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Stereophonics at the 400 Bar (setlist)
Minneapolis (02/14/2001)
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As you know, I am a big British music fan, so the co-headlining tour of The Charlatans (or as they're known in America as Charlatans UK) and Stereophonics at the Quest in 2000 could not be missed.
At that time, I wasn't that familiar with Stereophonics, I was mostly at that show (which I could have sworn it was at the Fine Line Music Café) to see The Charlatans. I loved "Weirdo" and "The Only One I Know", which, when I saw Tim Burgess solo at First Avenue a few years later, he only did his solo music (boo!).
By the time Stereophonics were on tour for their Just Enough Education to Perform (aka JEEP) album, I caught the band at the much smaller venue of the 400 Bar (which is now long closed). They brought with them free Stereophonics JEEP promo booklets, which I picked up a few.
The thing about this particular tour was I believe they were not a full band and did mostly acoustic versions of their song. Which, I think lends itself well to singer/songwriter Kelly Jones' style of songwriting.
As you can see from their setlist, they did lots of song from JEEP and Performance and Cocktails (sadly, they didn't do my favorite song "The Bartender and the Thief"). Oddly enough the very last song on their encore was a cover of the Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down".
Stereophonic's eight studio album Graffiti on a Train (Stylus Records) came out in 2013, and it is actually their best record to date. I've listened to the album multiple times bicycling to Minneapolis and you can tell Jones has grown as a great songwriter.
Additional information about this 400 Bar, opening band was called Vibrolush, from New York. They were on tour for their second album Touch and Go on V2 Records. I'm pretty sure this band broke up, I tried search around for band members guitarist James Mazlen and singer Phil Vassil online, but could not find any (solid) information.
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Charlatans / Stereophonics at the Quest (flyer)
Minneapolis (04/03/00)
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By the time Stereophonics were on tour for their Just Enough Education to Perform (aka JEEP) album, I caught the band at the much smaller venue of the 400 Bar (which is now long closed). They brought with them free Stereophonics JEEP promo booklets, which I picked up a few.
The thing about this particular tour was I believe they were not a full band and did mostly acoustic versions of their song. Which, I think lends itself well to singer/songwriter Kelly Jones' style of songwriting.
As you can see from their setlist, they did lots of song from JEEP and Performance and Cocktails (sadly, they didn't do my favorite song "The Bartender and the Thief"). Oddly enough the very last song on their encore was a cover of the Beatles' "Don't Let Me Down".
Stereophonic's eight studio album Graffiti on a Train (Stylus Records) came out in 2013, and it is actually their best record to date. I've listened to the album multiple times bicycling to Minneapolis and you can tell Jones has grown as a great songwriter.
Additional information about this 400 Bar, opening band was called Vibrolush, from New York. They were on tour for their second album Touch and Go on V2 Records. I'm pretty sure this band broke up, I tried search around for band members guitarist James Mazlen and singer Phil Vassil online, but could not find any (solid) information.
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