Metallica, Tool, Slipknot Nominated for 2020 Billboard Music Awards
Speaking of meaningless bullshit: Metallica, Tool, and Slipknot — the only three metal bands about whom anyone gives a fuck — have all been nominated for 2020 Billboard Music Awards. Specifically, they were nominated in the following categories:
Top Touring Artist
Elton John
Metallica
P!nk
The Rolling Stones
Ed Sheeran
Top Rock Tour
Elton John
Metallica
The Rolling Stones
Top Rock Album
The Lumineers, III
Slipknot, We Are Not Your Kind
Tame Impala, The Slow Rush
Tool, Fear Inoculum
Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride
The awards, which are based on chart activity from March 23, 2019 – March 14, 2020, were delayed from April to Wednesday, October 14 as a result of the coronavirus. Kelly Clarkson will host the ceremony live from the The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles; it will air at 8pm ET on NBC.
[via Noisecreep]
