RÜFÜS DU SOL Creates EDM History With Madison Square Garden Run

RÜFÜS DU SOL will carve out another slice of history this week when the EDM act parks at Madison Square Garden, arguably the world’s most famous arena.

The Australian trio will set a new benchmark on Thursday, June 25 with the first of four consecutive sold-out shows — the most by an electronic artist at MSG, and the most tickets sold at the venue by an electronic artist.

RDS has been burning the history books of late. As previously reported, their Inhale / Exhale World Tour is recognized as the highest-selling electronic tour of all time, and multiple record-setter in Australia and New Zealand.

The Sydneysiders completed their 2025 Australia tour last November with the third of three sold-out hometown shows at Afterpay Arena (then known as Qudos Bank Arena), the country’s biggest arena, lifting their tally to 750,000 headline tickets for the year, accumulated from nearly 50 shows across four continents.

Along the way, the trio became just the second Aussie act, after AC/DC, and first electronic outfit to headline Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles, and played a string of high-profile festival spots, including Chicago’s Lollapalooza. All up, the lads played to some 1.5 million fans worldwide on the Inhale / Exhale World Tour, according to concert promoters Live Nation and independent Melbourne events specialist Untitled Group, which awarded the Sydneysiders with a commemorative plaque.

There will be more massive moments for RDS’ Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George, and James Hunt in the weeks ahead, including a headline spot to over 60,000 music fans Saturday, July 4 at Mexico City’s Foro Sol. This current tour has also seen RDS wind their way through a circuit of iconic baseball stadiums, including Chicago’s Wrigley Field (The Cubs), Boston’s Fenway Park (Red Sox), and San Diego’s Petco Park (Padres).

The ongoing trek is in support of 2024’s Inhale / Exhale (Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia), their fifth studio album, which opened its account at No. 3 on the ARIA Chart, continuing a podium finish for all their recordings in Australia. Along with that swag of historic moments, RDS have won four career ARIA Awards and six Grammy Award nominations, with a win in 2022 for best dance/electronic recording with “Alive.”