Z100's Jingle Ball 2012

Pop powerhouse Z100 takes over MSG for its annual holiday bash, a glittery gathering of chart toppers performing truncated, hit-heavy sets. True to form, the radio station has secured the squillion-record-selling trifecta of Justin Bieber, One Direction and Taylor Swift. The latter’s latest country-pop opus, Red, has made converts of pop skeptics and indie rags alike. Also on the bill: superhot, TONY-approved singer-rapper Ed Sheeran and local disco-popsters Fun., proving that the Top 40 is delightfully far from monotonous.