Van Halen
will be performing live Madison
Square Garden
on March 17 at 8:00 pm.
A hard rock band from Pasadena
California, Van Halen was formed
in 1972 and released their self titled debut album in 1978. The band sold over
80 million albums worldwide by the year 2007 and has had several number one
hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
Although the Recording Industry Association of America reports that the band is
the 19th best selling band of all time, with salves of over 56 million albums
in the US,
Van Halen may be better known for the dramatic exits of its former band
members. Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth left the band several times and were
constantly surrounded by controversy and mass press coverage. Michael Anthony,
the founding bassist, was recent kicked off of the band for controversial
reasons. Yet despite the band’s inner turmoil, Van Halen was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12, 2007.
Madison Square Garden (MSG), also known as The Garden, is a
group of four arenas in New York City
and the owner of many sports franchises that play at MSG.
The first two arenas opened on the Northeast corner of Madison Square no
December 15, 1925. A third was built on
December 15, 1925 with a capacity of 17,000, on 50th Street and 8th Avenue. The final venue was built on February 14,
1986 on 7th Avenue
between 31strd Streets, on top of Pennsylvania
Station. and 33
The arenas are operated by Madison Square Garden LP which is
a subsidiary of Cablevision (NYSE:CVC).
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