All Photos Courtesy of Getty Images Madonna, Taylor Swift, Snoop Dogg and a new generation of stars made the 2026 VMAs a celebration of music’s past, present and future. Los Angeles belonged to music on Sunday night as the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards returned to the West Coast, bringing some of the industry’s biggest names to the Peacock Theater for an evening of fashion, performances, tributes and the kind of unexpected moments that have defined the VMAs for more than four d