The Bowery Ballroom
Details
- Date
- December 28, 2024
- Venue
- The Bowery Ballroom New York, New York (Manhattan)
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock, Morris Windsor, Kimberley Rew and Lee Cave-Berry
- Gig Type
- Concert
Notes
Opening for Yo La Tengo on night 4 of their 2024 run of Chanukkah shows.
'The Soft Boys Mark IV' appearance was a secret until the poster for the show was put up outside the venue before the show.
Robyn, Morris, Kim and Lee all joined Yo La Tengo in their encore too.
Kim also played guitar on one song in the main Yo La Tengo set.
Part of the set and all the encore was broadcast by Emma on Robyn's Instagram account.
Live photo by Taryn A
Set List
- Kingdom of Love
- Madonna of the Wasps
- Brenda's Iron Sledge
- City of Shame
- Sally Was a Legend
- Sudden Town
- Sounds Great When You're Dead
- The Sir Tommy Shovell
- Give it to the Soft Boys Robyn Hitchcock, Robert Lamb
- The Pigworker
- Insanely Jealous
- He's a Reptile
- Underwater Moonlight
Encore
- Queen of Eyes with Yo La Tengo in their encore
- Baby, Let Me Follow You Down Bob Dylan with Yo La Tengo in their encore
- Run Run Run Velvet Underground with Yo La Tengo in their encore
- I Wanna Destroy You with Yo La Tengo in their encore
- It's All Too Much The Beatles with Yo La Tengo in their encore
Media
Complete 'Soft Boys Mark IV' set
Last three songs of main set from Robyn's Instagram
Encore from Robyn's Instagram
Yo La Tengo with Kimberly Rew guesting
Reviews
Online review and photos by Brooklyn Vegan
It was a Hanukkah miracle as Yo La Tengo got Robyn Hitchcock to reunite with his Soft Boys bandmates Kimberley Rew and Morris Windsor to open for them on the fourth night of Hanukkah 2024 at Bowery Ballroom. Lee Cave-Berry, who is married to Rew, joined on bass (The Soft Boys bassist Matthew Seligman died in 2020.) It was a reunion but not an all-Soft-Boys set as they also played a few Robyn Hitchcock songs from the rest of Hitchcock’s career. Still, what a treat!
Yo La Tengo played mostly as a trio Saturday night, a rarity for these Hanukkah shows, apart from Kimberley Rew joining them for “The Race is on Again.” Their set also included “Cherry Chapstick,” “Green Arrow,” “Tiny Birds,” “Beanbag Chair,” “The Story of Yo La Tango,” and the quiet version of “Big Day Coming.”
The encore had Hitchcock, Rew, Windsor and Cave-Berry joining Ira, Georgia and James for Soft Boys classics “I Wanna Destroy You” and “Queen of Eyes,” plus Dylan’s “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down,” the Velvet Underground’s “Run Run Run” and The Beatles’ “It’s All Too Much.”
Eugene Mirman, who is old friends with both Yo La Tengo and Robyn Hitchcock, was the night’s comedian; YLT’s Georgia Hubley made the mix CD sold at the merch table; and Jodi Artichoke was the post-show DJ. Proceeds benefited Coalition for the Homeless.
It was a Hanukkah miracle as Yo La Tengo got Robyn Hitchcock to reunite with his Soft Boys bandmates Kimberley Rew and Morris Windsor to open for them on the fourth night of Hanukkah 2024 at Bowery Ballroom. Lee Cave-Berry, who is married to Rew, joined on bass (The Soft Boys bassist Matthew Seligman died in 2020.) It was a reunion but not an all-Soft-Boys set as they also played a few Robyn Hitchcock songs from the rest of Hitchcock’s career. Still, what a treat!
Yo La Tengo played mostly as a trio Saturday night, a rarity for these Hanukkah shows, apart from Kimberley Rew joining them for “The Race is on Again.” Their set also included “Cherry Chapstick,” “Green Arrow,” “Tiny Birds,” “Beanbag Chair,” “The Story of Yo La Tango,” and the quiet version of “Big Day Coming.”
The encore had Hitchcock, Rew, Windsor and Cave-Berry joining Ira, Georgia and James for Soft Boys classics “I Wanna Destroy You” and “Queen of Eyes,” plus Dylan’s “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down,” the Velvet Underground’s “Run Run Run” and The Beatles’ “It’s All Too Much.”
Eugene Mirman, who is old friends with both Yo La Tengo and Robyn Hitchcock, was the night’s comedian; YLT’s Georgia Hubley made the mix CD sold at the merch table; and Jodi Artichoke was the post-show DJ. Proceeds benefited Coalition for the Homeless.