• The
Spice Girls played a show on July 3, 1998, during their
Spiceworld Tour. •
Britney Spears performed to a sold out crowd on her
Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour on June 21, 2000. It was the second show of the tour. • On June 6, 2001
Aerosmith kicked off the North American leg of their
Just Push Play tour, with the show airing live on
VH1. • At the 2013
Funny or Die: Oddball Comedy Festival comedic headliner
Dave Chappelle refused to perform his routine after he experienced what he considered to be heckling from audience members. He instead remained on stage for the minimum amount of time his contract required him to and smoked cigarettes while taunting the audience. He said things such as "if North Korea were to drop the bomb tomorrow, he would hope it lands in Hartford, Connecticut." He returned for an unannounced appearance at the festival the next year to apologize to the crowd. • On September 22, 2018 the annual
Farm Aid charity concert was held at Xfinity featuring
Willie Nelson,
Neil Young,
John Mellencamp,
Dave Matthews with
Tim Reynolds,
Sturgill Simpson,
Kacey Musgraves and others. After the
COVID-19 pandemic sidelined live performances in 2020 it returned to Hartford in 2021. ==See also==