1994 MTV Video Music Awards 1994 MTV Video Music Awards The 1994 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 8, 1994, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1993, to June 15, 1994. The show was hosted by Roseanne Barr at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and this would be the last time there was a female host for the VMAs until Chelsea Handler hosted in 2010. Kurt Cobain, frontman of grunge band Nirvana, was honored this night after his death on April 5. Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley opened the show by Michael giving a speech. They ended
Lisa Marie Presley toys and rarely seen family mementos are among the items on display. In November 1975, her father named one of his private aircraft, a converted Convair 880 jet (original passenger capacity: 100), after her. He spent more than $1,000,000 refurbishing it to use as his main transport while on tour. The "Lisa Marie" and one of his other planes, "Hound Dog II", are on exhibit at Graceland. In January 2015 it was reported that both planes were for sale. They are no longer airworthy, but their owner was hoping to sell them for $10M in total. The buyer would have