The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Live Act is an award category for the MTV Europe Music Awards. It was first awarded in 1995, which Take That won for their Nobody Else Tour lasting from March to October 1995. U2 and Ed Sheeran won the award the most times, both receiving two awards. The award was briefly named Best Headliner for the 2007 and 2008 ceremonies.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s Year Artist Tour Ref 1995 Take That Nobody Else Tour Bon Jovi These Days Tour The Prodigy Music for the Jilted Generation Tour R.E.M. Parallel Tour The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 1997 U2 PopMart Tour Aerosmith Nine Lives Tour Michael Jackson HIStory World Tour Radiohead OK Computer era and Against Demons Tour Skunk Anansie Stoosh Tour
2000s Year Artist Tour Ref 2002 Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way World Tour Depeche Mode Exciter Tour Korn Untouchables Tour Lenny Kravitz Lenny Tour U2 Elevation Tour 2007 Muse Black Holes and Revelations Tour Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour Beyoncé The Beyoncé Experience Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow 2008 Tokio Hotel 1000 Hotels Tour The Cure 4 Play Tour Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour Linkin Park Projekt Revolution Metallica 2008 European Vacation Tour/World Magnetic Tour 2009 U2 U2 360° Tour Beyoncé I Am... World Tour Green Day 21st Century Breakdown World Tour Kings of Leon Only by the Night World Tour Lady Gaga The Fame Ball Tour
2010s Year Artist Tour Ref 2010 Linkin Park A Thousand Suns World Tour Bon Jovi The Circle Tour Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown World Tour Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour Muse The Resistance Tour 2011 Katy Perry California Dreams Tour Coldplay Mylo Xyloto Tour Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour Lady Gaga The Monster Ball Tour Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm with You World Tour 2012 Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour Green Day 21st Century Breakdown World Tour Jay Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Tour Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball Muse The Resistance Tour 2013 Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour Green Day 99 Revolutions Tour Pink The Truth About Love Tour Taylor Swift Red Tour Justin Timberlake Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour 2014 One Direction Where We Are Tour Beyoncé On the Run Tour Bruno Mars The Moonshine Jungle Tour Katy Perry The Prismatic World Tour Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience World Tour 2015 Ed Sheeran x Tour Foo Fighters Sonic Highways World Tour Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Cheek to Cheek Tour Katy Perry The Prismatic World Tour Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 2016 Twenty One Pilots Emotional Roadshow World Tour Adele Adele Live 2016 Beyoncé The Formation World Tour Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour Green Day Revolution Radio Tour 2017 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour EminemRevival Tour Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 2018Shawn MendesIlluminate World Tour Ed Sheeran ÷ TourMuseNorth American Summer Amphitheatre TourP!nkBeautiful Trauma World TourThe CartersOn the Run II Tour 2019BTSLove Yourself World Tour Ariana Grande Sweetener World Tour Ed Sheeran÷ TourP!nk Beautiful Trauma World TourTravis ScottAstroworld: Wish You Were Here Tour
2020s Year Artist Tour Ref 2020 BTS Map of the Soul Tour Live Stream J Balvin Beyond the Colores Live Experience Katy Perry Tomorrowland: Around the World Little Mix UNCancelled Maluma Papi Juancho Live Post Malone Nirvana Tribute 2022Harry StylesLove On Tour Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour Ed Sheeran +–=÷x Tour Kendrick Lamar The Big Steppers Tour Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour 2023 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour Burna Boy I Told Them... Tour Ed Sheeran - Tour Måneskin Rush! World Tour SZA SOS Tour The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour
See also MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance
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