Spoon Make Up for Report with Flawless Set in New York: Photos + Setlist

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No matter how safe or vaccinated we are, touring during the pandemic still isn’t easy. Spoon have recently been forced to postpone a trio of shows after members of their party tested positive (and their current opener, Margaret Glaspy, had to pull out of a number of other shows to the same reason). When they finally got back on track, Britt Daniel’s voice began to drop, still causing more delays.

It’s just not easy for bands on tour right now – which makes gigs like Spoon and Glaspy on Friday, May 6 at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom all the more special.

The show was one of those three aforementioned postponements, rescheduled under the mini-tour title “Let’s try that again…” Spoon made up for it by delivering a ferocious set full of hits and surprises. They seemed at the top of their game, COVID be damned, as they ripped through cuts like “The Mystery Zone,” “The Beast and Dragon, Adored,” and “My Mathematical Mind.” They also showed a number of Lucifer on the couch tracks, like the closer main set “Wild” and single “The Hardest Cut”.

Even after a truly fantastic set, the band came back with even more surprises during their six (!!) song encore. Opening with a cover of Jon Lennon’s “Isolation”, Spoon quickly welcomed Glaspy for a cover of Richard & Linda Thompson’s “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight”. In a real treat for the New York crowd, Daniel then called on his Divine Fits bandmate Dan Boeckner to lead a cover of Wolf Parade’s “Modern World.” Boeckner stayed to shred the “Rent I Pay” finale.

After all those delays and struggles, Spoon arrived in New York with guitars blazing. It was a quintessential example of how much bands have to fight just to do their job right now, and how every moment they get on stage has become so much more powerful.

Check out a photo gallery from Spoon’s Hammerstein Ballroom show below, followed by the full setlist.

The second half of Spoon’s “Lucifer on the Sofa Tour” picks up later this month with support from former Artist of the Month Geese. Later this summer, they will also go on a co-head ride with Interpol. Get tickets to all of their upcoming concerts through Ticketmaster.