| Concert Name: | 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts |
| Artist: | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| Venue: | Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States |
| Number Of Shows: | 2 |
| Attendance: | 19,500+ |
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts were a two-day concert series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It took place on October 29 and 30, 2009 at Madison Square Garden and the tickets cost between US$75 and US$2,000.
The idea behind the concert was to have Hall of Fame inductees perform in eight segments (Crosby, Stills and Nash, Simon and Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck, Metallica and U2) and to present their own songs or songs originally performed by other Hall of Fame inductees. Eric Clapton was set to perform, but pulled out due to having his gallstones removed. Jeff Beck performed as his replacement.[1]
A four-hour compilation of the concert was first broadcast by the US television provider HBO on November 29, 2009. In addition, the concert was released on DVD (HBO compilation on two DVDs plus a bonus DVD), on Blu-ray and on two double CDs or as a 4-CD box (including six bonus pieces).
The appearance of Metallica with Lou Reed eventually led to the recordings of the album Lulu.
| Segment | Guest | Song | HBO | CD | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Lee Lewis | "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | align="center" | - | |||||
| Crosby, Stills and Nash | align="center" | - | "Woodstock" | • | D1,3 | • | align="center" | - |
| align="center" | - | "Marrakesh Express" | align="center" | - | ||||
| align="center" | - | "Almost Cut My Hair" | • | D1,4 | • | align="center" | - | |
| David Crosby andGraham Nash | Bonnie Raitt | "Love Has No Pride" | • | D1,5 | • | align="center" | - | |
| "Midnight Rider" | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: The Allman Brothers Band | ||||||
| Jackson Browne | "The Pretender" | • | D1,6 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| James Taylor | "Mexico" | D3,1 | 4 | align="center" | - | |||
| Crosby, Stills and Nash | "Love the One You're With" | • | D1,7 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| align="center" | - | "Rock & Roll Woman" | align="center" | - | ||||
| "Teach Your Children" | D3,2 | align="center" | - | ||||
| Paul Simon | align="center" | - | "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" | align="center" | - | |||
| align="center" | - | "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" | D1,14 | 4 | align="center" | - | ||
| align="center" | - | "You Can Call Me Al" | • | D1,15 | • | align="center" | - | |
| Dion DiMucci | "The Wanderer" | • | D1,17 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| David Crosby andGraham Nash | "Here Comes the Sun" | • | D1,16 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: The Beatles | ||
| align="center" | - | "Late in the Evening" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Little Anthony and the Imperials | "Two People in the World" | • | D1,18 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| Simon and Garfunkel | align="center" | - | "The Sound of Silence" | • | D1,19 | • | align="center" | - |
| align="center" | - | "Mrs. Robinson" / "Not Fade Away" | D3,7 | 4 | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original ("Not Fade Away"): Buddy Holly | ||
| align="center" | - | "The Boxer" | • | D1,20 | • | align="center" | - | |
| align="center" | - | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | • | D1,21 | • | align="center" | - | |
| align="center" | - | "Cecilia" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Stevie Wonder | align="center" | - | "Blowin' in the Wind" | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Bob Dylan | |||
| align="center" | - | "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" | D3,3 | align="center" | - | |||
| align="center" | - | "I Was Made to Love You" | D3,4 | align="center" | - | |||
| align="center" | - | "For Once in My Life" | • | D1,8 | • | align="center" | - | |
| align="center" | - | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | D3,5 | 4 | align="center" | - | ||
| align="center" | - | "Boogie on Reggae Woman" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Smokey Robinson | "The Tracks of My Tears" | • | D1,9 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| John Legend | "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | D3,6 | 4 | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Marvin Gaye | |||
| "The Way You Make Me Feel" | • | D1,10 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Michael Jackson | |||
| B. B. King | "The Thrill is Gone" | • | D1,11 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| align="center" | - | "Living for the City" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Sting | "Higher Ground" / "Roxanne" | • | D1,12 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| Jeff Beck | "Superstition" | • | D1,13 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| Bruce Springsteenand the | align="center" | - | "10th Avenue Freeze-Out" | align="center" | - | |||
| Sam Moore | "Hold On, I'm Comin'" | • | D2,17 | align="center" | - | |||
| "Soul Man" | • | D2,17 | align="center" | - | ||||
| Tom Morello | "The Ghost of Tom Joad" | • | D2,18 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| John Fogerty | "Fortunate Son" | • | D2,19 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| "Proud Mary" | align="center" | - | ||||||
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" | • | D2,20 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Roy Orbison | |||
| align="center" | - | "Jungleland" | • | D2,21 | • | align="center" | - | |
| Darlene Love | "A Fine, Fine Boy" | • | D2,22 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| "Da Doo Ron Ron" | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: The Crystals | ||||||
| Tom Morello | "London Calling" | D3,14 | 4 | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: The Clash | |||
| "Badlands" | align="center" | - | ||||||
| Billy Joel | "You May Be Right" | align="center" | - | |||||
| "Only the Good Die Young" | align="center" | - | ||||||
| "New York State of Mind" | • | D2,23 | • | align="center" | - | |||
| "Born to Run" | • | D2,24 | • | align="center" | - | |||
| "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | E | D2,25 D3,15 | E | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Jackie Wilson | ||
| Segment | Guest | Song | HBO | CD | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Lee Lewis | "Great Balls of Fire" | • | D1,2 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| Aretha Franklin | align="center" | - | "Baby I Love You" | • | D1,22 | align="center" | - | |
| align="center" | - | "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" | • | D1,23 | align="center" | - | ||
| align="center" | - | "Make Them Hear You" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Annie Lennox | "Chain of Fools" | • | D1,24 | align="center" | - | |||
| align="center" | - | "New York, New York" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Lenny Kravitz | "Think" | align="center" | - | |||||
| align="center" | - | "Respect" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Jeff Beck | align="center" | - | "Drown in My Own Tears" | align="center" | - | |||
| Sting | "People Get Ready" | • | D2,13 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: The Impressions | ||
| align="center" | - | "Freeway Jam" | D3,12 | align="center" | - | |||
| align="center" | - | "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" | align="center" | - | ||||
| Buddy Guy | "Let Me Love You Baby" | • | D2,14 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Willie Dixon | ||
| align="center" | - | "Big Block" | D3,13 | align="center" | - | |||
| align="center" | - | "Rice Pudding" | • | • | • | align="center" | - | |
| Billy Gibbons | "Foxy Lady" | • | D2,15 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Jimi Hendrix | ||
| "Rough Boy" | align="center" | - | ||||||
| align="center" | - | "A Day in the Life" | • | D2,16 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: The Beatles | |
| Metallica | align="center" | - | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | • | D2,1 | • | align="center" | - |
| align="center" | - | "One" | align="center" | - | ||||
| align="center" | - | "Turn the Page" | D3,8 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Bob Seger | ||
| Lou Reed | "Sweet Jane" | • | D2,2 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| "White Light/White Heat" | align="center" | - | ||||||
| Ozzy Osbourne | "Iron Man" | E | D2,3 D3,9 | • | Original: Black Sabbath | |||
| "Paranoid" | E | D2,3 D3,9 | • | |||||
| Ray Davies | "You Really Got Me" | align="center" | - | |||||
| "All Day and All of the Night" | • | D2,4 | • | align="center" | - | |||
| align="center" | - | "Stone Cold Crazy" | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: Queen | ||||
| align="center" | - | "Enter Sandman" | • | D2,5 | • | align="center" | - | |
| U2 | align="center" | - | "Vertigo" | • | D2,6 | • | align="center" | - |
| align="center" | - | "Magnificent" | • | D2,7 | • | align="center" | - | |
| "Because the Night" | • | D2,8 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | • | D2,9 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| align="center" | - | "Mysterious Ways" | D3,10 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| Black Eyed Peas | "Where is the Love?" / "One" | D3,11 | • | align="center" | - | |||
| "Gimme Shelter" | • | D2,10 | • | style=font-size:75% align="left" | Original: The Rolling Stones | ||
| Mick Jagger | "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" | • | D2,11 | • | align="center" | - | ||
| align="center" | - | "Beautiful Day" | • | D2,12 | • | align="center" | - | |
This is the order of performances on the DVD discs. For concert order, see preceding sections "Night 1" and "Night 2".