Hall and Oates played the hits at sold-out Madison Square Garden show (pics, setlist)

photos by Greg Cristman

Hall & Oates @ MSG 2/20/2016

Starting from the duo’s opening number, “Out Of Touch,” through classics like “Maneater,” “Did It In A Minute,” and “Say It Isn’t So,” the audience were up and dancin to the beat. When Hall couldn’t quite reach some of the notes he did back in the day, thousands of fans helped him fill in the vocal blanks. Another trick, which added an edge to the performance, was Hall’s soulful, spoken-word repetition of choruses, with some ad libbing for effect. At times, Hall, as well as John Oates, seemed to enjoy jamming on and performing the songs, rather than singing them.

After ten songs, the duo left the stage for a few minutes, but returned for a ten-minute jam session featuring “I Can’t Go for That,” and “Rich Girl,” of which more than 50% of the song was enthusiastically sung by the audience. – [ABC News Radio]

Pop legends Hall & Oates sold out Madison Square Garden on Saturday (2/20) and treated the packed house to almost nothing but the hits, sticking to their solid gold ’74-’84 decade. Setlist and more pictures from MSG are below.

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, who will be touring with Hall & Oates this summer, opened the show and pics from their performance are here.

Hall & Oates summer tour with Sharon includes a stop at NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on July 12. Tickets are still available. Check out more H&O MSG pics below…

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Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings (more here)

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SETLIST: Hall & Oates @ Madison Square Garden 2/20/2016

Out of Touch
Family Man (Mike Oldfield cover)
Maneater
Did It in a Minute
Say It Isn’t So
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (The Righteous Brothers cover)
Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)
She’s Gone
Sara Smile
Do What You Want, Be What You Are
I Can’t Go For That

Encore:
Rich Girl
You Make My Dreams

Encore 2:
Kiss on My List
Private Eyes

Encore 3:
Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (The Delfonics cover)