Dave Matthews carried out an intimate solo gig Wednesday night time at New York Metropolis’s Irving Plaza, a venue he is been enjoying because the mid-’90s.
“This place was enormous,” Matthews advised the gang 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 hundreds of stay exhibits beneath his belt, Matthews stated the stage appeared somewhat smaller. The group 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: “On the lookout for a Vein,” “Strolling Across the Moon” and “Pantala Naga Pampa.” (The occasion, titled Dave Matthews: Reside & Acoustic, was introduced by SiriusXM and was simulcast on the Dave Matthews Band Radio channel.)
Whereas the present ran practically two hours, a respectable quantity of that point featured Matthews chatting with the gang, telling tales about songs, being somewhat too sincere about how drained he was from that morning’s look on The Howard Stern Present 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 all of the sudden I am simply blazed. The viewers is fired up … a few of them checked out me and have been like, ‘Man, you are fucking excessive’ … I felt good but additionally I felt actually scared.”
That story got here after Matthews lined Nelson’s “Humorous How Time Slips Away”; when he wrapped it up, he launched his subsequent music, “Crush,” by saying, “I stole the start of this from Willie.”
The night time concluded with a strong three-song encore, with the viewers dialed into each word and phrase coming off the stage. You possibly can see the set listing and pictures from the live performance under.
Dave Matthews, 6/7/23, Irving Plaza, New York
1. “So Rattling Fortunate”
2. “Wanting For a Vein”
3. “Save Me”
4. “#41”
5. “Stroll Across the Moon”
6. “Keep or Go away”
7. “One thing to Inform My Child”
8. “Gray Avenue”
9. “Monsters”
10. “Outdated Grime Hill” / “Pantala Naga Pampa”
11. “Gravedigger”
12. “Break Free”
13. “Humorous How Time Slips Away”
14. “Crush”
15. “Do not Drink the Water”
Encore
16. “Some Satan”
17. “Crash Into Me”
18. “Dancing Nancies”
Dave Matthews Performs Intimate Solo Gig in New York Metropolis
Two-hour efficiency included tales, jokes and classics from his band’s catalog at New York’s Irving Plaza on June 7, 2023.
