Overview
- The performance took place Saturday, Sept. 20, during the third of four Madison Square Garden dates on Lipa’s Radical Optimism World Tour.
- Rodgers joined on guitar for Chic’s 1978 No. 1 hit “Le Freak,” delivered as the night’s locally rooted cover.
- Earlier MSG shows featured New York tributes including Alicia Keys’ “No One” and Blondie’s “One Way or Another.”
- The tour regularly spotlights city-linked covers and surprise guests, with prior cameos from Chaka Khan, Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay, Charli XCX, Neil Finn and Kevin Parker.
- Lipa is slated to close the MSG run on Sept. 21 before continuing to Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, with further dates in South America and Mexico as the tour supports her third album, Radical Optimism.