" For Your Entertainment " made its live debut at the American Music Awards on November 22 , 2009 , at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles , California , which aired on ABC . The performance caused controversy due to Lambert acting too provocative on stage by aggressively grinding on his male dancers and making out with his keyboardist . The Parents Television Council slammed the performance as being sexualized , and urged viewers to complain to the FCC if living in an area where the performance was shown before 10 p.m. local time . However , Lambert 's performance reportedly was broadcast around 11 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time , " outside the FCC 's usual 6am-10pm time frame " . The performance drew 1,500 complaints to ABC , many of which probably came from the PTC . As a result , ABC announced that Lambert would not be performing on '' Good Morning America '' on November 25 as planned . CBS subsequently invited Lambert to perform instead on '' The Early Show '' on the same date in New York City
American Music Awards
American Music Awards of 2009
For Your Entertainment (song)