Some of the biggest entertainment moments in Staples Center history

Besides being location to the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks since 1999, Staples Center has besides been a engaged concert and lawsuit venue bringing internationally known acts to capable the 20,000-capacity venue.

On Dec. 25, however, Staples Center volition nary longer big immoderate much events due to the fact that connected that time the downtown Los Angeles arena volition beryllium renamed Crypto.com Arena.

The alteration comes arsenic a effect of a 20-year woody betwixt the Singapore-based cryptocurrency speech and AEG, the proprietor and relation of the arena.

So successful remembrance of the venue’s erstwhile identity, present are immoderate of the apical amusement moments successful Staples Center’s much than 20-year history.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Oct. 17, 1999

The Boss acceptable the code for Staples Center erstwhile helium became the archetypal creator to instrumentality the signifier astatine the recently opened downtown venue successful 1999. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band not lone sold retired opening nighttime but 3 different nights astatine the venue arsenic well.

First Latin Grammy Awards

Sept. 13, 2000

Luis Miguel, Santana and Maná were the large winners that nighttime with each walking distant with 3 awards. But the nighttime was a immense triumph for diverseness too, since it marked the precise first Latin Grammy Awards. The nighttime was broadcast connected CBS, making it the archetypal chiefly Spanish-language premier clip lawsuit carried connected an English connection American TV network.

Elton John and Eminem duet

Feb. 21, 2001

Duets are thing caller but this one, which took spot astatine the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, was beauteous significant. Elton John had antecedently called retired Eminem for homophobic lyrics. But the 2 connected and shocked galore erstwhile it was announced that they would execute Eminem’s “Stan,” during the unrecorded broadcast. It turned retired to beryllium an iconic show that ended with a lasting ovation and the 2 artists hugging it out.

Free Stones

Feb. 6, 2003

Tickets for the Rolling Stones tin get precise pricey, but for 1 nighttime lone successful 2003 fans got to spot the legendary set for free, and it was for a bully cause, too. The set teamed up with the Natural Resources Defense Council for the escaped amusement that was meant to rise consciousness for planetary warming. Tickets were fixed distant by raffle and erstwhile president Bill Clinton opened the show, but not with his sax. Instead helium was determination to present the set to the assemblage of 18,000 fortunate summons winners.

Prince and Beyoncé

IFeb. 8, 2004

Beyoncé won a fistful of awards astatine the 46th Annual Grammy Awards astatine Staples Center. But it was her opening medley with Prince that stole the show. The 2 stars  performed “Purple Rain,” “Baby I’m a Star,” “Let’s Go Crazy” and Queen Bey’s “Crazy successful Love.”

U2 packs Staples

April 6, 2005

The Irish band performed successful April and November and packed the Staples Center arsenic portion of its Vertigo Tour. But the astir packed nighttime was connected April 6 erstwhile 20,382 fans rocked retired to songs from the band’s 2004 medium “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.” According to venue stats connected the Staples Center website, that nighttime marked the largest performance attendance astatine the venue.

Streisand rakes successful the money

Nov. 20, 2006

Barbra Streisand had a bully twelvemonth successful 2006 due to the fact that erstwhile she closed retired the North American limb of her circuit astatine Staples connected Nov. 20 she besides acceptable the grounds astatine the venue for highest-grossing concert, making much than $5.4 million.

Tripleheader

Jan. 25-26, 2008

When California was devastated by wildfires successful 2007 state prima Garth Brooks didn’t hesitate to leap connected the saddle and assistance out. He announced a bid of payment shows astatine the venue and successful little than an hr sold 85,000 tickets for 5 abstracted concerts helium performed successful 2 days. He performed 2 shows connected Jan. 25 and past connected Jan. 26 helium played shows astatine 1, 5 and 9 p.m., making him the archetypal creator ever to propulsion disconnected a tripleheader successful a large arena.

King of Pop memorial

July 7, 2009

Two weeks aft the abrupt decease of Michael Jackson, his family, friends, and fans packed Staples for a nationalist memorial service. The memorial was filled with stars specified arsenic Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey and Brooke Shields, who each shared memories of him arsenic they stood earlier his gold-plated, flower-draped casket. One of the astir affectional moments came erstwhile his 11-year-old girl Paris Jackson delivered a tearful speech.

Stones crook 50

May 3 and 20, 2013

The Rolling Stones celebrated their 50th day with the 50 & Counting Tour and sold-out Staples Center connected May 3. The day acceptable was filled with much than 20 hits and different stars appeared. Keith Urban joined the set connected “Respectable” and Gwen Stefani came retired for “Wild Horses.”

Maná’s house

June 20, 2015

Actually, the Forum is presently the Mexican rocker’s location since the set has a residency determination adjacent year. But earlier it moved into Inglewood, connected June 20 2015 Maná acceptable the grounds for astir performances by a set astatine Staples Center with 13 shows.

Big announcement

Aug. 19, 2015

Maybe it was the lyrics to her opus “Piece by Piece,” which is astir her husband, that got Kelly Clarkson  truthful affectional she stopped the opus and did thing nary 1 had adjacent done from the signifier astatine Staples Center. The precise archetypal “American Idol” victor abruptly stopped singing and announced that she was “totally pregnant” with her 2nd child. The announcement made quality each implicit the world.

Compton successful the house

Aug. 6, 2017

Kendrick Lamar was having a large twelvemonth successful 2017. The Compton autochthonal had headlined Coachella successful April portion his 4th grounds “Damn,” debuted astatine No. 1 connected the medium charts. On Aug. 6 he performed the archetypal of 3 shows astatine Staples Center that were portion of his archetypal arena tour. He was the biggest rapper successful hip-hop astatine the clip and helium knew this was his infinitesimal arsenic helium thanked fans for helping him turn from nine shows to this arena.

BTS mania

Sept. 5-6 and 8-9 2018

K-Pop sensation BTS sold retired 4 nights astatine Staples Center to people the kickoff of the “Love Yourself” satellite tour. Dozens of diehard fans camped extracurricular of Staples Center for days up of the shows to effort to people person seats.

Nipsey memorial

April 11, 2019

Thousands of fans got escaped tickets and came to wage their respects to rapper and assemblage activistic Nipsey Hussle astatine his solemnisation of beingness lawsuit astatine Staples Center. Eleven days earlier helium was gunned down extracurricular of his South Los Angeles covering store. On signifier with his household were different rappers including Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar and vocalist Stevie Wonder.

Music returns

July 30, 2021

Like different venues, Staples Center was unopen successful March 2020 owed to the pandemic. Live euphony yet returned to the Staples Center connected July 30 with a sold retired show by Tijuana, Mexico-born Grupo Firme. It was the archetypal set to play astatine Staples Center successful 531 days and the ranchera radical took the signifier for the archetypal successful a bid of 7 sold retired shows. The shows acceptable the grounds for the astir concerts successful a azygous twelvemonth astatine Staples by a Latin act.