They Might Be Giants at The Truman, Kansas City MO (2023-05-16)

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS SETLIST   Set 1: They Might Be Giants (Video, alternate version) Synopsis for Latecomers Turn Around Particle Man (with snippet of “Rocket Number Nine Take Off For the Planet Venus”) The Darlings of Lumberland (some tech issues) Twisting Someone Keeps Moving My Chair Women and Men Moonbeam Rays Stellub Cloisonné Your Racist Friend Museum of Idiots Road Movie to Berlin Brontosaurus   Set 2: Hearing Aid (video) Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love (“Stellub” reversed video) Memo to Human Resources Minimum Wage Letterbox Number Three Whistling in the Dark Lucky Ball and Chain Hot Cha Spy (w/ extended outro) Birdhouse in Your Soul 2082 We Want a Rock Dead Theme from Flood Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (The Four Lads cover) (w/ extended intro and outro for solos)   Encore: The Darlings of Lumberland (redux) Fingertips   Encore 2: Doctor Worm THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Tour Dates MAY 18 Cain's Ballroom Tulsa, OK MAY 19 House of Blues Dallas, TX MAY 20 House of Blues Houston, TX MAY 21 ACL Live at The Moody Theater Austin, TX JUL 6 Tree House Brewing Company Deerfield, MA JUL 7 Garde Arts Center New London, CT JUL 8 Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY JUL 14 Belly Up Solana Beach, CA JUL 15 Belly Up Solana Beach, CA JUL 16 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA OCT 5 The Tivoli Brisbane, Australia OCT 6 The Enmore Theatre Sydney, Australia OCT 7 Forum Melbourne, Australia OCT 8 The Gov Adelaide, Australia OCT 11 The Astor Theatre Perth, Australia NOV 3 O2 Guildhall Southampton, UK NOV 4 Cambridge Junction Cambridge, UK NOV 5 O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London, UK NOV 7 SWG3 Glasgow, UK NOV 8 Boiler Shop Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK NOV 10 Mandela Hall Belfast, UK NOV 11 Vicar Street Dublin, Ireland NOV 14 O2 Ritz Manchester, UK NOV 15 Leeds Beckett Students' Union Leeds, UK NOV 16 Rock City Nottingham, UK NOV 17 O2 Academy Bristol, UK NOV 18 Roundhouse London, UK Read More They Might Be Giants The thing about They Might Be Giants is that they understand their fans. They get it; they know people don't automatically rush out to get the latest album,

After three years and four unplanned reschedules, Brooklyn's They Might Be Giants brought their long sold-out show to The Truman in Kansas City MO on Tuesday.  The tour was in support of the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough record, Flood (which was played, but not in sequential order) and also celebrating their recent book, cleverly titled, "Book".  

Now four decades in, the duo / band remains always entertaining and maybe the best bang-for-the-buck musical act working today- two full sets of "all killer / no filler" old and new favorite songs; paper headpieces (think the TMBG version of the Burger King crown) to wear and collectively celebrate with; a song played completely backwards and then a reversed video playback to start the second set to prove they completely pulled it off; and after a technical flub on the fourth song of the night, a triumphant redux in full added to the encore in order to not cheat the audience.  Chef's Kiss!

The hilarious banter between songs was priceless as usual, too.  More info to come!

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We love the Johns and all the wonderfully eclectic music they put out, as does most of the nation, because almost all of these dates have been sold out...for over three years! Covid, a car accident, and scheduling has caused date changes, but it’s finally happening and they’re coming for real!

 

The band will play seminal album Flood in full, as well as other numerous hits to celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band. We caught them live last Fall in Minneapolis and can’t wait to see what the live show looks like now.

 

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