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Line 67: Until 1984, the primary performer at the hall was the [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]], along with the [[Toronto Mendelssohn Choir]]. Operatic singers have included [[Montserrat Caballe]], [[Maria Callas]], [[Enrico Caruso]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and [[Vladimir Rosing]]. Classical musicians have included [[George Gershwin]], [[Glenn Gould]], [[Vladimir Horowitz]], [[Oscar Peterson]] and [[Arturo Toscanini]]. Popular musicians and singers have included [[Jodi Mitchell|Joni Mitchell]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jonimitchell.com/chronology/detail.cfm?id=1309 </ref> | [[Tears For Fears]], [[Justin Bieber]],<ref>{{cite web | last = Naulls | first = Kevin | title = Justin Bieber's Massey Hall Christmas concert sells out in 30 minutes (prepare to be gouged by scalpers) | date = December 19, 2011 | work = Toronto Life | url = http://www.torontolife.com/informer/people/2011/12/19/justin-bieber-massey-hall-christmas-concert/ | access-date = December 24, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141224224037/http://www.torontolife.com/informer/people/2011/12/19/justin-bieber-massey-hall-christmas-concert/ | archive-date = December 24, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Billy Joel]], [[The Kinks]], [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]],<ref name=lightfoot>Kenyon Wallace, [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/05/01/those-stories-and-that-voice-why-gordon-lightfoots-music-hit-home-for-me-and-so-many-canadians.html "Those stories and that voice. Why Gordon Lightfoot’s music hit home for me and so many Canadians"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', May 1, 2023.</ref> [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], [[Bob Marley and The Wailers]], [[Nightwish]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aestheticmagazinetoronto.com/2018/03/22/photos-nightwish-massey-hall-toronto/|title=Photos: Nightwish @ Massey Hall|publisher=Aesthetic Magazine|date=March 22, 2018|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> [[Joe Satriani]], [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]], [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Harry Styles]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/harry-styles-solo-tour-sells-out-sets-ticketmaster-record|title=Harry Styles's Solo Tour Sells Out Instantly, Sets TicketMaster Record|last=Hirsh|first=Sophie|date=2017|website=Teen Vogue}}</ref> and [[Van Halen]]. Lightfoot played the hall over 170 times in his career, the most of any artist, including both the last show in 2018 before it was closed for renovations and the first show after it reopened in 2021.<ref name=lightfoot/> | |||