MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

MTV World Stage is a global series that brings multi-genre talents with global relevance to an audience in over 550 million households. Recorded "live" at the most exclusive gigs, world renowned music festivals and unique concert locations from around the world, MTV World Stage is the "front row seat" for music lovers to experience the biggest artists on the globe without leaving the comfort of their sofas.

On August 15, 2009, MTV Asia staged the first ever outdoor MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia at Sunway Lagoon

Sunway Lagoon

Sunway Lagoon is an amusement park in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It was officially opened by the Prime Minister Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad on April 29, 1993. It features rides in both the water park and the adjacent dry park. The park has slowly been adding rides and play areas, with the aim of...

Resort in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

. The event was attended by over 15, 000 fans. The 2011 event took place in I-City

I-City

I-City or I-City Selangor is a township in the Klang Valley region of Selangor, Malaysia. This new township is located at Section 7 in Sungai Rasau between Bandar Baru Klang and Shah Alam. I-City is well connected from/to the Federal Highway. This township is the site of the former Sumur City...

The event also featured a live, real-time microblogging

Microblogging

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application where comments and 'tweets' via SMS were displayed on giant screens at the concert venue.

Artist lineups

The outdoor concert featured a total of seven acts:

Kasabian
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
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Boys Like Girls
Boys Like Girls
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Hoobastank
Hoobastank
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Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott
Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...
Raygun
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Estranged

Malaysian songbird Misha Omar

Misha Omar

Samiha @ Aisah Binti Omar , commonly known as Misha, is a Malaysian singer and actress. She was first discovered by Adnan Abu Hassan when she became a finalist of the "Bintang RTM" competition in 2001 alongside fellow singers Azharina and Siti Sarah. Misha did not win the competition but her...

made a special appearance with Boys Like Girls for a duet, Two Is Better Than One.
Korean boyband 2AM

2AM

2AM is a South Korean four-member ballad boy band under JYP Entertainment. The members are Jo Kwon, Jinwoon, Seulong, and Changmin. 2AM is one of the two subgroups branched out from the eleven-member boy band One Day, the other being 2PM. They officially debuted on July 11, 2008 on KBS's Music...

also made a special guest appearance at the post party of the event.

Artist lineups MTV World Stage 2010: Live In Malaysia

Katy Perry
Katy Perry
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Tokio Hotel
Tokio Hotel
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Bunkface
Bunkface
Bunkface is a Malaysian Punk Rock band from Klang, Malaysia formed in 2005. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Sam , bass guitarist and second vocalist Youk , Paan , lead guitarist, and back up vocallist...

(Band From Malaysia)
Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls
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(Girl band from South Korea)

Artist lineups MTV World Stage 2011: Live In Malaysia

30 Seconds to Mars
30 Seconds to Mars
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Neon Trees
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Pop Shuvit
Pop Shuvit
Pop Shuvit is a Malaysian independent rap-rock band. Comprising Moots! , JD , AJ , Rudy and Uno , the band who got its name from a skateboarding trick of almost the same name began making waves in the local music scene in late 2001 and since then, has had 4 successful releases under their belt and...

(Malaysian band)
BEAST (Boy Band from South Korea)

TV Premiere

The six-hour long live concert was edited into a two-hour special that premiered on MTV Asia on August 28, 2009.

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