The last time New York indie rock darlings Yeah Yeah Yeahs hit the stage was for a one-off show in Brazil in November of 2013. It was months after the band put out Mosquito, which would be their last release before going on an indefinite hiatus. Finally, after fast forwarding another four years: They’re getting back into the swing of things.
In celebration of the reissue of their critically acclaimed debut album Fever to Tell, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre last night. Throughout the setlist, the band hit their discography’s highlights but mostly relied on Fever to Tell tracks to foster their performance—the only songs from the album they left out were “Man” and “No No No.” Upon returning to the stage for an encore, they unearthed the hidden track “Poor Song.”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be performing again in Los Angeles at the Waterfront this Saturday and will then venture north to Oakland to the Fox Theater on Monday. Come Nov. 7, they’ll cross over to the East Coast to perform at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, their hometown.
The band had previously announced that they will be playing this gig, their first show in four years, earlier this year in June.
“A friend of a friend kept asking if we were ever gonna put Fever to Tell out on vinyl as it hasn’t been on vinyl in 10 years,” the band said in a press release. “That’s not right. So here it is on vinyl for the first time in 10 years plus a time capsule of photos, demos (1st ever recorded,) a mini film documenting our near downfall and other fun memorabilia, from the turn of the century NYC, made with love and the usual blood, sweat and tears of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.”
Watch fan-shot videos of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing “Modern Romance,” “Poor Song,” “Maps,” “Y Control” and “Tick” below.
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
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