Edinburgh set to host music awards show

A SCOTTISH city is to host one of the world’s most prestigious showbiz events in which a host of stars will perform live.

The MTV Europe Music Awards is to be held at Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal in November and will be broadcast to around a billion people worldwide. The main show will be held in a purpose-built 6,000-capacity arena in the Leith area of the city, but organisers are promising that gigs and parties will be held across the Scottish capital on the night of the awards.

MTV Europe has not yet revealed which acts will be coming to Scotland for the event, but says it is already in negotiations with some of the industry’s top names. It is hoped the ceremony will attract thousands to the country and thrust Scotland into the international limelight.