Madison Square Garden Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Check out this US$1.8 billion spherical concert venue being built in Las Vegas

Most buildings have straight lines. This one doesn’t have any. The somewhat oddly named Madison Square Garden Sphere, now under

Last month, the Foo Fighters played the first full-capacity show at Madison Square Garden in NYC since the pandemic began.

It’s been FOREVER (okay, 15 months) since Madison Square Garden hosted a full-capacity gig. Sunday night, the Foo Fighters opened

You may have heard by now that the Foo Fighters are set to play a maskless, full-capacity gig at Madison

On this day in 1977, the first GPS signal was broadcast from a satellite. It was a 100% military thing

The Douglas DC-3 took to the air for the first time on this day in 1935. A lot of these

A number of guests dropped in on U2 during their stint at Madison Square Garden, including Bill and Hillary Clinton,

The last time U2 played “Two Hearts Beat as One” was in Dublin in December 1989–that is, until Madison Square

Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver