MTV World Stage Malaysia | |
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Status | Defunct |
Genre | Concert |
Frequency | Annually |
Location(s) | Sunway Lagoon, Bandar Sunway, Selangor I-City, Shah Alam, Selangor (2011 edition) |
Country | Malaysia |
Years active | 2007–2015 |
Inaugurated | 2007 |
Most recent | 2015 |
Organised by | MTV Asia |
Website |
MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia was a concert series in Malaysia from 2007 to 2015. [1]
On August 15, 2009, MTV Asia staged an outdoor concert at Sunway Lagoon resort in Kuala Lumpur. The event was attended by over 15,000 people [2] and featured a real-time microblogging application where comments and 'tweets' via SMS were displayed on giant screens at the concert venue. [3] The six-hour-long concert was edited into a two-hour special that aired on MTV Asia on August 28, 2009. [4]
Year | Lineups | Attendance | Venue |
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2009 |
| 15,000 [5] | Surf Beach, Sunway Lagoon, Subang Jaya |
2010 |
| - | |
2011 |
| - | I-City, Shah Alam |
2012 |
| 16,000 [6] | Surf Beach, Sunway Lagoon, Subang Jaya |
2013 |
| 15,000 [7] | |
2014 |
| 10,000 [8] | |
2015 |
| 20,000 [10] [11] |
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