Steven Van Zandt its 500th show in front of a sold out crowd at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square. The guests included the band Green Day; Steve Buscemi, star of "The Sopranos" and "Boardwalk Empire"; Vincent Pastore, aka "Big Pussy Bonpensiero" from "The Sopranos"; actor and director Tim Robbins; and singer Debbie Harry of the group Blondie. Van Zandt is also the program director for two radio channels for the Sirius Satellite Radio network. The channels continuously broadcast on satellite radio in the US, and worldwide on Sirius Internet Radio. One channel, named "Underground Garage", has the same philosophy
The Sopranos utilizes a wealth of previously recorded music, it is also notable for its lack of originally composed incidental music, compared to other television programs. Two soundtrack albums containing music from the series have been released. The first, titled "The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Original Series", was released in 1999. It contains selections from the show's first two seasons and reached #54 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200. A second soundtrack compilation, titled "", was released in 2001. This double-disc album contains songs and selected dialogue from the show's first three seasons. It reached #38 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The