile. In addition,
Bioré® Skincare is a partner of the iHeartRadio Music Awards.
The awards are produced by iHeartMedia and Den of Thieves. Executive
Producers for iHeartMedia are John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Lee Rolontz.
Den of Thieves Executive Producers are Evan Prager and Chris Choun with
Co-Executive Producers Barb Bialkowski and Baz Halpin.
For breaking news and exclusive iHeartRadio Music Awards content visit iHeartRadio.com/awards
or follow the social buzz on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google+.
About Turner
TBS, TNT and truTV are part of Turner, a Time Warner company. Turner
creates and programs branded news; entertainment; kids and young adult;
and sports media environments on television and other platforms for
consumers around the world.
About Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves has emerged as a force for ambitious music driven event
shows and uniquely stylized television series. Using their extensive
experience working with talent, their credits cover a vast array of
formats and include Comedy Central’s Key & Peele Super Bowl Special,
ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60th, MTV’s Greatest
Party Story Ever, as well as Pitbull's New Year’s Revolution and
American Idol on FOX, the CMT Awards, the Peabody Awards, the MTV Movie
Awards, the Radio Disney Music Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards.
About iHeartMedia
With over a quarter of a billion monthly listeners in the U.S. and over
80 million social followers, iHeartMedia has the largest reach of any
radio or television outlet in America. It serves over 150 markets
through 858 owned radio stations, and the company’s radio stations and
content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the
Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company’s radio station websites,
on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets and
smartphones, and on gaming consoles.
iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s digital radio platform, is the No. 1
all-in-one digital audio service with over 800 million downloads; it
reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital
service in Internet history and reached 80 million users faster than any
other radio or digital music service and even faster than Facebook. The
company’s operations include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital
and social media, live concerts and events, syndication, music research
services and independent media representation. iHeartMedia is a division
of iHeartMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: IHRT). Visit iHeartMedia.com
for more company information.
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