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The Fratellis Setlist
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Glasgow's The Fratellis is currently touring in support of Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (Cooking Vinyl), stopping their sold out show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Friday night, September 25th.
Opening up the show was Grizfolk (not to be confused with the Griswolds) on their very first national tour (their first time in Minneapolis).
The Los Angeles based band (although they think of themselves as from "Sweden, America") played a few tracks from their debut EP From the Spark, including "Waiting For You" and their set finale, "Hymnals". Filling out the rest of their set was their new single "Troublemaker" and a cover of David Bowie's "Suffragette City".
The last time The Fratellis was in Minneapolis, it was on 11 September 2008, with The Airborne Toxic Event and Electric Touch. When they announced a small 2013 tour (leaving Minneapolis out), we were convinced that they would never come back to the city so we flew into Chicago to catch them at a sold out show at the Metro.
Given a few years, they are back with Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied and with that album, they expanded their tour to Minneapolis, finally! It's good to have the band back in our city, the last time they were at the Varsity Theater it was in support of their debut album Costello Music in 2007 (we wrote about the band around the same time).
As usual, the band is tight. They had a dedicated guitar tuner, so he would often rush on stage to swap out guitars for Jon, saving us from awkward guitar tuning banters. Of course, that also meant lack of talking between songs (expect perhaps when he asked the roadie to play the guitar for him).
Since I believe this is only The Fratellis' third time in Minneapolis, so it felt a little special. There were many young kids (under 18) at the show with their parents, almost all of them wore Fratellis T-Shirts.
As you can see from their setlist, the encore songs were completely wrong. They had listed four songs, the first two, "Slow" and "This Old Ghost Town" was dropped in favor of "Desperate Guy". Of course, they kept the crowd pleaser "Chelsea Dagger", which I personally felt should have been the final song as it would have left the crowd on a very high note (especially when the confetti blew in).
I hope with all the strong support that the Scottish band will come back to the Twin Cities sooner than later.
The Fratellis' Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied is out now.
Remaining tour dates:
Grizfolk
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The Los Angeles based band (although they think of themselves as from "Sweden, America") played a few tracks from their debut EP From the Spark, including "Waiting For You" and their set finale, "Hymnals". Filling out the rest of their set was their new single "Troublemaker" and a cover of David Bowie's "Suffragette City".
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The Fratellis |
Given a few years, they are back with Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied and with that album, they expanded their tour to Minneapolis, finally! It's good to have the band back in our city, the last time they were at the Varsity Theater it was in support of their debut album Costello Music in 2007 (we wrote about the band around the same time).
As usual, the band is tight. They had a dedicated guitar tuner, so he would often rush on stage to swap out guitars for Jon, saving us from awkward guitar tuning banters. Of course, that also meant lack of talking between songs (expect perhaps when he asked the roadie to play the guitar for him).
Since I believe this is only The Fratellis' third time in Minneapolis, so it felt a little special. There were many young kids (under 18) at the show with their parents, almost all of them wore Fratellis T-Shirts.
Setlist
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I hope with all the strong support that the Scottish band will come back to the Twin Cities sooner than later.
The Fratellis' Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied is out now.
Remaining tour dates:
09/27 - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
09/28 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
09/30 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
10/01 - Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
10/03 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
10/04 - Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
10/06 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
10/08 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
09/28 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
09/30 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
10/01 - Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
10/03 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
10/04 - Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
10/06 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
10/08 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
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The Fratellis at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (25 September 2015) |
