Last night marked the opening of City Bisco, a three night run that will take The Disco Biscuits throughout the New York metropolitan area with two nights at the intimate Irving Plaza and a third, final night at the new Coney Island Amphitheatre. While seats are still available for the amphitheatre show, the two club shows sold out almost immediately, adding an aura of excitement for the lucky fans who made it inside for opening night, especially since the band will not be returning to NYC for New Year’s in 2016.

The Biscuits have been playing out of their mind of late, and came out in full force during their opening night in NYC. The band packed their two sets with so many classic tunes, opening with “Therapy” before veering into “Abraxas,” then back into “Astronaut” and returning into “Therapy.” It was “Save the Robots” that closed out the first set, packing four songs into a full jammed out set of music.

The second set only brought more classics, with the opening “Rainbow Song” and a “Confrontation” sandwich that featured “Spacebirdmatingcall” and “I-Man” segued in the middle. They ended the second set with a blistering “M.E.M.P.H.I.S.,” and finished out the show with an encore performance of “Once The Fiddler Paid.”

Fortunately, as the show was broadcast by Uphoric TV, we have full video of the Biscuits’ performance at Irving Plaza. Tune in and watch the band at work, streaming below.

Setlist: The Disco Biscuits at Irving Plaza, New York, NY – 8/18/16

I: Therapy-> Abraxas-> Astronaut-> Therapy, Save the Robots

II: Rainbow Song, Confrontation-> Spacebirdmatingcall-> I-Man-> Confrontation, M.E.M.P.H.I.S.

E: Once the Fiddler Paid

[Photos by Andrew Scott Blackstein, setlist via tDB on Facebook]

 

Fans of The Disco Biscuits won’t want to miss Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner performing as [Br]eaking [Bi]scuits with Adam Deitch and Borahm Lee at Brooklyn Comes Alive this October 22nd. With members of Dead & Company, The String Cheese Incident, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Lettuce, Soulive, Medeski Martin & Wood, Snarky Puppy, Primus, RatDog, Dopapod on deck, this year’s event is sure to be an incredible musical celebration. [Get tickets here]