On Wednsday, December 28, and for the first time since 2019, Phish took the stage at Madison Square Garden for their annual New Year’s Run.
Performing their 69th ever show at Madison Square Garden, Phish opened the night with a high-energy “Buried Alive” followed by a funk-filled “Wolfman’s Brother.” Set 1 was highlighted by a 14-minute “Stash” that was followed by a 13-minute “Split Open and Melt” to close the set.
Set 2 started off strong with “Free” which gave way to a nearly 20-minute “A Wave of Hope” that segued smoothly into “It’s Ice.” “Leaves” came out swinging after that, with “Simple,” “Plasma,” “Twist” and “Harry Hood” rounding out the set.
For the encore, a surprise “Esther” was performed in the curtain call slot for the first time in its history, with “46 Days” following up to round out the show.
Phish return for Night two tonight. Tune in at Livephish.com to join Couch Tour.
Set 1: Buried Alive, Wolfman’s Brother, Maze, Sigma Oasis > NICU, Steam, Tela, Stash, Split Open and Melt Set 2: Free > A Wave of Hope -> It’s Ice > Leaves > Simple -> Plasma -> Twist* > Harry Hood Encore: Esther > 46 Days *Trey teased A Wave of Hope in Twist
It’s that time of the year again – time for phans to congregate in Manhattan for four nights at Madison Square Garden with the Phish from Vermont. With this being the first four-night run at MSG in December since 2019, what better way to keep the party going after Phish than with after parties, all within walking distance of Madison Square Garden!
December 28
Eggy will take the stage on Wednesday, December 28 at the Cutting Room just before midnight. At the same time, Marble Eyes will be taking the stage at Hill Country BBQ, featuring members of Pink Talking Fish and Twiddle. Eggy at Cutting Room tickets are available here and Marble Eyes at Hill Country BBQ is a FREE SHOW!
December 29
Before you head to MSG, stop by Hill Country BBQ on West 30th Street (between 6th and 5th) for a Waterwheel Foundation benefit, featuring The Dude of Life Band. This show is free with donations encouraged. All donations, regardless of amount, will earn a raffle ticket (one per person). Raffle prizes for awesome Phish and Dude of Life merch and memorabilia will be randomly chosen on stage during the show.
After the show, swing by The Cutting Room for Prince/Bowie, featuring Eric Gould, Adrian Tramontano, Scott Chasolen, Cal Kehoe, Matt Wayne and former members of Turkuaz’s horn section. Tickets are available here.
And over at Hill Country, get down with Jerry Dance Party, with sets spun by DJ Jerrbrother. Tickets are available here.
December 30
Before the show, stop by Hill Country for PhanArt from 1-6pm, featuring 20+ artists and vendors, making this the ONLY place in town to get Phish made goods from fans, for fans. Admission is free with music by Sweeping Views.
After Phish, head towards Times Square for Neighbor, over to The Cutting Room for Dogs in a Pile at Cutting Room (tickets for both are available here) or back to Hill Country for Jerry Dance Party (tickets available here)
December 31
And if somehow Phish hasn’t satiated you on New Years Eve with whatever they have in store, you can keep things rolling with Pink Talking Fish at Gramercy Theatre. Tickets available here.
Additionally, Volume.com is offering free live streams of three of CEG Presents’ annual Phish After-Party series shows featuring Eggy, Prince/Bowie, and Dogs in a Pile live from The Cutting Room in New York City. And on New Year’s Eve, Volume will share a re-broadcast of Dopapod’s performance at the recent North Beach Music Festival at 10 PM EST and again at 1:30 AM EST, also free.
CEG Presents’ Howie Schnee, also a consultant to Volume, said
We have been promoting this annual series for a long time, and I haven’t been this excited in many years to present shows with this next wave of bands in the jam scene that are about to break including Eggy, Dogs in a Pile, Neighbor, and more. This is the first time CEG has partnered with a live streaming platform for the Phish After-Party series, and we are excited to work with Volume given all the in-roads they’ve made in the last year with streams by artists such as String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Paul Cauthen, Marcus King, moe., Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Lotus, Lettuce, Twiddle and many more.
Cutting Room is located at 44 East 32nd Street Between Madison & Park Avenues. 5 minute walk from MSG.
Gramercy Theatre is located at 127 East 23rd Street Between Lexington & 3rd Avenues. 15 minutes from MSG by taking the NQRW train lines.
Hill Country is located at 30 W 26th St Between 5th and 6th Avenues. 5 minute walk from MSG.
Sony Hall is located at 235 West 46th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue. A 10 minute walk from MSG or a quick Subway ride on the A-C-E line.
Superstar R&B songstress, SZA, will be embarking on her first nationwide arena tour — The S.O.S. North American Tour — in promotion of her number 1 selling album, SOS.
The SOS Tour will see SZA perform at arenas nationwide.
Produced by Live Nation, the exclusive 17-city tour kicks-off on February 21 at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH, andincludes a stop at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Along with special guest Omar Apollo, the tour will see SZA make stops in visit Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Seattle, Vancouver and more before wrapping up in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum. This tour marks the first time the Grammy-winning singer is playing venues of this size while debuting her critically-acclaimed album live to fans.
SZA’s Rise
All in all, SZA has been an industry mainstay for nearly a decade. Her 2014 EP, Z, put her on the map with records like “Child’s Play” and “Babylon.” But, 2017 would see her reach mainstream stardom with the release of CTRL. SZA’s debut recording earned her widespread recognition, including four Grammy nomination and a spot on Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
SZA has continued to garner recognition since the release of Ctrl. Despite her hiatus from solo work, she received a 2022 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Kiss Me More” with Doja Cat. She also won Billboard Music Awards’ Top R&B Female Artist, BET Awards’ Best New Artist, BET Soul Train Awards’ Best R&B/Soul Female Artist and Best New Artist, MTV Video Music Awards’ Best Visual Effects for the “All The Stars” with Kendrick Lamar, and NAACP Image Awards’ Outstanding New Artist. In 2019, she won NAACP Image Awards’ Outstanding Duo or Group for “All The Stars” with Kendrick Lamar and Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation for the Black Panther Soundtrack. SZA also received Billboard’s 2019 Women in Music Rule Breaker award.
What to Expect From the SOS Tour
Although a now decorated recording artist, SZA’s greatest achievement is her longstanding relationship with her fans. Not many artists can not release an album for five years and debut at number 1 on the Billboard charts. A talented artist, SZA’s vulnerability on her records leaves a lasting impact on listeners. Topics revolving around love, desires and insecurities have made her this era’s go-to R&B songstress. The addition of Grammy-nominated artist, Omar Apollo, should make for an impassioned set of performances. With about 300K in first-week sales, fans were eager for SZA’s sophomore effort and should be even more restless to see it live.
Fans of improvisational jazz, electronica and progressive rock will have the perfect sonic meal for their eclectic tastes when Spaghetti Eastern Music’s Two Bass Hit Ensemble returns to Harlem’s Silvana, part of their residency, on Tuesday, December 27 at 8 p.m.
The band is an off-shoot of Spaghetti Eastern Music, the solo venture of genre-leaping NYC/Hudson Valley guitarist Sal Cataldi. The guitarist is joined in this quartet by two esteemed bass players, David C. Gross and Tom Semioli, and veteran NYC drummer/percussionist, David Donen. Collectively, the four have worked with diverse artists including Stephen Stills, Humble Pie, Aztec Two-Step, Chuck Berry, Marc Ribot, The Lenny Kaye Connection, The Joffrey Ballet, performance artist Charles Dennis and the guitar orchestra of minimalist composer Rhys Chatham.
The music of Two Bass Hit draws inspiration from a wide variety of musical styles, from the electric fusion of ‘70s-era Miles Davis, progressive rock like King Crimson and the funk/psychedelia of Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys. The humbly band takes its name, “Two Bass Hit,” from the title of a Dizzy Gillespie/John Lewis composition featured on Miles Davis’ Milestones album.
While bassist Semioli holds down the grooves, his counterpart Gross plies a broader palate with his extended range six-string electric bass – providing chords and counter-melodies to guitarist Cataldi’s painterly ambient atmospheres and loops and blues and psychedelia-inflected soloing. Drummer Donen provides beats that draw upon rock and tribal patterns.
The December 27 residency engagement for Spaghetti Eastern Music is the latest in the quartet’s on-going residency at Silvana, a venue featuring some of the best jazz, R&B and modern rock acts in NYC. No cover, two drink minimum; Silvana is located at 300 W 116 Street in Harlem.
Bassist Gross has written 17 books and 3 instructional videos. Together with Semioli, he is the co-host “The Notes From An Artist Radio Show” on cygnusradio.com Monday nights at 8 PM EDT, and the “Notes From An Artist” podcast available on iTunes, Spotify, and all podcast platforms. Semioli is the creator of the popular Know Your Bass Player blog.
Spaghetti Eastern Music has received consistent raves since Cataldi’s 2016 debut disc under the moniker, “Sketches of Spam” (Bad Egg Records). The New York Times writes “Cataldi’s original instrumentals and acoustic vocal tunes have a beat unmistakably his own” while Time Out New York says, “the largely instrumental, Eastern-influenced jams are infused with some delicate guitar work and hauntingly moody atmosphere.” Cataldi and his Spaghetti Eastern has been called “a wild ride” by Radio Woodstock, “beautiful and unique” by WFUV’s Mixed Bag, “charmingly melodic and off-center” by WFMU, while NYS Music adds: “If Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain had a secret chill detour, Spaghetti Eastern Music would be the soundtrack.” Hudson Valley One labels the sound:“Part Sergio Leone fever dream, part Ravi Shankar raga, a whirling dervish of musical creation.”
Bandleader, Composer, Drummer, and Dhol Player Sunny Jain will perform distinct shows at Symphone Space in January, with each show giving focus to a specific side of his genre-spanning artistry. The concerts take place in Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater, January 28 – February 9, 2023.
The career of Sunny Jain is a celebration of cultural diaspora with deep-rooted tradition that ripples outward, changing, and being changed by, the cultures it touches. Called the “Hendrix of dhol” by Manchester Salon (UK), he is best known for founding the band Red Baraat, a frenzied fusion of bhangra, hip-hop, jazz, rock, and sheer, unbridled energy that NPR has called “the best party band in years.”
2022 has been a banner year for Jain. He joined Planet Drum for their first show in 15 years, playing alongside drumming legends Mickey Hart (The Grateful Dead), Zakir Hussain, and Giovanni Hidalgo. He embarked on a milestone tour to Pakistan with his Wild Wild East band, after headlining the renowned Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington D.C. He debuted the 8-piece Bollywood Biggish Band at Lincoln Center, NYC, drawing close to 1,000 people for their “Celebrate Love” event. Jain also started developing his first musical theatrical piece called Love Force—commissioned by Joe’s Pub New York Voices, and supported by National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts—after he was awarded the MAP Fund in 2021. All the while, Jain was globe-trotting with Red Baraat.
Jain’s Symphony Space music residency begins on Saturday, January 28, at 7:30pm with Jain’s Wild Wild East, an eclectic evening of music that explores the meeting of east and west, Jain’s identity as a first-generation South Asian–American, and his own family’s immigration story. The music melds Bollywood, Spaghetti Westerns, Punjabi folk, jazz, and psychedelic surf guitar. Reviewing the Wild Wild East album—Jain’s first in a decade, released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 2020—Jon Pareles of The New York Times called the title track “furiously propulsive,” and many have acclaimed the album as Jain’s best work yet. Pitchfork wrote, “Many of these compositions are intellectually thrilling to unravel,” noting its “shimmering walls of sound [that] feel like floating face-down in a pool and watching light patterns dance on the floor.” The performance at Symphony Space features Ben Parag (vocals), Lynn Ligammari (tenor saxophone), Shubh Saran (guitar), and Almog Sharvit (bass), in addition to Sunny Jain (drumset, dhol).
On Saturday, February 4 at 7:30pm, the residency continues with American Lullabies, an exploration of the music of Jain’s American experience that combines the soundtrack of his childhood (Jain Bhajans: devotional songs from the 6,000-year-old Indian religion, Jainism) with progressive rock and jazz. Jain is joined by Ganavya (vocals), Grey Mcmurray (guitar), and Shazad Ismaily (bass).
Concluding the residency, on Thursday, February 9, at 7:30pm, is Dholusion, in which Jain is joined by Yamini Kalluri (dancer), Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), and Eva Lawitts (bass), blending the Indian classical dance tradition of Kuchipudi with folk percussion and jazz. Based on musical improvisation, this project creates an entirely fresh sound.
Symphony Space is located on the Upper Level at 2537 Broadway, Manhattan. Tickets can be purchased here.
Blue Note New York will bring together a series of new programming in 2023, highlighting the relationship between the funk, jazz and jam music communities.
Among the artists lined up for performances starting in January 2023 at Blue Note are DJ Logic, Soulive, Lettuce, Galactic, Antibalas, Karl Denson, Ghost Note, Butcher Brown and many more. During the series, Blue Note will be a stomping ground for innovation and improvisation, showcasing the fluidity of the artists who perform within these funky genres.
The power of jazz has impacted and influenced many musical genres, and has its fingerprint deep within jam band culture and funk. Blue Note greatly celebrates this legacy and presents a broad range of artistry. We feel it’s important for us to embrace jam band culture, funk, progressive and soulful music all of which have been influenced by jazz.
We’re proud to have genre-bending artists upcoming at Blue Note ranging from Lettuce, Soulive, Galactic & Friends, to Ghost Note, and Butcher Brown. Jazz and improvisation lives and breathes within progressive funk and jam band artistry. As a legendary jazz institution, it’s Blue Note’s responsibility to continue presenting innovative and soulful artists with musical integrity influenced by its exposure to jazz and improvised music.
Blue Note Director of Programming Alex Kurland
Blue Note continues to maintain their historical excellence in providing the audiences with a wide range of dynamic and culturally rich experiences from top artistry. Take a look at the lineup of artists from the funk, jazz and jam worlds coming to Blue Note New York in 2023! Get tickets here.
DJ Logic & Friends (Jan 19 – 22)
Special guests will include:
Jan 19 – 20: James Carter, James Genus, Robert “Sput” Searight, Neal Evans
Jan 21: James Genus, Robert “Sput” Searight, Neal Evans, Casey Benjamin
Jan 22: John Popper, Paul Shaffer, James Genus, Robert “Sput” Searight, Casey Benjamin
As one of the world’s most accomplished turntablists, DJ Logic is widely credited for introducing jazz into the hip–hop realms and is considered by most as a highly-respected session musician and an innovative bandleader.
Galactic (Jan 25 – 29)
Special guests will include:
Jan 25: James Carter
Jan 26 – 27: Robert Randolph
Jan 28: Matisyahu
Jan 29: Nicholas Payton
Galactic draws on 25 years together in order to progress with each performance and subsequent record. After 10 albums, over 2,000 gigs, and tens of millions of streams, the proud New Orleans, LA quintet—Ben Ellman [saxophone, harmonica], Robert Mercurio [bass], Stanton Moore [drums, percussion], Jeffrey Raines [guitar], and Richard Vogal [keyboards]—have kept the torch burning.
Karl Denson Project (Feb 23 – 26)
Band line up will include:
Feb 23 – 26: Keyon Harrold, James Francies, Burniss Travis & Blaque Dynamite
Saxophonist Karl Denson met Lenny Kravitz during a recording session in 1988. The following year, Kravitz called Denson and asked him to do the solo on the single “Let Love Rule” from Kravitz’s album of the same name.
Krasno Moore Project ft. Eric Finland (March 16 – 19)
Soulive and Lettuce co-founder, Eric “Kraz” Krasno is a New York-based Grammy-winning guitarist, songwriter, recording artist, and producer. His own musical roots lie in funk, jazz, rock, and hip-hop, and he has written songs and produced records for a variety of artists in a range of genres including Norah Jones, Aaron Neville, Talib Kweli, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Ledisi, 50 Cent, and Matisyahu.
Butcher Brown with Special Guests (May 8 – 10)
Pulsing from the nerve center of Jellowstone Studios in Richmond VA, Butcher Brown takes careful note of the history and legacy of jazz and throws caution to the wind. Their musical vibe blends jazz with hip hop, funk, rap, rock and soul. The group honors each musical genre and, at the same time, challenges traditional musical boundaries.
Antibalas (May 18 – 21)
It’s hard to believe that more than twenty years have passed since Antibalas’s humble beginning as a neighborhood dance / protest band in the block parties and underground parties in pre-gentrified Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Over the past two decades they have evolved into what The Guardian called “one of the world’s finest Afrobeat bands” while enjoying equal renown for their cross-genre collaborations with legends of popular music.
Ghost Note (June 1 – 4)
Headed by Snarky Puppy’s multi-Grammy–winning percussion duo of Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound. With an expansive roster of next-level musicians—representing members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake, and more.
Lettuce (June 8 – 11, Festival)
Lettuce, a sextet composed of Adam Deitch (drums), Ryan Zoidis (saxophone), Adam Smirnoff (guitar), Erick Coomes (bass), Nigel Hall (keyboards/vocals), and Eric ‘Benny’ Bloom (trumpet), is approaching thirty years since its humble Boston Beginnings.
Soulive (June 15 – 18 & 29 – July 2)
Soulive has never made any bones about what they do best; it’s right there in their name. Since forming in 1999, the trio of guitarist Eric Krasno, drummer Alan Evans and keyboardist Neal Evans has carried the torch for the soul-jazz organ trio.
New York City-based four-piece alternative pop/rock band Kids That Fly have released their newest five-track EP Tracks of the High Line, on December 9. With hopes of recreating their viral 2019 single “Kiss Her You Fool,” the group came up with this nostalgic, genre-blending EP. Along with this, the band has also released a VHS Music video for the song “Talk of the Town,” a catchy pop/alternative hit.
In October, Kids that Fly released the EP’s lead single, “High Line,” along with a vibrant music video to pair. “The synth-y beat and fast drums brought me back…it’s pop with enticing guitar chords and a synth that fits right in…conjures 80’s nostalgia. ‘High Line’ evokes a more technical The 1975, a less sad Backseat Lovers,” said NYS Music contributor Sydney Pollack in October.
Yet their newest “Talk of the Town” showcases the energy of Tracks of the High Line in its entirety, which can be described as a combination of sounds from the early 2000s alt-rock era, 80s synth pop, British alternative, and modern pop/rock.
Nick Smeriglio (vocals/guitar), Blake Henry (guitar/synth), Braden Frandino (bass/vocals) and Ryan Hendry (drums/vocals) make up Kids That Fly. Composed of college comrades, they formed in the fall of 2018 while attending the University of Connecticut. Having all grown up in Connecticut, the crew has had a lot of influence from other Connecticut musicians such as Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and indie/rock duo MGMT.
Tracks of the High Line is the “next logical step in the band’s evolution,” shares Nick. Composed of songs written throughout the heart and tail end of the pandemic. “It’s a reflection of lots of different romantic experiences that the four of us have had,” Nick confides. “On a deeper level though, it deals with the different struggles that came from the pandemic, how the isolation took a toll on people, and the recovery of it all.”
“Throughout the process we’ve been experimenting with different synthesizers and other interesting digital production techniques that give each song a bit of a retro futuristic style,” Braden reflects about the EP’s sounds.
Since the very beginning, the band has always put a focus on their fans, prioritizing the importance of live music. With their electrifying up close and personal performances, Kids That Fly will continue to prove their vast potential. You won’t want to miss out on their newest viral hits on Tracks of the High Line.
On Saturday, December 17th, Kendall Street Company closed their two-night run at Mercury Lounge in New York City. Based out of Charlottesville, VA, the band headlined Friday and Saturday night in the East Village with opening performances from Litz and One Time Weekend, respectively. Kendall Street Company brings a unique flare comprised of deep, genre-fluid compositions and unfiltered silly banter.
The company opened their second night with their reggae groove, “Marty Song.” After warming up the crowd with the sweet slow beats of the song, the band took the jam in a very dark direction, foretelling of the serious improvisation to come the rest of the night.
Next, the band punched into “Board Shorts.” Lead guitarist, Ben Laderberg shredded through ska and funk scales as Kendall Street continued to glide through different genres in their original composition. Following was a cover of Wet Leg’s “Chaise Longue” whose silly spoken-word lyrics fit perfectly in the song repertoire of Virginia’s most whimsical jam-band.
“Lunar Dude” had interstellar jams leading into an extended jam, and a buttery smooth transition into the chorus of “Walking on the Moon” by the Police and back into the resolution of the spacey jam. The next cover of the set was “I Got Stoned and I Missed It” by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. Rolling solos from saxophonist, Jake Vannaman carried the fun energy into a rendition of their blissful tune, “Cherry Tree.”
Kendall Street Company then performed one of their newest songs, “California #24” which can be found on their EP, Untitled California Project. This song was written and sung by guitarist Laderberg features spoken-word lyrics and funky guitar solos reminiscent of Frank Zappa.
After this heater, the crowd got to cool down while enjoying the slow acoustic melody of “Lady in Green” from the album The Stories We Write for Ourselves. The waves of energy at Mercury Lounge were brought up with the song “Telephone,” whose extended jam provided a seamless transition into “Say Hey” sung by bassist, Brian Roy before resolving the “Telephone” jam.
Apropos to the holiday spirit, Kendall Street Company played a quick rendition of “Trucking Trees for Christmas” by Red Simpson followed by a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Bertha” in the band’s signature jazz-grass style. The crowd was then treated to “Katz in ze Haus,” whose techno rave vibes are hilarious paired with a silly and ambiguous European accent from Louis Smith, followed by their most streamed hit, “Cars” which came with a KSC-style medley at the end of “Just a Friend” by Biz Markie and Soulja Boi.
Encoring the show with “Wasted,” the room was filled with rattling klezmer scales from Vanaman, as drummer Ryan Wood solos on his toms and caps off the set, the band went into a quick chorus of their song, “Aged White Cheddar” at the request of a fan up front.
Kendall Street Company’s unique art has gained serious traction in the Jam band scene with future performances opening for bands such as, The Infamous Stringdusters, Twiddle, and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong.
Kendall Street Company – Mercury Lounge, Manhattan – Saturday, December 17, 2022
Setlist: Marty Song, Board Shorts, Chaise Longue [1], Lunar Dude, I Got Stoned and I Missed It [2], Cherry Tree., California #24, Lady in Green, Telephone > Say Hey!, Truckin Trees for Christmas [3], Bertha [4], Catz in Zeh Haus, Cars > Just a Friend > Crank Dat [5] [6]
Encore: Wasted [7]
[1] – Wet Leg [2] – Little Feat [3] – Red Simpson [4] – Grateful Dead [5] – Biz Markie [6] – Soulja Boy [7] – Tease of Aged White Cheddar at end
A special reunion is taking place with the indie-band The Walkmen, as they are endeavoring on their first tour since a decade. The group is travelling to multiple metropolitan areas, including Manhattan, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
The Walkmen Tour Announcement Poster
As has been recently announced, the Walkmen are performing shows in Philadelphia on May 2nd and 3rd, Chicago on May 19 and 20, and in D.C. on May 25 and 26. The band is also premiering for a show at Shaky Knees on Sunday, May 7, 2023, while more festival announcements are coming up soon.
Back in 2013, an unnamed Walkmen band member (Peter Bauer) announced to the Washington Post that we were going on an ‘extreme hiatus. Instead, in the ensuing years, we’ve all worked on a ton of different projects in a ton of different places. Recently, someone sent us a clip of us playing at Irving Plaza from 2003, and it just looked very exciting. So, we’ve decided we’d like to play together again. Right now, we are very thrilled to announce that we will be playing at Webster Hall in 2023.
Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser
The Walkmen Tour Dates
Monday, April 24 – New York, NY – Webster Hall *SOLD OUT* Tuesday, April 25 – New York, NY – Webster Hall *SOLD OUT* Wednesday, April 26 – New York, NY – Webster Hall *SOLD OUT* Thursday, April 27 – New York, NY – Webster Hall *SOLD OUT* Friday, April 28 – New York, NY – Webster Hall *SOLD OUT* Tuesday, May 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ^ Wednesday, May 3 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ^ Sunday, May 7 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival ^ Friday, May 19 – Chicago, IL – The Metro ^ Saturday, May 20 – Chicago, IL – The Metro ^ Thursday, May 25 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^ Friday May 26 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^
Foals wrapped up their 2022 ‘Life Is Yours’ Tour this past weekend with a handful of shows in the Northeast. The band passed through NYC’s Terminal 5 on Friday, December 16th for a raucous, capacity show, celebrating their return to the city after nearly four years. Foals have consistently been on of the best live rock bands over the last decade, and successfully harness that live energy into their studio records. No exception to rule was their seventh LP, Life Is Yours, released this past June.
Foals thrive on the live stage, and draw out a crowd eager to dance and sing along as they cruise through a tight 90 minute, career-spanning set. Even though the band leaned heavily into Life Is Yours, the older tracks fit in seamlessly because they have always stayed true to their blend of indie and alternate rock. Intricate layers of guitar arpeggios and vocal melodies soar over the crowd all backed by groovy rhythms perfect for a dance floor. The show opened with Life Is Yours single “Wake Me Up,” which saw it’s debut just over a year ago in 2021. The main set ended with an epic performance of “Mountain at My Gates” off 2015s What Went Down, followed by an encore of “Inhaler” and one of the band’s oldest and most beloved songs, “Two Steps, Twice”.
The current tour concluded this weekend with a final show in Portland, Maine. Foals takes a few months off before making a few stops in the UK ahead of a big run of shows opening Paramore’s upcoming tour. Head over to the band’s website for a full list of shows, and check out the photo gallery from the show this weekend at Terminal 5 below.
