Music News:  2007 MTV VMA Australia Awards Winners

The 2007 MTV Australia Video Music Awards kicked off in true style at Sydney's Acer Arena last night in front of thousands of industry guests and fans and a global audience of billions (well...mabye not that many, but we're sure that there were a darn sight more watching than the ARIAS).

Pink (currently in town touring) opened the show with a medley of her hits U + Ur Hand, a cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) and finishing up with Get This Party Started which was all accompnaied by a friggin' impressive acrobatic performance in the middle of a pink glitter storm.

Black Eyed Peas front woman, Fergie, and Good Charlotte's Benji and Joel Madden took the lead along with an array of local and international talent (which, for the first time since the VMA's began in Oz - actually were damn great) and included performances by Silverchair, Good Charlotte, Fergie, Sneaky Sound System, Stephanie Macintosh (um...what are you doing here?), 30 Seconds To Mars ("Everybody, slit your wrists on three..."), Evermore, Eskimo Joe, Teddy Geiger and Damien Leith (Well, at least he's not Shannon Noll - and he's not technically Aussie, so he is kind of international!).

Not surprisingly, the few artists that attended - coincidently, wink wink - took home the majority of the awards. If I were MC Hammer, I'd get to next year's show, because he'd be a dead certainty to take home an award.

For those interested, here were the major winners of the night: