Archive: Set Lists
Talk About the Passion
Michael Stipe, in his finest worksuit. (By Ricky Carioti) At the end of R.E.M.'s concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion last night, the three musicians who form the core of the band convened at the center of the stage. Frontman Michael Stipe waved and winked. The stoic guitarist Peter Buck...
By J. Freedom du Lac | June 12, 2008; 10:59 AM ET | Comments (15)
Dan Tyminski's Well-Timed Encore
'Of everything that stands, the end.' Saturday night at the Birchmere. The Dan Tyminski Band is kinda-sorta closing out a red-hot set of bluegrass by blazing through "Freeborn Man," the Paul Revere and the Raiders song that's become something like a modern bluegrass staple. It's an absolutely explosive finger-picking...
By J. Freedom du Lac | March 3, 2008; 03:51 PM ET | Comments (0)
Hey Hey, My My (Into The Bathroom)
Over on the Nightclub 930 Forum (user name and password required), somebody suggested that you might not want to go to the bathroom during Neil Young's Constitution Hall concerts tonight and tomorrow. Just a word of warning: Neil Young's policy on this tour is that if you get up to...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 15, 2007; 12:12 PM ET | Comments (3)
Incident on 7th Street Redux
And the band played on. The second half of the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's double-header was a very slight letdown after Sunday's terrific opening salvo. Nothing wrong with Monday's performance, per se - just that the intensity seemed to be off early in the show. Less energy...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 13, 2007; 08:35 AM ET | Comments (0)
Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic
In introducing the title track from "Magic" at the very much sold out Verizon Center last night, Bruce Springsteen said the tune is about how "the truth gets twisted into lies, and lies get twisted into the truth." In other words: A perfect song for Washington! "Hey," he said, "this...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 12, 2007; 08:12 AM ET | Comments (0)
