Editing Radio City Music Hall (section)

==Notable events<span class="anchor" id="Usage"></span>==

===Music and shows===
Under conductor [[Ernö Rapée]], from 1932 to 1942, there were weekly broadcasts of live concerts from Radio City on the [[NBC Blue Network]] radio program ''[[Radio City Music Hall of the Air]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Federal Music Project|encyclopedia=The Great Depression in America: A Cultural Encyclopedia|volume=1|first=William H.|last= Young|first2= Nancy K.|last2= Young|year=2007|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-313-08871-1|page=166}}</ref><ref name="Dunning">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22Radio+City+Music+Hall+of+the+Air+Erno%22&pg=PA179 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |section=Radio City Music Hall of the Air |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=179 |edition=Revised |access-date=2024-11-27}}</ref> On October 8, 1939, Radio City's symphony orchestra performed the world premiere of [[Eugene Zador]]'s opera ''[[Christopher Columbus (Zador)|Christopher Columbus]]'' for national radio broadcast on ''Radio City Music Hall of the Air''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Straus |first=Noel |date=1939-10-09 |title=Columbus Voyage Depicted in Opera; Eugene Zador's One-act Work Has World Premiere Here at the Center Theatre |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/10/09/archives/columbus-voyage-depicted-in-opera-eugene-zadors-oneact-work-has.html |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Originally the work was supposed to be performed on the stage of Radio City, but ticket sales were so strong that the production moved to the larger [[Center Theatre (New York City)|Center Theatre]] but with Radio City's artistic leaders and performers still attached.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cd_christopher-columbus-studies-for-orchestr_eugene-zador-westfalisches-sinfonieorchest?q=%22Josefa+Chekova%22 |title=Eugene Zador: Christopher Columbus, liner notes |publisher=Cambria |year=1997}}</ref>

The [[Grateful Dead]] played eight shows over nine days in October 1980, culminating on Halloween; two of the shows from this run were released as the video ''[[Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Palmer|first=Robert |title=Rock: The Grateful Dead|work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331|date=October 24, 1980 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/24/archives/rock-the-grateful-dead.html|access-date=January 6, 2019|archive-date=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107021527/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/24/archives/rock-the-grateful-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1980s, [[Liberace]] grossed $2.5 million from 14 performances with a combined audience of 82,000, setting a box-office record for Radio City Music Hall at the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Flashy Piano Virtuoso Liberace Is Dead At 67|newspaper=Washington Post|date=February 5, 1987|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/02/05/flashy-piano-virtuoso-liberace-is-dead-at-67/63533e46-df3e-40a1-a8be-0095cf94b3ab/|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403220604/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/02/05/flashy-piano-virtuoso-liberace-is-dead-at-67/63533e46-df3e-40a1-a8be-0095cf94b3ab/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Adele]] performed a [[Adele Live in New York City|one-night-only concert]] at Radio City, which was recorded on November 17, 2015, and broadcast on [[NBC]] on December 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jessica|last=Goodman|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/30/adele-live-new-york-city-radio-music-hall|title=Adele Will Perform One-Night-Only Show at Radio City Music Hall|access-date=November 25, 2015|date=October 30, 2015|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=October 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030145159/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/30/adele-live-new-york-city-radio-music-hall|url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''[[Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes|Radio City Christmas Spectacular]]'' is an annual Christmas stage musical produced by [[MSG Entertainment]], which operates the theater. A New York Christmas tradition since 1933,<ref>{{cite news|title=Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Others in a Musical Film – Walt Disney's New 'Silly Symphony'|work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331|date=December 22, 1933|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/12/22/105834003.html|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403220552/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/12/22/105834003.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it features the women's precision dance team known as [[the Rockettes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Radio City Entertainment|title=Radio City Spectacular: A Photographic History of the Rockettes and Christmas Spectacular|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2007|isbn=978-0-06-156538-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=161bJAAACAAJ|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403220552/https://books.google.com/books?id=161bJAAACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> The Irish dance show ''[[Riverdance]]'' made its North American debut at Radio City in March 1996, breaking box-office records.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dietz|first=D.|title=The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|year=2016|isbn=978-1-4422-7214-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPLaDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA218|access-date=December 16, 2018|page=218|archive-date=July 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709183559/https://books.google.com/books?id=WPLaDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA218|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10|date=February 22, 1997|access-date=December 16, 2018|page=10|archive-date=July 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709183600/https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Television===
Radio City Music Hall has been used for televised game shows such as ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'', ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' and ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. For two weeks in November 1988, the theater hosted ''Wheel of Fortune'', which was taking its first road trip. ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' announcer [[Don Pardo]] announced during the two weeks.<ref name="McCarthy 2007">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/wheel-fortune-takes-3-week-spin-radio-city-article-1.257732|title='Wheel of Fortune' Takes 3-Week Spin in Radio City – NY Daily News|last=McCarthy|first=Sean L.|date=November 5, 2007|website=New York Daily News|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031406/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/wheel-fortune-takes-3-week-spin-radio-city-article-1.257732|url-status=live}}</ref> Radio City Music Hall was also the site for ''Jeopardy!''{{'s}} four-thousandth episode in May 2002, at which time the show's [[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#Million Dollar Masters|Million Dollar Masters]] invitational tournament also occurred.<ref>{{cite web|title='Jeopardy' Buzzes in at Radio City|website=Variety|date=April 2, 2002|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/vpage/jeopardy-buzzes-in-at-radio-city-1117864776/|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163733/https://variety.com/2002/scene/vpage/jeopardy-buzzes-in-at-radio-city-1117864776/|url-status=live}}</ref> The theater hosted the show again in November 2007 for the nighttime show's 25th anniversary.<ref name="McCarthy 2007" /> Radio City was used again in November 2006 for a 2-week ''[[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#Celebrity Jeopardy!|Celebrity Jeopardy!]]'' event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrity Circuit|website=CBS News|date=October 11, 2006|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrity-circuit-11-10-06/|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216210833/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrity-circuit-11-10-06/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[David Letterman]] hosted the ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' Sixth Anniversary Special at Radio City Music Hall in 1988, and did so again for the show's Tenth Anniversary Special in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-05-9201110481-story.html|title=David Letterman Looks Back on a Decade of Success and Forward|last=Kogan|first=Rick |date=February 5, 1992|website=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031551/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-05-9201110481-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/29/arts/is-letterman-mad-at-nbc-he-says-no-and-he-says-yes.html|title=Is Letterman Mad At NBC? He Says No And He Says Yes|last=Carter|first=Bill|date=January 29, 1992|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040858/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/29/arts/is-letterman-mad-at-nbc-he-says-no-and-he-says-yes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year, Lyons Group (parent company of [[Barney & Friends]] at the time), taped a live stage show called ''[[Barney Live in New York City]]'' at the theater.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD7DZpwCHPwC|title=PBS: Behind the Screen|last=Jarvik|first=Laurence|date=February 1, 1998|publisher=Crown Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-7615-1291-2|page=50|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709183600/https://books.google.com/books?id=DD7DZpwCHPwC|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 1998, Radio City Music Hall was a setting for the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' music special ''[[Elmopalooza]]'', with [[Jon Stewart]], [[David Alan Grier]] and others with the cast of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and the [[Muppets]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dunne|first=Susan |title=''Elmopalooza!''|website=courant.com|date=April 16, 1998|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-04-16-9804160108-story.html|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216164519/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-04-16-9804160108-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Tony|title=Elmopalooza!|website=Variety|date=February 19, 1998 |url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/reviews/elmopalooza-1200452885/|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216210801/https://variety.com/1998/tv/reviews/elmopalooza-1200452885/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Elmopalooza!' Musical Tries a Little Too Hard|website=Los Angeles Times|date=February 20, 1998|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-20-ca-20963-story.html|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709183602/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-20-ca-20963-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2001, the concert ''[[Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music]]'' was simulcast live from the theater on [[The WB]] and [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]]. The concert had been delayed following the [[September 11 attacks]] the month before.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spacey Plays 'Mind Games' at Lennon Tribute|website=Variety|date=October 4, 2001 |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/vpage/spacey-plays-mind-games-at-lennon-tribute-1117853644/|access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163714/https://variety.com/2001/scene/vpage/spacey-plays-mind-games-at-lennon-tribute-1117853644/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A Lennon Tribute Revived|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=September 29, 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/29/arts/a-lennon-tribute-revived.html|access-date=December 16, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163735/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/29/arts/a-lennon-tribute-revived.html}}</ref>

In 2013, it was announced that ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' would hold its live shows from the Radio City Music Hall starting with its [[America's Got Talent (season 8)|eighth season]] that summer; it had held its live shows at the [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]] for its seventh season to accommodate new judge [[Howard Stern]]. The move was also intended to take advantage of New York tax credits.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Philiana |date=April 3, 2013 |title='America's Got Talent' Moves to New York for Season 8 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/americas-got-talent-moves-radio-432695/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> ''AGT'' would broadcast its live rounds from Radio City Music Hall until Stern's departure in 2016, after which the show moved to the [[Dolby Theatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Angermiller |first1=Michele Amabile |date=July 26, 2016 |title='America's Got Talent' Judges Simon Cowell & Mel B. Talk Going Live, Show's Promising Singers |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/americas-got-talent-simon-cowell-mel-b-live-show-singers-7453397/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

===Sports===
[[File:NFL Draft 2010 set at Radio City Music Hall.jpg|thumb|The set for the [[2010 NFL draft]] at Radio City Music Hall]]
The first sports event at Radio City Music Hall was a boxing [[Card (sports)|card]] headlined by [[Roy Jones Jr.]] and David Telesco that took place on January 15, 2000.<ref name="Wang 2018" /><ref name="Lena Williams 2004">{{cite news|title=Pro Basketball; Coming Soon: The W.N.B.A. At Radio City |author=Lena Williams|date=May 18, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/sports/pro-basketball-coming-soon-the-wnba-at-radio-city.html |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094727/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/sports/pro-basketball-coming-soon-the-wnba-at-radio-city.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 13, 2013, [[Nonito Donaire]] faced [[Guillermo Rigondeaux]] in [[Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux|a boxing card]] held at Radio City Music Hall.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rigondeaux Bores, But Bests Donaire|newspaper=ESPN |url=http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/9169005/guillermo-rigondeaux-bests-nonito-donaire-bores |author=Dan Rafael |date=April 14, 2014|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093704/http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/9169005/guillermo-rigondeaux-bests-nonito-donaire-bores}}</ref>

In 2004, the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[New York Liberty]] played six home games at Radio City while their then-regular home, Madison Square Garden, prepared to host the [[2004 Republican National Convention]].<ref name="Wang 2018" /> The Liberty played their first game in front of 5,945 fans against the [[Detroit Shock]] in July 2004. Courtside seats were stage left and stage right along the baseline and the Rockettes performed at halftime.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pro Basketball; Liberty Opens Big on Its Home, Er, Stage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/sports/pro-basketball-liberty-opens-big-on-its-home-er-stage.html |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|author=Lena Williams|date=July 25, 2004|access-date=November 10, 2011 |archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201444/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/sports/pro-basketball-liberty-opens-big-on-its-home-er-stage.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The court from Madison Square Garden was moved to Radio City Music Hall during this time.<ref name="Lena Williams 2004" />

Radio City Music Hall was the site of the [[NFL Draft]] between [[2006 NFL draft|2006]] and [[2014 NFL draft|2014]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Salomone|first1=Dan|title=NFL Draft Headed to Chicago in 2015|url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756|access-date=June 3, 2015|publisher=[[New York Giants]]|work=Giants.com|date=October 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930065327/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756|archive-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Lauterbach 2017">{{cite web|last=Lauterbach|first=David|title=New York Wants to Host the NFL Draft Again, But Other Cities Want to Get Involved|website=The Comeback|date=April 14, 2017|url=https://thecomeback.com/nfl/nyc-wants-to-host-the-nfl-draft-again-but-other-cities-want-to-get-involved.html|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-date=December 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010454/https://thecomeback.com/nfl/nyc-wants-to-host-the-nfl-draft-again-but-other-cities-want-to-get-involved.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to being held at Radio City, the NFL Draft had been hosted at other locations in New York City since 1965, but after the 2014 draft, the [[National Football League]] hosted the draft in a series of other cities nationwide.<ref name="Lauterbach 2017" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Myers|first=Gary|title=New York Now Looking to Bring Back NFL Draft, But Big Apple Has Plenty of Competition|website=New York Daily News|date=April 12, 2017|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/sad-nfl-draft-isn-coming-back-new-york-anytime-article-1.3047442|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-date=December 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010440/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/sad-nfl-draft-isn-coming-back-new-york-anytime-article-1.3047442|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Awards ceremonies ===
[[The Broadway League]] presented the [[Tony Awards]], the annual ceremony for [[Broadway theatre]], at Radio City Music Hall during most years from 1997 to 2019,<ref name="Healy 2017">{{cite web |last=Healy |first=Patrick |date=September 21, 2017 |title=The Tonys Need a New Home |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/the-tonys-need-a-new-home/ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=ArtsBeat |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002112639/https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/the-tonys-need-a-new-home/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|The awards ceremonies for [[65th Tony Awards|2011]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Healy |first=Patrick |date=June 13, 2011 |title='Book of Mormon' and 'War Horse' Win Top Tonys |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/theater/theaterspecial/war-horse-is-best-play-and-mormon-has-strong-showing-in-early-tonys.html |access-date=February 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224025127/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/theater/theaterspecial/war-horse-is-best-play-and-mormon-has-strong-showing-in-early-tonys.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[66th Tony Awards|2012]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nir |first=Sarah Maslin |date=June 13, 2012 |title=Tonys in Hand, Celebrating Till Dawn |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/fashion/the-tonys-after-party-till-dawn-at-the-carlyle.html |access-date=February 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224030624/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/fashion/the-tonys-after-party-till-dawn-at-the-carlyle.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[70th Tony Awards|2016]] were hosted at the [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]], another MSG venue.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=June 12, 2016 |title=Tony Awards Hail 'Hamilton' and Denounce Hate |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/theater/tony-awards.html |access-date=February 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224030626/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/theater/tony-awards.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Gershwin Theatre]] hosted the [[53rd Tony Awards|1999]] awards.<ref name="Healy 2017" />}} as well as in [[75th Tony Awards|2022]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Paulson | first=Michael | title=Tony Awards to Announce Prizes in June at Radio City Music Hall | website=The New York Times | date=March 9, 2022 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/theater/tony-awards-radio-city.html | access-date=November 9, 2024|postscript=none}}; {{cite web | title=Preparations for 75th Annual Tony Awards underway at Radio City Music Hall | website=CBS New York | date=June 10, 2022 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/tony-awards-preparations-radio-city-music-hall/ | access-date=November 9, 2024}}</ref> Radio City is planned to host the Tony Awards in [[78th Tony Awards|2025]] as well.<ref>{{cite web | last=Culwell-Block | first=Logan | title=The Tony Awards Are Headed Back to Radio City Music Hall in 2025 | website=Playbill | date=September 23, 2024 | url=https://playbill.com/article/the-tony-awards-are-headed-back-to-radio-city-music-hall-in-2025 | access-date=November 9, 2024|postscript=none}}; {{cite web | last=Evans | first=Greg | title=Tony Awards Returning To Radio City Music Hall, Sets 2025 Date | website=Deadline | date=September 23, 2024 | url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/tony-awards-2025-airdate-radio-city-music-hall-1236096883/ | access-date=November 9, 2024}}</ref> Radio City has also hosted the Grammy Awards, the annual ceremony presented by [[the Recording Academy]] for music, [[List of Grammy Award ceremony locations|six times]]. The theater's first Grammys was in [[22nd Annual Grammy Awards|1980]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1980 |title=Grammy Awards Return To New York on Feb. 25 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/23/archives/grammy-awards-return-to-new-york-on-feb-25.html |access-date=March 20, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320013231/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/23/archives/grammy-awards-return-to-new-york-on-feb-25.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and its last Grammys was in [[40th Annual Grammy Awards|1998]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=January 24, 2018 |title=Prepare for These Midtown Streets to Be Closed During the Grammys |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/1/24/16925230/grammys-2018-nyc-madison-square-garden-street-closure |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109002906/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/1/24/16925230/grammys-2018-nyc-madison-square-garden-street-closure |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[MTV Video Music Awards]] have been hosted at the theater 12 times from 1984 to 2018.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Honeycutt |first=Shanté |date=April 17, 2018 |title=MTV VMAs to Return to Radio City Music Hall for 2018 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/mtv-video-music-awards-radio-city-music-hall-august-20-8343814/ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320013231/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/mtv-video-music-awards-radio-city-music-hall-august-20-8343814/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

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