Updated: Isle of MTV set to be MTV's biggest concert this year

The Isle of MTV Concert in Floriana next Wednesday will be a huge event and the biggest MTV concert this year, Jane Frazer, an MTV executive producer, said this afternoon.

Some 200 workers are currently assembling the stage which will feature Metrostation, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Esmee Denters.

The show, the third to be held in Malta, will be broadcast across Europe in September and is also expected to be screened in Asia and South America.

Peter Portelli, Permanent Secretary, Tourism and Sustainable Development, urged those who planned to attend to use public transport .

He said that the event had attracted considerable interest in Malta.

Ms Frazer said that now that the concert has established itself as one of the major annual events for MTV, interest was being shown by all its worldwide networks to air the concert as well as other live programmes related to the Isle of MTV concert.

Logistics Directives

The government this afternoon issued the following directives with regard to the concert:

Triq Sarrija, Floriana, will be closed to all traffic from tomorrow to Friday at Midday. Traffic is to pass from Triq Sant Anna or Triq E.S. Tonna into Triq Vincenzo Bugeja and past Police GHQ and the Curia.

Buses will operate an extra schedule from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.. The price of tickets fwill be €1.16 to all locations. The bus lane from Pieta’ to Valletta is to be kept clear on the night of the Isle of MTV concert. The area in front of the APS Bank in Triq Sant’Anna, Floriana, is the designated drop-off point for those travelling to the concert on buses or coaches.

The Park and Ride service will operate normally. However, the Transport Authority (ADT) will be arranging for extra shuttles depending on demand.

Entry to the Granaries will be from the back end via E.S. Tonna Str. or through the Mall in Floriana. There will be no entry into Triq Sarrija or Triq San Publiju from Great Siege Road. Exits will be from Triq Sarrija or Triq San Publiju into Great Siege Road.

There will be 3 Medical Posts in the area around the Granaries.

The 1st Medical post is to be situated next to the Catholic Institute, in J.Lopez Street. Another medical post may be found under the Independence Monument, outside The Mall, whereas a third medical post will be situated next to St. Publius’ Church. This Clinic will also serve as a ‘Lost Persons’ reference point.