Dave Matthews carried out an intimate solo gig Wednesday evening at New York City’s Irving Plaza, a venue he is been taking part in because the mid-’90s.
“This place was huge,” Matthews instructed the group about his first expertise standing on the Irving Plaza stage 30 years in the past. That debut efficiency on the venue happened on April 21, 1993, when Dave Matthews Band opened for the alt-rock band the Samples.
Now, with 10 studio albums to his identify and 1000’s of stay reveals beneath his belt, Matthews mentioned the stage appeared a bit of smaller. The crowd roared with approval for that assertion as each fan in attendance knew how fortunate they have been to see him carry out such a private live performance, which additionally featured just a few songs that had by no means been carried out solo earlier than: “Looking for a Vein,” “Walking Around the Moon” and “Pantala Naga Pampa.” (The occasion, titled Dave Matthews: Live & Acoustic, was introduced by SiriusXM and was simulcast on the Dave Matthews Band Radio channel.)
While the present ran almost two hours, a respectable quantity of that point featured Matthews chatting with the group, telling tales about songs, being a bit of too trustworthy about how drained he was from that morning’s look on The Howard Stern Show and regaling followers with a hilarious story about getting excessive at Willie Nelson’s ninetieth celebration on the Hollywood Bowl in April.
As Matthews described it, his good friend Woody Harrelson handed him a joint — “It was superweed” — after which “we ran out onstage and suddenly I’m just blazed. The audience is fired up … some of them looked at me and were like, ‘Man, you’re fucking high’ … I felt good but also I felt really scared.”
That story got here after Matthews coated Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away”; when he wrapped it up, he launched his subsequent tune, “Crush,” by saying, “I stole the beginning of this from Willie.”
The evening concluded with a strong three-song encore, with the viewers dialed into each be aware and phrase coming off the stage. You can see the set listing and pictures from the live performance beneath.
Dave Matthews, 6/7/23, Irving Plaza, New York
1. “So Damn Lucky”
2. “Looking For a Vein”
3. “Save Me”
4. “#41”
5. “Walk Around the Moon”
6. “Stay or Leave”
7. “Something to Tell My Baby”
8. “Grey Street”
9. “Monsters”
10. “Old Dirt Hill” / “Pantala Naga Pampa”
11. “Gravedigger”
12. “Break Free”
13. “Funny How Time Slips Away”
14. “Crush”
15. “Don’t Drink the Water”
Encore
16. “Some Devil”
17. “Crash Into Me”
18. “Dancing Nancies”
Dave Matthews Plays Intimate Solo Gig in New York City
Two-hour efficiency included tales, jokes and classics from his band’s catalog at New York’s Irving Plaza on June 7, 2023.
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