MTV Europe Music Award for Best Live Act

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The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Live Act is an award category for the MTV Europe Music Awards. It was first awarded in 1995, which Take That won for their Nobody Else Tour.Lasting from March to October 1995. U2 and Ed Sheeran won the award the most times, both receiving two awards. The award was briefly named Best Headliner for the 2007 and 2008 ceremonies.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

YearArtistTourRef
1995
Take That Nobody Else Tour [1]
Bon Jovi These Days Tour
The Prodigy Music for the Jilted Generation Tour
R.E.M. Parallel Tour
The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour
1997
U2 PopMart Tour [2]
Aerosmith Nine Lives Tour
Michael Jackson HIStory World Tour
Radiohead OK Computer era and Against Demons Tour
Skunk Anansie Stoosh Tour

2000s

YearArtistTourRef
2002
Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way World Tour [3]
Depeche Mode Exciter Tour
Korn Untouchables Tour
Lenny Kravitz Lenny Tour
U2 Elevation Tour
2007
Muse Black Holes and Revelations Tour [4]
Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour
Beyoncé The Beyoncé Experience
Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow
2008
Tokio Hotel 1000 Hotels Tour [5]
The Cure 4 Play Tour
Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour
Linkin Park Projekt Revolution
Metallica 2008 European Vacation Tour/World Magnetic Tour
2009
U2 U2 360° Tour [6]
Beyoncé I Am... World Tour
Green Day 21st Century Breakdown World Tour
Kings of Leon Only by the Night World Tour
Lady Gaga The Fame Ball Tour

2010s

YearArtistTourRef
2010
Linkin Park A Thousand Suns World Tour [7]
Bon Jovi The Circle Tour
Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown World Tour
Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour
Muse The Resistance Tour
2011
Katy Perry California Dreams Tour [8]
Coldplay Mylo Xyloto Tour
Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour
Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour
Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm with You World Tour
2012
Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour [9]
Green Day 21st Century Breakdown World Tour
Jay Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Tour
Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball
Muse The Resistance Tour
2013
Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour [10]
Green Day 99 Revolutions Tour
Pink The Truth About Love Tour
Taylor Swift Red Tour
Justin Timberlake Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour
2014
One Direction Where We Are Tour [11]
Beyoncé On the Run Tour
Bruno Mars The Moonshine Jungle Tour
Katy Perry The Prismatic World Tour
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience World Tour
2015
Ed Sheeran x Tour [12]
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways World Tour
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Cheek to Cheek Tour
Katy Perry The Prismatic World Tour
Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour
2016
Twenty One Pilots Emotional Roadshow World Tour [13]
Adele Adele Live 2016
Beyoncé The Formation World Tour
Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour
Green Day Revolution Radio Tour
2017
Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour [14]
Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour
Eminem Revival Tour
Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour
U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017
2018
Shawn Mendes Illuminate World Tour [15]
Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour
Muse North American Summer Amphitheatre Tour
P!nk Beautiful Trauma World Tour
The Carters On the Run II Tour
2019
BTS Love Yourself World Tour [16]
Ariana Grande Sweetener World Tour
Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour
P!nk Beautiful Trauma World Tour
Travis Scott Astroworld: Wish You Were Here Tour

2020s

YearArtistTourRef
2020
BTS Map of the Soul Tour Live Stream [17]
J Balvin Beyond the Colores Live Experience
Katy Perry Tomorrowland: Around the World
Little Mix UNCancelled
Maluma Papi Juancho Live
Post Malone Nirvana Tribute
2022
Harry Styles Love On Tour [18]
Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour
Ed Sheeran +–=÷x Tour
Kendrick Lamar The Big Steppers Tour
Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball
The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour
2023
Taylor Swift The Eras Tour [19]
Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour
Burna Boy I Told Them... Tour
Ed Sheeran - Tour
Måneskin Rush! World Tour
SZA SOS Tour
The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour

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