Lopez wore a glittery bodysuit for her performance of the song at Mohegan Sun 's 15th anniversary celebration concert . It featured dancers that " whirled " around the singer while green lasers swept across the arena ceiling . " Waiting for Tonight " was included on the setlist for her Dance Again World Tour in 2012 . She performed the song while dancing on a white moving platform . During the tour 's European leg at a concert in Italy , Lopez supposedly had a wardrobe malfunction according to various sources during her performance of " Waiting for Tonight " . She was wearing a " plunging skintight cat suit " . Lopez performed the track along with several other songs during a July 2013 concert in Hyde Park , London . In March 2014 , she sang " Waiting for Tonight " during her concert at the Dubai World Cup . In June of that year , Lopez performed the song during a concert in The Bronx which marked fifteen years since the release of '' On the 6 '' . Andrew Hampp from '' Billboard '' wrote that the " laser-drenched " performance reached " World Cup levels of euphoria for a large swath of fans " . Three months later , she performed the song again at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix , as part of a 90-minute set . Along with her debut single " If You Had My Love " , " Waiting for Tonight " was given " a bass-heavy remix that added to the arena rock atmosphere " according to '' The Straits Times '' . At her " The Best Is Yet To Come " concert which took place on New Year 's Eve 2014 in Caesars Palace , Lopez included " Waiting for Tonight " on her setlist ; during the performance , she wore a red-sequined costume and performed a striptease on a couch . Lopez opened her performance at the American Music Awards of 2015 ( where she also hosted the ceremony ) with a " slower , sultrier " rendition of " Waiting for Tonight " . She was clothed in a tribal-print body stocking . At her Las Vegas residency show Jennifer Lopez : All I Have in 2016 , Lopez performed a reworked " hyper-futuristic " EDM and house version of " Waiting for Tonight " , which included " fierce " voguing . Lopez opened her performance at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards , where she received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award , with " Waiting for Tonight " . Kenzie Bryant of '' Vanity Fair '' described the set design during the song as " so leafy and green and neon it was reminiscent of her Versace Grammys dress " , and '' Billboard '' ranked Lopez 's performance as the best of the night
2018 MTV Video Music Awards
2018 MTV Video Music Awards
Waiting for Tonight