On This Day: June 18, 1983 - Menudo Plays First Show at Madison Square Garden

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On This Day: June 18, 1983 - Menudo Plays First Show at Madison Square Garden.

On this day June 18, 1983, Puerto Rican pop group Menudo played the first of four back to back sold out shows at Madison Square Garden. All 80,000 tickets sold within three days, proving the group’s explosive popularity at the height of Menudomania.

The lineup at the time included Johnny Lozada, Charlie Masso, Miguel Cancel and Ricky Melendez. These concerts were a major breakthrough moment for Latin pop, drawing thousands of screaming fans and marking one of the earliest times a Spanish...

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