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Here's What The MTV VMAs Looked Like In 1996

Oh, man, this takes us back.
Stephanie Marcus
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Senior Entertainment Editor, HuffPost

Ahead of this Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, we’re taking a walk down memory lane.

Let’s jump back 20 years. The year was 1996, and the show was held on Sept. 4 at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

To set the scene, recall that Dennis Miller returned for his second run as host, the Smashing Pumpkins took home the award for Best Video, Alanis Morissette was named Best New Artist, and the show marked Tupac Shakur’s last public appearance before he was shot on Sept. 7 and died on Sept. 13.

Check out who performed at the show, and who made an appearance on the red carpet.

Jewel
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Toni Braxton & Dennis Rodman
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Smashing Pumpkins
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Alanis Morissette performing "Your House"
Jenny McCarthy
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Tupac Shakur
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Gavin Rossdale
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Patsy Kensit & Liam Gallagher
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Hootie & The Blowfish
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Coolio & Claudia Schiffer
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Angie Everhart & Veronica Webb
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The Smashing Pumpkins performing "Tonight, Tonight"
Gloria Estefan
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Joan Osborne
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Sheryl Crow
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Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick
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Flea, Anthony Kiedis & Claudia Schiffer
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Anthony Kiedis & Flea
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Jenny McCarthy & Geena Davis
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Patty Schemel, Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
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Bjork
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Oasis performing "Champagne Supernova"
Kennedy
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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Beck & Dave Grohl
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The Fugees
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Everclear
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Ben Stiller & Jerry Cantrell
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing "Tha Crossroads"
Seal
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No Doubt
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Tim Robbins & Susan Sarandon
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Joe Perry & Steven Tyler
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Rosie O'Donnell
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Mariah Carey
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Busta Rhymes
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