Overview

• Dan Hawkins’ viral Instagram post slammed the MTV VMAs medley as “another nail in the coffin of rock’n’roll” and called the performers “a bunch of bellends.”
• Justin Hawkins said on his podcast that Dan was “triggered” by the performance and that a social media manager posted the “bellends” line at Dan’s instruction.
• Justin questioned Yungblud’s authenticity, likening the onstage moves to a “male stripper,” calling it “School of Rock” posturing with a “Disney veneer,” and saying he appears to position himself as Ozzy’s heir.
• While criticizing the presentation, Justin praised Nuno Bettencourt’s guitar work, joking that his fingers are “the eighth to eighteenth wonders of the world.”
• The Sept. 7 VMAs tribute featured Yungblud with Nuno Bettencourt and Adam Wakeman on “Crazy Train” and “Changes,” later joined by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry for “Mama, I’m Coming Home.”