A wildly unpredictable Juno Awards unfolded on Monday as a topless protester charged the stage, leading to some feisty words from Avril Lavigne, while an absent the Weeknd emerged as the top winner this year.
With a few twists and turns, Canada's biggest celebration of music did away with its typically tame proceedings shortly after the broadcast got underway. Lavigne was interrupted by a topless woman who leapt on the stage wearing pasties with paint on her that read "land back" and "save the green belt," a reference to Ontario's decision last fall to open a protected area of land for housing.
She returned later to accept this year's fan choice award with a few choice words and another expletive: "Nobody try anything this time or the Canadian is going to come out of me and I'll a bitch up." Other winners included Jessie Reyez who picked up contemporary R&B recording of the year for "Yessie" as her tearful father looked on and Tobi who won rap album/EP of the year for "Shall I Continue?"Special honourees Nickelback were present throughout the night, even before they were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in a pre-recorded message by actor Ryan Reynolds.
In his speech, a smitten Chad Kroeger reflected on his band's humble beginnings in Hanna, Alta., saying they "had no idea what we were doing and most of the time still don't."A little later, the band returned to close out the broadcast with a medley of their biggest hits that included more than its share of fiery pyro effects.
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