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 model known by her middle name and a son Benjamin Keough, born on October 21, 1992. Presley obtained a quickie divorce in the Dominican Republic on May 6, 1994. Keough is a bass guitar player in Presley's band, and also serves as her musical mentor. Lisa Marie Presley still regards him as a close friend, and he lives in the guest house on Presley's property. Presley described her relationship with Keough after they separated: "I don't know how, but we've managed to stay close ... There's others that I have pain or betrayal associated with that I won't have anything