Claim: Sledgehammer was first performed live in 1998.
Evidence: They first performed the song live at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards pre-show and would make later appearances on Good Morning America , Access Hollywood Live , The Talk , the Today Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The 2014 MTV EMAs -LRB- also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards -RRB- were held at The SSE Hydro , Glasgow , Scotland on 9 November 2014.