Madonna makes epic VMAs return with Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX

Madonna kicked off the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards with a star-studded efficiency that includes Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx.

The Queen of Pop opened Sunday evening’s present together with her first VMAs efficiency in 23 years, taking the stage after the ceremony was delayed by the Baltimore Ravens-Dallas Cowboys sport.

Carpenter joined Madonna early within the efficiency for “Deliver Your Love,” their house-pop collaboration from Madonna’s newest album, “Confessions II.”

The pair acquired the group on its ft with the dancefloor anthem earlier than Charli xcx made a shock look for a efficiency of her remix of Madonna’s “Danceteria.”

Madonna’s opening quantity additionally featured appearances from Seth Rogen, Sombr and Julia Garner, who had beforehand been linked to playing Madonna in a biopic concerning the singer’s life and profession.

The efficiency marked a serious return to the VMAs stage for Madonna, who has delivered a number of the awards present’s most memorable moments over the a long time.

Her high-energy opening set formally acquired the evening underway after viewers needed to wait longer than anticipated for the published to start.

Snoop Dogg is internet hosting this 12 months’s VMAs, which returned to the West Coast for the primary time in almost a decade.

Forward of the present, Taylor Swift was among the many final stars to arrive on the purple carpet, stepping out in a black halter bodysuit paired with a glowing silver draped skirt.

The 2026 MTV VMAs are airing stay Sunday evening on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+.