Iconic sports venue Madison Square Garden to host NYPD, staff at private concert amid 'Thank You' effort

The "Thank You, NYPD" run unveiled the adjacent measurement successful its ongoing effort to amusement appreciation for those successful blue.

Later this month, the iconic sports and amusement venue volition big an exclusive concert. Attendees volition spot a star-studded lineup featuring Cyndi Lauper, John Fogerty, rapper and New York Knicks instrumentality Fat Joe, and others.

"Today, we announced ‘Thank You, NYPD,’ a run encouraging each New Yorkers to convey the New York City Police Department for its work to our large city!" Madison Square Garden said connected Wednesday successful a station connected X.

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Amini performed astatine Madison Square Garden connected Feb. 15, 2026. (Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group)

Uniformed constabulary officers and civilian unit members, arsenic good arsenic their loved ones, volition beryllium invited to the backstage event, which is scheduled to instrumentality spot March 28. "The Garden" besides urged New York residents to taxable idiosyncratic "thank you" videos.

Comedians Chris Distefano and Sam Morril are besides among the radical of confirmed performers for the peculiar show.

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The lawsuit volition instrumentality spot rent-free, with MSG announcing that each accumulation and operating costs volition beryllium covered by donations.

Ahead of the show, Lauper praised the NYPD and emphasized unity and enactment crossed New York City.

"I americium blessed to amusement my appreciation for the brave members of the NYPD by performing astatine this MSG event. We are each New Yorkers, and the NYPD is specified an important portion of our community," the two-time Grammy Award victor said successful a statement.  "I americium a lifelong New Yorker, and we’re astatine our champion erstwhile we are supporting each other. I anticipation my chap New Yorkers articulation maine successful saying Thank You to the NYPD and their families."

General presumption of the exterior of Madison Square Garden, the tract of the 101st Millrose Games, connected Feb. 1, 2008 successful New York City, New York. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport/USA TODAY Sports)

MSG Entertainment and MSG Sports enforcement president and CEO Jim Dolan said the lawsuit is not governmental but alternatively a "sincere" amusement of gratitude for the city’s constabulary department.

"There are times successful our civilization contiguous erstwhile the dissenter’s dependable is louder than that of the majority. Such is the lawsuit with instrumentality enforcement, and successful particular, the NYPD," Dolan said successful a statement.

An exterior presumption of Madison Square Garden connected Feb. 12, 2015 successful New York, New York. (Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports)

"Cries of ‘defund the police’ and different antagonistic statements bash not bespeak the existent feelings of New Yorkers. If that is what our cops are proceeding and nary 1 steps up to accidental otherwise, that tin beryllium disheartening. This performance to say, ‘Thank You, NYPD’ is designed to fto our constabulary cognize that we New Yorkers need, respect and admit their effort and service."

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MSG Sports is the holding institution that owns the Knicks, with Dolan serving arsenic the franchise’s politician connected the NBA Board of Governors.

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