The Spice Girls performed at the venue on August 22, 1998, during their debut Spiceworld Tour. recorded two tracks off their 1996 studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi there. The lawn at the amphitheater contains several video screens. Steely Dan played their Alive in America tour here in 1994.īack to Ashes performing at Mayhem Festival 2011

Whitney Houston performed at the venue on May 19, 1991, during her I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour. The amphitheater's season starts in April and closes in October. With a total capacity of 20,000, its capacity is higher than Footprint Center and Desert Diamond Arena. The naming rights sponsor is Talking Stick Resort (the venue is not located on tribal land). The first live performance was Oingo Boingo, who performed on November 10, 1990, the night before Joel's concert. It officially opened on Novem( Billy Joel was the venue's inaugural performer). Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre (originally known as the Desert Sky Pavilion and most recently known as Ak-Chin Pavilion) is an amphitheater located in Phoenix, Arizona, which seats 8,106 under a pavilion roof and an additional 12,000 on a hillside behind the main stands.

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