Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and Goose continued their ongoing run of winter performances together on the shores of Lake Erie earlier this week as the two rock bands delivered a performance at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland, OH on Thursday (3/5).
The show, which saw Goose opening for Pigeons as they’ve done at recent tour stops so far, opened with the talented quartet from Connecticut warming their Ohio fans up with a seven-song performance that included “Flodown”, “Wysteria Lane”, “Honey Bee”, “Echo Of A Rose”, “So Ready”, and more.
Pigeons’ two-set headlining performance saw the more seasoned band take fans in attendance on a ride with a handful of songs from the band’s latest studio album, 2020’s Presto. The band’s first set opened with “High As Five” and kept rocking with high-energy performances of “Yo Soy Fiesta”, “Melting Lights”, “Live it Up”, and “Fun in Funk”, to name a few.
Following a set break, the band returned for the second half of the show with performances of “Funk E Zekiel”, “Somethin For Ya”, a “Skipjack” which included an “Eleanor Rigby” tease, a cover of Talking Heads‘ “Psycho Killer”, and “Walk Outside”. Pigeons closed the show with a one-song encore of “Ocean Flows”, presumably in reference to the frozen Great Lake located on the northern border of the Ohio city.
Watch the band briefly explore The Beatles‘ “Eleanor Rigby” during the second half of Thursday’s show below.
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong – “Eleanor Rigby” Tease – 3/5/20
[Video: Zac Sebo]
Pigeons and Goose’s run of shows together continues on Saturday night with a show at the Riviera Theater in Chicago, IL. Head to Pigeons’ website for tickets and tour info, and head to Goose’s website for their own schedule of winter performances.
Scroll down for a full gallery from Thursday’s show, courtesy of photographer Adam Berta.
Setlist: Goose | Agora Theatre | Cleveland, OH | 3/5/20
Set: Flodown, Wysteria Lane, Honey Bee> Jive I> Shout, Echo Of A Rose, So Ready
Setlist: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | Agora Theatre | Cleveland, OH | 3/5/20
Set One: High As Five, Penguins > Funkijam > Yo Soy Fiesta, Melting Lights, Live It Up, Fox and Toad, Pop Off, Distant Times, Fun in Funk
Set Two: Funk E Zekiel, Somethin For Ya > Kiwi, Skipjack*, Move Like That, Couldn’t We All, Walk Outside > Psycho Killer (Talking Heads cover) > Walk Outside
Encore: Ocean Flows
Notes:
* “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles tease
On March 21st at Brooklyn Comes Alive at Brooklyn, NY’s Avant Gardner, members of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and Goose will join forces for a special, collaborative set billed as Birds of a Feather for the first time ever.
Birds of a Feather will feature Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda, Peter Anspach, and Trevor Weekz alongside PPPP’s Jeremy Schon and Alex “Gator” Petropulos.
Other exciting artists and collaborations set to take the stage at Brooklyn Comes Alive include Oteil Burbridge & Friends with Jeff Chimenti, Eric Krasno, Jason Crosby, Scott Metzger, John Kimock, Alfreda Gerald, Lamar Williams Jr., Weedie Braimah, Eric “Benny” Bloom, Ryan Zoidis, and Tom Guarana; Turkuaz with special guests Cory Henry, Robert Sput Searight, and Nate Werth; The Motet with Shira Elias, Nate Werth, and Brandon “Taz” Niederauer; and more. Check out the full lineup below.
GA and VIP tickets are now available via the Brooklyn Comes Alive website.
