mtvU has just announced that Iggy Azalea will be performing at the 2014 Woodie Awards and we are beyond excited! The rapper has recently announced that she will be releasing her long awaited album, The New Classic, on April 14th and will be going on tour all throughout the US and Canada starting on April 23rd. IGGY AZALEA TO PERFORM AT “2014 mtvU WOODIE AWARDS” ON MARCH 13 AT SXSW IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
Sam Smith, American Authors, London Grammar and Wild Cub Set to Join Incredible Lineup for the Woodie Awards Festival
30-Minute Primetime Woodies Special to Premiere on MTV and mtvU on
Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
New York, NY (March 4, 2014) – mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, today announced that 2014 “Best Video Woodie” nominee Iggy Azalea will perform her hit “Fancy” along with special guest Charli XCX, at the “2014 mtvU Woodie Awards” on Thursday, March 13, joining previously announced performers Childish Gambino and The 1975. Additionally, “Breaking Woodie” and “Cover Woodie”nominee Sam Smith, American Authors, London Grammar and Wild Cubare all slated to grace the Woodies stage at the “2014 mtvU Woodie Awards Festival,” which starts at 3:00 p.m. on March 13 and will lead into the awards portion of the evening. The artists join Bleachers and Vic Mensa as Woodie Awards Festival performers. MTV and mtvU will air the half-hour “2014 mtvU Woodie Awards” special, celebrating award winners and showcasing some of the best performances from the Woodies on Sunday, March 16 at 8:00p.m. ET/PT. Woodie Award voting is currently open at Woodies.MTV.com.
“I’m a Woodie nominee!, exclaimed Igg Azalea. “Yeay! I’m so excited to perform on that stage alongside some great artists. It’s gonna be FANCY.”
“We all grew up watching MTV and looking up to the artists who win Woodie Awards, said Zac Barnett of the American Authors. “So the fact that we get to be a part of the performance aspect now is really exciting!”
“We are massively excited to be involved with the Woodies this year. Not only because of the incredible list of bands that has preceded us, but because of the amazingly talented people we’ll share the stage with this year,” said Wild Cub singer/guitarist Keegan DeWitt. “It’s a total honor to be part of that and we’re looking forward to it.”
Rapper and MTV Artist to Watch Iggy Azalea, who was raised in rural Australia, has been touted as one of the most promising MCs with cosigns not only from King of the South T.I.. but also from rap royalty like Dr. Dre to Snoop Dogg. In 2012, she became the first ever woman to be named to XXL’s “Freshman List.” Following her Woodie Awards performance, she will release her debut album, “The New Classic” on April 15. The album includes past singles “Work,” “Fancy” and “Change Your Life.”
