News Brief/Photo Blog- SXSW Woodie Awards

Story and Photos by Carizma Barrera, Reporter

The March 14 MTV-University (mtvU) Woodie Awards South by Southwest showcase featured several artists, surprise guests, and MTV video-jockeys (VJ’s).

The line for admission extended down the street about 2 blocks from the venue, a vacant lot across from the Austin Convention Center. It took about an hour-and-a-half to get in.

Once inside the event seemed more like a concert then an award show.

Alternative group Twenty One Pilots took the stage wearing skeleton ski-masks. Two sets of drums were brought on stage allowing the drummer and lead singer to face off in an intense drum battle.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, opened their performance with confetti raining from the sky. Their popular Thrift Shop song kept the crowd jumping.

The award show ended on a high note with Zedd, a dubstep DJ from Germany, who played a constant stream of music punctuated by pulsating lights.

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ON SCREEN — Zedd, a DJ from Germany makes a larger-than-life appearance on the big screen. He opened his set with a light show and his hit “Spectrum.”

 

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FEATURING FOXES — Foxes lends her cameo to the song “Clarity”, as she performs with Zedd

 

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CHORUS — Ray Dalton performs on the Woodies stage to sing the chorus of the hit song “Can’t Hold Us.”

 

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HANDS UP — Macklemore instructs the crowd to put their hands up for his hit song “Cant Hold Us.”

 

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THRIFT SHOPPING — Ryan Lewis, Macklemore’s DJ, jumps and dances to the hit song “Thrift Shop.”

 

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STIR IT UP — The hype-man gets the crowd excited about Macklemore’s hit “Thrift Shop.”

 

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TRUMPET SERENADE — Trumpet player Owour Arunga opens Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ performance at the MTV-U Woodies.

 

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TWENTY ONE PILOTS — Tyler Joseph, one half of the musical duo Twenty One Pilots performs on the Woodie Stage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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