Cast Bryan Adams ... Self Joan Baez ... Self Pat Benatar ... Self - Performer Nina Blackwood ... Self Boy George ... Self Sonia Braga ... Self David Byrne ... Self Morris Day ... Self Sheila E. ... Self Elliot Easton ... Self Bob Geldof ... Self Mark J. Goodman ... Self Lou Gramm ... Self Sammy Hagar ... Self Daryl Hall ... Self - Performer (as Hall & Oates) Herbie Hancock ... Self Debbie Harry ... Self (as Deborah Harry) Corey Hart ... Self Mariel Hemingway ... Self Don Henley ... Self - Performer Alan Hunter ... Self Chrissie Hynde ... Self - Presenter J.J. Jackson ... Self Rick James ... Self Jam Master Jay ... Self - Performer (as Run-DMC) Grace Jones ... Self Mick Jones ... Self Eddie Kendricks ... Self - Performer (as The Temptations) Jim Kerr ... Self Cyndi Lauper ... Self Julian Lennon ... Self Annie Lennox ... Self - Performer (as Eurythmics) Madonna ... Self Aimee Mann ... Self - Performer with 'Til Tuesday Darryl McDaniels ... Self - Performer (as Run-DMC) John Mellencamp ... Self - Performer Russell Mulcahy ... Self Eddie Murphy ... Self - Host John Oates ... Self - Performer (as Hall & Oates) Ben Orr ... Self Stephen Pearcy ... Self Martha Quinn ... Self - Presenter Lou Reed ... Self Nile Rodgers ... Self David Lee Roth ... Self David Ruffin ... Self - Performer (as The Temptations) Joseph Simmons ... Self - Performer (as Run-DMC) Russell Simmons ... Self David A. Stewart ... Self - Performer (as Eurythmics) Sting ... Self - Performer Andy Taylor ... Self - Presenter John Taylor ... Self - Presenter Tears for Fears ... Themselves - Performers 'Til Tuesday ... Themselves Tina Turner ... Self Steven Van Zandt ... Self (Lil' Steven) Paul Young ... Self

Additional Info Premiere: September 13, 1985 Country: Distributor: MTV Networks Websites: Production Companies Music Television (MTV) Distributors Music Television (MTV)   (1985) (United States) (TV) Filming Locations Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.6 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #14,043 / 21,127 Site Ranking #14,039 Megadeth: Exposure Of A Dream (1992) #14,040 Debbie Does Damnation (1999) #14,041 Disintegration (2015) #14,042 Killjoy's Carnage Caravan (2019) #14,043 1985 MTV Video Music Awards (1985) #14,045 The Real Malcolm X (1992) #14,046 2016 MTV Video Music Awards (2016) #14,048 Co-Ed Starlets (1994) #14,049 Desert Shadows (2022)