ITEM! Big changes in the New Pornographers’ setlist between nights one and two at the 9:30 this time, as advertised. Newman kept speaking to someone upfront who had apparently provided his or her own list, from whence, said Newman, he’d culled three or four songs the band wouldn’t have played otherwise, and that they’d likely keep playing. It’s worth noting that over the course of the two nights, we heard seven of Mass Romantic ‘s twelve, wow. Is the New Pornos’ nostalgia phase now upon us? Perhaps. Perhaps not: They played eight from the new Together last night, too.
Last night’s show was about 15 minutes shorter than Tuesday’s, too, owing to less dead time between songs. There was at least as much banter as the first night, but it was faster and funnier.
Songs not performed the prior night appear in boldface.
The New Pornographers at the 9:30 Club, Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Setlist
01 Sing Me Spanish Techno
02 Up in the Dark
03 Myriad Harbour
04 Use It
05 Crash Years
06 All the Old Showstoppers
07 The Body Says No
08 Jackie
09 A Bite Out of My Bed
10 The Bones of an Idol
11 Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
12 To Wild Homes
13 The End of Medicine
14 Moves
15 Your Hands (Together)
16 My Shepherd
17 Twin Cinema
18 Silver Jenny Dollar
19 Mass Romantic
20 The Bleeding Heart Show
21 Challengers
22 My Rights Versus Yours
23 The Electric Version
24 Testament to Youth in Verse
