MTV Latin America Announces Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico as Host City of International Music Event "MTV World Stage"

[Athena]

"MTV World Stage Monterrey" will be taped on September 27th at the Monterrey Arena

By MTV Latin America
Published: Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012

MIAMI, April 25, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Latin America announced today that MTV World Stage will return to Mexico for the third consecutive year and will be held for the first time in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The extraordinary event will be taped on Thursday, September 27th at the Monterrey Arena, and can be seen on MTV Latin America and various MTV channels around the world. The event, supported by the State Government of Nuevo Leon and by Mexico's Tourism Board, will feature international talent, details to be announced.

"The spirit of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon as well as its great infrastructure, are the perfect fit for carrying out an event of this magnitude," commented  Eduardo Lebrija, Senior Vice-President / CEO of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) the Americas-Mexico.  "We are thrilled to take this local MTV event and bring it to MTV fans around the world."

"To carry out MTV World Stage in Monterrey is very important for us, as it's an example of Nuevo Leon's ability to attract international events," commented Luis Trevino Chapa, General Director of the Tourist Development Corporation for the State of Nuevo Leon.

"Year after year, MTV World Stage has demonstrated to be an event that fans look forward to," commented Fernando Gaston, Senior Vice President of Content, Creative and Music for MTV, Comedy Central and VH1 at VIMN The Americas. "This international property is one of the most important events for our brand and we are certain that Monterrey will be the perfect setting for this great musical experience."

Tickets for MTV World Stage Monterrey will be available free of charge via MTV and official event sponsors, details to be announced.  Previous MTV World Stage performances in Mexico have included The Smashing Pumpkins, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Ke$ha and Joe Jonas.

MTV World Stage invites viewers to some of the world's most exclusive concerts performed in unique locations around the world. These shows are recorded in high definition and feature dozens of artists from all genres and are aired the same day in over 63 MTVs around the world. Some of the artists and bands recorded for the MTV World Stage are: Shakira, Gorillaz, Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Kiss, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Enrique Iglesias, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Green Day, Joe Jonas, MGMT, The Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode and Muse.

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[Siskiyou_Kid]

My cousin works in Monterrey, and it really is, or was, a fantastic city. Things have just gotten pretty dicey in the last two years.

I hope this helps lighten things up, but who knows. The Golfo/Zeta war has really screwed Regios you know where.

[theboss]

Cool, I might be living down in Monterrey at that time. I'll have to let some of my friends down there know about it.

[Pinchegringo]

I travel there from time to time myself and can tell you that although I love the city, it is not fun looking over your shoulder all the time.  

For those that live there, is it life as usual or have you changed your habits at all considering?

Hopefully the MTV event goes off without a hitch though - Mexican living in Monterrey could use a dose of fun for a change.

[Havana]

Monterrey is not what it used to be, we all know.  I have been increasingly a bit more on edge with every visit and every pass through.  It is kind of hard not being paranoid when so many stories of the past year take place in monterrey or the environs and I'm not even bringing up the stuff people I know tell me. But I'm not a narco and don't hang with narcos.  So that helps but still.

An event like this would pretty much be like a small, short version of the Pope visit.  Gulfos and Zzzzzzz would most likely try to sit it quietly out and not turn the city into an international event that could mar Monterrey for visits for a long time.

[Pinchegringo]

@ Havana

Thanks for your input and it is well received.

I would think that the event would put them on the map, so to speak, if carnage ensued.  More like a statement than anything.  

Why do you think they would sit it out though?  A shame though b/c it is a gorgeous city.  My old man used to go into the Plaza as a kid to do that one type of dance (not sure of the name) lol  Oh, how the times have changed.