Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera kissed during the opening performance of the 2003 MTV VMAs on this day, August 28, and it was instantly iconic.
Nearly 20 years previous, during the music video channel’s inaugural Video Music Awards, a then 26-year-old Madonna rolled around the stage in a wedding dress, grinding on it while singing her hit “Like A Virgin.”
It caused a mid-’80s commotion.
The 2002 VMAs opening was a somber one as it was nearly a year to the day of 9/11, so Bruce Springsteen opened with the apropos-but-not-fun “The Rising.”
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