October 10, 2008 20:30

Kings Of Leon announce Madison Square Garden show

Followills to play the world’s most famous arena

Photo Gallery: Kings Of Leon
Photo: Tom Oxley

Kings Of Leon have announced they will headline Madison Square Garden in New York next year.

The band are set to play the ’World’s Most Famous Arena’ on January 29, 2009 with tickets going on sale Friday October 24 at 10am.

The band recently performed an intimate set at Webster Hall in New York, and tomorrow will kick off their North American tour in Las Vegas, NV with We Are Scientists.

They recently celebrated their highest debut ever in the Billboard charts with ‘Only By The Night’, which entered the Top 200 at Number Four.

The tour dates are:

Las Vegas, NVThe Joint (October 11)
San Diego, CAHouse of Blues (12)
Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre (15)
San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre (17, 18)
Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre (20)
Portland, OR Schnitzer Hall (21)
Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium (23)
Austin, TX Austin Music Hall (25)
Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Events Center (26)
Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater (28)
Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom (29)
Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom (31)
Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre (November 1)
St. Louis, MO The Pageant (3)
Milwaukee, WIThe Eagles Ballroom (5)
Toronto, ONT Kool Haus (7)
Detroit, MI The Fillmore (8)
Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall (10)
Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre (12)
Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Ballroom (15)
Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle (18)
Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium (19)
New York, NY Madison Square Garden (January 29, 2009)

--By our New York staff.
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