After making its headlining debut at Madison Square Garden earlier this year, Goose has turned the performance into an official live album, Live at MSG. Available now across streaming services, a 7LP box set is also available for pre-order and expected to ship the week of December 8th [stream/pre-order].
June 28th, 2025, marked the largest headlining show of Goose’s career (so far), and the band made the most of it by taking over the World’s Most Famous Arena for just over five hours. The band made its debut at MSG last fall as part of the star-studded SOULSHINE benefit concert for hurricane relief, where Goose welcomed Dave Matthews, Bruce Hornsby, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, and Robert Randolph during its five-song set. Seven months later, Goose had the run of the place and took full advantage with a 19-song, two-set show featuring guest appearances by a horn section of Stuart Bogie on saxophone, Dave Nelson on trombone, and Andrew McGovern on trumpet.
From the first-ever show-opening “Factory Fiction” through the horn-assisted “Arcadia” encore that wrapped at 12:30 a.m., Goose stuck to what got the band there. With extended originals “Hungersite”, “A Western Sun”, “Animal”, “Thatch”, “Red Bird”, “Tumble”, and “Dripfield”, the band etched eight total songs that ran past the 15-minute mark, plus fun covers of Kate Bush‘s resurgent Stranger Things anthem “Running Up That Hill” and Otis Day and the Knights‘ “Shama Lama Ding Dong” to balance out the deep jamming with light-hearted singalongs.
With the release of Live at MSG, Goose shared pro-shot footage of “Jed Stone”, available below, along with a full video of the show. Pre-order Live at MSG on vinyl here for $149.99 (shipping and taxes not yet included). Revisit Live For Live Music‘s full on-site coverage of the Goose MSG show here.
Goose — “Jed Stone” — Live At MSG — 6/28/25
Goose — Madison Square Garden — New York, NY — 6/28/25 — Full Video [Pro-Shot]
Goose — Live At MSG — Full Album
Goose will round out a landmark 2025 with the band’s 12th annual Goosemas holiday celebration, set for December 12th and 13th at Providence, RI’s Amica Mutual Pavilion. The band also recently issued its first tour dates for 2026, kicking off April 10th with a sold-out show at Asheville, NC’s ExploreAsheville.com Arena, followed by stops in Birmingham, AL (4/11), a string of Florida shows in Orlando (4/12, headlining Florida Groves Music & Arts Festival), Fort Lauderdale (4/14–4/15), Clearwater (4/17), and St. Augustine (4/18–19), plus shows in New Orleans (4/21–4/22), Houston, TX (4/23), Austin, TX (4/24), and Irving, TX (4/25). Then in May, Goose will return to Cabo for its second annual Viva El Gonzo destination event, featuring three, two-set nights of Goose plus performances from My Morning Jacket, Cory Wong, LP Giobbi, Jim James (acoustic), The California Honey Drops, and more.
One dollar from every Goose ticket sold will benefit the band’s newly launched Western Sun Foundation, “a volunteer-run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides charitable support in the form of financial gifts to small and mid-sized nonprofits in the communities that fans of Goose travel through, including the Always Asheville Fund.”
Find Goose tickets here and see below for a full list of 2025–2026 tour dates. Revisit past Goose shows on nugs. Not subscribed yet? Click here to sign up now. [Editor’s note: Live For Live Music is a nugs affiliate. Ordering your subscription via the links on this page helps to support our work covering the world of live music. Thank you for reading!]
GOOSE – LIVE 2025/2026
DECEMBER
12 – Providence, RI – Amica Mutual Pavilion †
13 – Providence, RI – Amica Mutual Pavilion †
APRIL 2026
10 – Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena # (SOLD OUT)
11 – Birmingham, AL – Coca-Cola Amphitheater #@
12 – Orlando, FL – Florida Groves Music & Arts Festival ^
14 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – War Memorial Auditorium #
15 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – War Memorial Auditorium #
17 – Clearwater, FL – The BayCare Sound #
18 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre #
19 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre #
21 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre #
22 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre #
23 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center #
24 – Austin, TX – Moody Center #
25 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory #
MAY 2026
7-9 – San José del Cabo, Mexico – Viva El Gonzo
† GOOSEMAS
# NEWLY ANNOUNCED DATE
^ FESTIVAL APPEARANCE
@ WITH SUPPORT FROM THE STEWS
† GOOSEMAS
# NEWLY ANNOUNCED DATE
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