Britney Spears was mauled by the press for a lacklustre performance when she opened the MTV VMAs.

The singer was dressed in a bikini and looked unfit and vaguely disinterested and seemed to have lost the art of lip synching.

If that wasn't bad enough for the organisers, Kanye West then went into the huff of all huffs after he failed to get a single gong, despite being nominated in five categories - saying he will never come back.

The night only got worse (or maybe improved) when Tommy Lee and Kid Rock (both ex-partners of Pamela Anderson) decided to have a bit of a fracas - with Lee being ejected - although it appears Kid Rock may be charged with assualt.

Ah well, at least the rock 'n' roll spirit lives on.