The annual Isle of MTV music event entertaining some 50,000 music lovers and transforming the Floriana Granaries into a vibrant festival.

The free live music concert featured British singer-songwriter and Grammy award winner Jess Glynne, US rapper Wiz Khalifa, UK electronic group Clean Bandit and electro-house superstar DJ Steve Aoki, who closed the event with his signature electronic beats.

In a bid to ensure safety, organisers had previously announced a list of prohibited items for the concert at the Floriana Granaries. These include glass bottles, pointed instruments, drones, fireworks, flagpoles, laser pointers and professional recording equipment. Specific entry points to the square were also set up with bag searches carried out on entry. No major incidents were reported on the evening.

Clean Bandit, led by Grace Chatto, is a breakthrough act founded in Cambridge in 2009 which describe themselves as “an energetic and fun performance”. The electronic band mixes acoustic instruments with electronic beats and regularly features popular singers such as Florence Rawlings and Elisabeth Troy.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa used Malta as the launching pad of his European tour, and treated the large crowd to a variety of his chart toppers as well as his lesser known newer releases.  Straight after it was Jess Glynn, the Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter fresh from a performance at the world-famous Glastonbury Music Festival, where she performed on the Pyramid Stage. In her first visit to Malta, she yesterday performed with a full band.

Finally, Steve Aoki, arguably the event’s headline event, recently named one of the world’s top 10 DJs by DJ Mag, saw the evening to a close.

A number of songs played by Aoki had their televised debut in Malta.

Also performing at the after-party at Gianpula – his team placed an order for some 20 cakes, with a six-page requirement list to ensure the cakes were sufficient for their intended purpose.

“Everyone should get caked in the face at least once in their lives,” he said at a press conference this afternoon, leaving little doubt as to what that might be. “You need the right cake: it has to be soft, explosive, spongy and gooey.”

Photo: Mark Zammit CordinaPhoto: Mark Zammit Cordina

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