nicole atkins

Going into New Year's Eve, there was probably no other show as highly anticipated as My Morning Jacket's first trip to New York City's Madison Square Garden. To play at this famed venue is a clear sign that a band is taking that next step in the music industry. If you can sell out the Garden, you've made it – and MMJ did just that. Jim James and the boys brought in white tuxedos, capes, balloons, and a couple of their favorite friends and cover songs over the course of their multi-hour, two-set show. Especially pleasing was Nicole Atkins' second set guest appearance on Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream," which is featured in this YouTube clip below.

Check out the rest of the setlist, stream the entire show and watch some videos after the jump