October 3, 2008
It Feels Like 1987 Again.
In one of those hilarious situations where organisers give way too much power to smartass fans, 80’s pop star and newly crowned ironic legend Rick Astley, has somehow been nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards. Yes, I know it says Music Television Europe Music Awards, it’s redundant but that’s the official name. Ignore that though and focus on the meat of the story.
Rick Astley: Never gonna give, never gonna give, give you up.
So anyhoo, Rick Astley has been nominated for the “Best Act Ever“, and will be competing with the likes of Britney Spears and U2.
“Eighties pop singer Rick Astley has become the surprise contender for best act ever at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool.
The star, who has never been nominated in the history of the event, is up against U2, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Green Day and Tokio Hotel.
The winner, chosen by fans online, will be unveiled at the show on 6 November.
Astley returned to prominence this year when internet users were “tricked” into watching the video of his biggest hit.
A craze called “Rickrolling” saw web users unwittingly follow links to Astley’s videos. It led to millions of plays of Astley’s song Never Gonna Give You Up, which reached number one in the UK in 1987.
via BBC
“Rickrolling“. Gotta love it.
Anyhoo, it’s now up to us to REALLY make this an event worth remembering. GET VOTING for Rick and give him that award. Screw U2 and Bono, with his silly sunglasses and massive ego. Britney already won some awards at the American Video Music show thingy a few weeks back.
Rick needs this. Rick wants this. Give it to Rick. Click here to vote. And then vote again. And then get your friends and family to vote too.
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YES! I have been waiting for something like this. I voted for him 17 times already. Come on guys, get voting!
@Bendtner - Alright, calm down, have some sugar water.
You can use sites like http://www.bestactever.com to help you vote for him if you want.
Hey guys!! Lovely to see some more South African Rick fans!! Why don’t you come along to his official site http://www.rickastley.co.uk, there’s a fan forum there too and massive debate going on about this. This is a really really interesting phenomenon. Would love to see you all there.