Photo: @ThaliaHall
The Hold Steady recently performed three shows in Chicago, with two nights at Thalia Hall and one intimate date at Empty Bottle as part of the venue’s 25th Anniversary celebration.
Not only did the band switch up setlists dramatically throughout the three shows, they offered their audiences something special each night in the form of covers.
Paying tribute to Chicago, the Hold Steady covered a different song from popular Chicago artists each night.
The run began with two nights at Thalia Hall. On Thursday, June 16, the show featured an especially Chicago-based encore, when the band brought out local artists Jason Narducy (Split Single) and Kelly Hogan (The Flat Five) for a performance of “Chillout Tent,” before breaking into Cheap Trick’s “Southern Girls,” which the band transformed to “Chicago Girls.”
Friday’s Thalia Hall show included a cover of Wilco’s “I’m The Man Who Loved You,” while Saturday’s Empty Bottle date included a cover of Styx’s “Too Much Time On My Hands.”
Watch video of the Wilco cover below, and read the setlists for all three nights.
6/15/17 Setlist – Thalia Hall
1. Stuck Between Stations
2. Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
3. Rock Problems
4. Magazines
5. Chips Ahoy!
6. Barfruit Blues
7. Cattle And Creeping Things
8. You Can Make Him Like You
9. First Night
10. Party Pit
11. Stevie Nix
12. Multitude Of Casualties
13. Sequestered In Memphis
14. The Weekenders
15. The Swish
16. Constructive Summer
17. You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came To The Dance With)
18. Massive Nights
19. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
20. Southtown Girls
21. How A Resurrection Really Feels
Encore:
22. Certain Songs
23. Chillout Tent (with Jason Narducy & Kelly Hogan)
24. Southern Girls (Cheap Trick cover – with Jason Narducy & Kelly Hogan)
25. Killer Parties
6/16/17 Setlist – Thalia Hall
1. The Sweet Part Of The City
2. Constructive Summer
3. Hot Soft Light
4. Banging Camp
5. I Hope This Whole Thing Didn’t Frighten You
6. Ask Her For Adderall
7. Hornets! Hornets!
8. You Can Make Him Like You
9. Sequestered In Memphis
10. Yeah Sapphire
11. Most People Are DJs
12. Citrus
13. Knuckles
14. Same Kooks
15. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
16. Massive Nights
17. Chips Ahoy!
18. Stuck Between Stations
19. Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
20. Slapped Actress
Encore:
21. Oaks
22. I’m The Man Who Loves You (Wilco cover)
23. Stay Positive
24. Killer Parties
6/17/17 Setlist – Empty Bottle
1. Positive Jam
2. The Swish
3. Sequestered In Memphis
4. You Can Make Him Like You
5. Yeah Sapphire
6. Spinners
7. Constructive Summer
8. Hot Soft Light
9. Lord, I’m Discouraged
10. Party Pit
11. Multitude Of Casualties
12. Stevie Nix
13. Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
14. Citrus
15. The Weekenders
16. Massive Nights
17. Stuck Between Stations
18. Chips Ahoy!
19. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
20. Southern Girls
Encore:
21. 212 Margarita
22. Too Much Time On My Hands (Styx cover)
23. Stay Positive
24. Killer Parties
