Kings of Leon's tour in support of Only by the Night had one very important stop: New York City's Madison Square Garden, a rite of passage for any rock gods in the making. And they nailed it. "Other alternative-leaning U.S. rock acts bands who came of age in the early aughts (the White Stripes, Interpol, My Morning Jacket) have played MSG and kept their quirks intact," wrote Charles Aaron in SPIN's April 2009 issue. "But with 2008's Only by the Night, the Tennessee-based Followill clan bet they could be an arena band that sounded like an arena band -- spacious, melodically surging, and if need be, corny as heck. For an hour and a half at the Garden, that bet paid off in a giddy echo chamber of sing-alongs and terrace-like chants."

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