Madison Square Garden hosts more high-profile concert events than any other venue in New York City . It has been the venue for George Harrison 's The Concert for Bangladesh , The Concert for New York City following the September 11 attacks , John Lennon 's final concert appearance ( during an Elton John concert on Thanksgiving Night , 1974 ) before his murder in 1980 , and Elvis Presley , who gave four sold out performances in 1972 , his first and last ever in New York City . Parliament-Funkadelic headlined numerous sold out shows in 1977 and 1978 . Kiss , who were formed in the arena 's city and three of whose members were city-born , did four shows at the arena in 1977 ( their first ever there on February 18 and three more returning ones on December 14 – 16 the same year ) and another two shows for a decade-ender in 1979 ( July 24 – 25 ) . Billy Joel , also city-born and fellow 1970 's pop star did his first Garden show in 1978 on December 14 . Led Zeppelin 's three night stand in July 1973 was recorded and released as both a film and album titled '' The Song Remains The Same '' . The Police played their final show of their reunion tour at the Garden in 2008
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Madison Square Garden