Madison Square Garden - Other Notable Concerts

Other Notable Concerts

In addition to the concerts described above, the Garden has hosted numerous other notable concerts:

1969

• The Doors performed at MSG on January 24, 1969, to a sell out crowd. In 1970 they played to four straight sell out crowds on January 17 and 18 at the Felt Forum later released as Live in New York (The Doors live album).
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience played a sold out show at MSG, May 18, 1969.
• The Rolling Stones performed at The Garden a total of 24 times between the years 1969 and 2006. Most of the live performance segments of the 1970 film, "Gimme Shelter" were filmed there, and a concert on the "Licks Tour" in 2003 was broadcast live on HBO and later released on DVD. Their concert on July 26, 1972, was the final show of their legendary 1972 North American Tour to promote the classic album, "Exile On Main Street." Their 1975 appearance was one of the Garden's top 20 concerts.
• Raphael: Played for the first time in 1969.

1970

• Led Zeppelin: They played a total of 15 times in 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977. Sold out the venue three consecutive nights in the summer of 1973. On their 1977 tour they played six sold-out dates in June, it was meant to be only four nights, but the demand was so great that they had to add other two nights.

1971

• The Grateful Dead: Played 56 concerts including four in the Felt Forum in 1971.
• Deep Purple: Played for very first time in Madison Square Garden. The concert was sold out.

1972

• Elvis Presley performed at MSG four times in three straight days June 9 through June 11, 1972. He gave three night shows and an afternoon show on June 10. An album, Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden, was released after the concert, on June 18, 1972. In 1997, the afternoon show was released as An Afternoon in the Garden. All four shows were sold out.

1974

• Lynn Anderson was the first female country artist to headline and sell-out the Garden in 1974.

1975

• Angelica Maria, the first Mexican recording artist to headline and sell out MSG, is the only female artist to perform two sold-out concerts at the Garden on the same day, which she did in 1975.

1976

• Parliament-Funkadelic performed numerous sold out shows at the Garden between 1976 and 1979.

1977

• Queen: The band's first concert at the Garden in February 1977 sold out within moments.

1978

• Bruce Springsteen has performed at the Garden 29 times in his career, beginning in 1978 with the Darkness Tour.

1979

• Supertramp sold out Madison Square Garden on May 31, 1979, during their Breakfast in America tour and was presented with their first platinum record awards there, followed by an after party to celebrate the sell out.

1980

• Jethro Tull: Have played Madison Square Garden a total of eighteen times, the first being in 1971, and the last being in 1980. Their 1978 show at Madison Square Garden was the first concert to be broadcast live via satellite across the Atlantic Ocean. The same show was also released as a live album and live DVD in 2009.
• Yes: Selling-out their record 16th consecutive concert at Madison Square Garden during their 1980 Drama Tour, the ground-breaking British progressive rock band surpassed Led Zeppelin for that honor. The "most consecutive sold-out concerts at MSG" title was later won by the Grateful Dead in the late '80s.

1981

• The Jacksons performed at MSG on August 18 and 19, 1981, during Triumph Tour and on August 4 and 5, 1984, during Victory Tour.
• The Kinks performed on October 3, 1981 – sixteen years after their first American appearance (and subsequent four-year ban) – and headlined again on December 21, 1984.

1982

• Iron Maiden have played at the venue multiple times beginning in 1982 up till the most recent The Final Frontier World Tour in 2010.

1985

• Madonna has performed at the Garden 29 times in her career, beginning in 1985 with The Virgin Tour. All 29 shows have sold out.

1988

• Michael Jackson performed two sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden on March 3 and 5, 1988. These concerts were the last time an MSG concert was booked closed public in favor of the United Negro College Fund In 2010, Madison Square Garden chose the March 3 concert as the greatest concert ever held at the venue. He also performed at MSG twice on September 7, 2001, and September 10, 2001, for his 30th Anniversary Special.

1989

• R.E.M. Played the venue eight times. In 1989 twice, in 1995 three times, 2003, 2004 and on their final tour in 2008.

1990

• Janet Jackson has performed 13 concerts at this venue on five concert tours. Her 1990 concert was one of the Garden's top 20 concerts.

1991

• Guns N' Roses: Played three nights at Madison Square Garden during the Use Your Illusion Tour on December 9, 10 and 13 1991. And they played again during the Chinese Democracy Tour in 2002 and 2006. All of these shows were sold out.

1994

• Green Day: Played three times at The Garden, December 5, 1994, (concert which singer Billie Joe Armstrong played the song She completely naked) and two sold-out consecutive nights in July 27 and 28, 2009.

1995

• Mariah Carey performed at the MSG in 1995 with her 'Fantasy' tour and in 2010 with her 'Angels Advocate' tour.
• Phish: Is known for their New Year's Eve Concerts at The Garden in '95, '97, '98, '02, '10 and '11. Phish has played the Garden a total of 23 times since 1994. New Year's Eve shows are famous for selling out within minutes.
• Jacky Cheung: First Chinese artist performed at the Garden during his Yau Hok Yau" (友學友), literally a pun of "friendship Jacky Cheung" world tour in 1995.

1996

• Dave Matthews Band: Has played The Garden 17 times since 1996, most recently on November 12 and 13, 2010.
• KISS sold out MSG four nights in a row 7/25–7/28 on their 1996 Reunion Tour.

1998

• Toni Braxton: The American singer performed at Madison Square Garden on 1 February until 31 March 1998 on his Secrets Tour it was officially 2nd studio album's Secrets was officially released during the concert on 1 July 1996 based in Republic of Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Republic of Singapore, Negara Brunei Darussalam and Commonwealth of Australia from to show sold out in 5-hours tonight of the 2-months.
• The Spice Girls performed twice at The Garden. First time, July 1, 1998, during their Spiceworld Tour, selling out the venue in twelve minutes, the first band to do that. Then, they performed again on February 18, 2008, during their Return of the Spice Girls Tour.
• Pearl Jam have performed two-night stands at the Garden in September 1998, July 2003, June 2008 and May 2010.

1999

• Eric Clapton performed at the Madison Square Garden in 1999.
• Metallica: Performed one of their four S&M shows at Madison Square Garden with the orchestra of St. Lukes on November 23, 1999.

2000

• 'N Sync: Performed at Madison Square Garden in 2000 for their No Strings Attached tour in honor of the release of their second studio album "No Strings Attached"
• Christina Aguilera: in 1999 and 2007, she sold out concerts in the garden in Christina Aguilera in Concert and Back to Basic tours.

2003

• Jay-Z: Jay-Z performed at the Garden on November 23, 2003, in what was billed as his "retirement party." The concert at the venue was later featured in his Fade to Black documentary. Beyoncé, his wife, has performed many sold out shows in the Garden on both her I Am... Tour and The Beyoncé Experience World Tour. His 2009 concert was one of the Garden's top 20 concerts.

2005

• Bon Jovi: Have played the venue seven times since 2005.
• Cream: Played a series of shows after their reunion gigs at the Royal Albert Hall, in 2005.
• Oasis: Played Madison Square Garden for the first time on June 22, 2005. The last time was on December 17, 2008 during the Dig Out Your Soul world tour.

2006

• Tenacious D: Played at MSG in 2006 for the first time. The concert recording was released November 4, 2008, on The Complete Master Works 2.

2007

• Elton John has performed a record breaking 62 sold-out performances at The Garden as of 2011. He performed his 60th performance for his 60th birthday on March 25, 2007.
• Dispatch (Band): The only independent band to ever sell out Madison Square Garden. In 2007, the band after being broken up for five years announced a benefit show to help humanitarian aid in Zimbabwe. The concert was held on June 13, 2007. The concert sold out in minutes, and the band added two additional dates – June 14 and 15.
• O.A.R.: Recorded and filmed their DVD "Live at Madison Square Garden" in 2007.

2008

• Coldplay: Played a free show to a sold-out crowd June 23, 2008.
• Linkin Park: Played at MSG twice. Once in 2008 for their Minutes to Midnight Tour, and once in 2011 for the A Thousand Suns Tour.
• The Jonas Brothers: This band gave three consecutive shows at Madison Square Garden as part of their Burnin' Up Tour in August 2008, selling out the three days. "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" was filmed there. They featured artist such as Demi Lovato, Robert Schwartzman and Taylor Swift. These famous brothers sold out the three performances in less than one hour, each performance was sold out in ten minutes. They became the youngest band to sell out the Garden.
• Foo Fighters performed on February 19, 2008 & November 13, 2011.

2009

• Britney Spears has visited the garden many times, and has sold out the arena for all shows which she had there. In 2009, during her The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour, she sold out three back-to-back shows in 43 seconds.
• My Chemical Romance performed at the garden in May 2009, and received positive reviews.
• Slipknot: The Grammy-award winning hard rockers played at Madison Square Garden for the first time on February 5, 2009, for the tenth anniversary of their first studio album
• Taylor Swift: The teen country singer sold out the Garden in August 2009, at her Fearless Tour. She sold out the Garden in one minute. On November 22, 2011, at her Speak Now World Tour she sold out in 59 seconds.
• P!nk: The American pop star sold out The Garden on October 5, 2009, on her first North American arena tour. Apart of the Funhouse Tour.

2010

• Ivete Sangalo: the first Brazilian artist to performe a headline show and sell out "The Garden" on September 4, 2010, with 15 thousand people and with special featuring of Nelly Furtado, Seu Jorge, Juanes and Diego Torres, on her first South American arena tour. Later released on DVD and Blu-ray : IS Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden.
• Rammstein: The band's first performance in America in ten years as part of their Liebe ist für alle da Tour on December 11, 2010. Tickets were sold out in less than 30 minutes.
• Justin Bieber: The Canadian singer performed at Madison Square Garden on August 31, 2010, on his My World Tour. Bieber's concert documentary film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never was filmed during the concert. The show sold out in 22 minutes, making him the youngest person ever to sell out arena. He is scheduled to return to Madison Square Garden on November 28 & 29, 2012, on his Believe Tour. The singer sold both upcoming shows out in 30 seconds.

2011

• Billy Joel played a record of twelve sold-out concerts in a row at The Garden which were recorded on his 12 Gardens Live album.

• LCD Soundsystem: Played their last show ever to a sold-out crowd on April 2, 2011. The band played for over three hours and invited several guests on stage.
• SM Town artists performed in front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden on October 23, 2011. They are the first Asian artists to perform in the Garden and their concert is documented in the film I AM.
• Swedish House Mafia: The first Electronic Dance act to perform in Madison Square Garden December 16, 2011. It took ten minutes for the Swedes to sell out the Garden. This concert was also broadcast live on the Fuse TV YouTube channel.

2012

• L'Arc-en-Ciel: The legendary Japanese band, which has sold over 40 million records worldwide, played a sold out live show on March 25, 2012, as part of their 20th L'Anniversary World Tour 2012. They are the first Japanese band to hold a stand-alone performance in the venue.
• Nickelback: Played there for the first time on their Here and Now Tour in 2012.
• One Direction: The British Boyband have sold out the Garden to kick off their 2013 World Tour

Others - year missing

• Lady Gaga sold out five back-to-back shows at the Garden for her The Monster Ball Tour in approximately two minutes. She has played The Garden a total of seven times.
• The Beatles: The Garden is the only venue that each of the four former members of The Beatles played solo concerts after the breakup of the band – although not at the same time.
• AC/DC : Played there during their Black Ice world tour.
• Rihanna: First woman of the Caribbean to ever sell out the Garden, she performed a sold out show for her Last Girl on Earth Tour, promoting Rated R.

Other acts like Cher, Usher, Frank Sinatra, Eminem, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, Barbra Streisand, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Maná, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry, Depeche Mode, U2, The Killers, Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Blink 182, The Who, Deep Purple, The Osmonds, Muse, Brooks & Dunn, Marc Anthony, Luciano Pavarotti and Aventura performed more than once at the venue. Other top concerts at the Garden have included The Village People (1975), Duran Duran (1985), Phil Collins (1985), Peter Gabriel (1986), Luther Vandross (1991), Celine Dion (1998) and Dixie Chicks (2003).