Following an appearance at BottleRock Music Festival in Napa, CA last weekend, Goose headed to San Francisco on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 27th and 28th to kick off its summer 2025 Everything Must Go headline tour in earnest. While the San Francisco stop was a two-night affair, Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda, Peter Anspach, Trevor Weekz, and Cotter Ellis found various ways connect the two shows, splitting songs like Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s “Green River” and their own “Big Modern!” into segments spanning both setlists.

On Tuesday, May 27th, Goose eased in with a solid first set highlighted by an elongated “Borne” (clocking in at just under 19 minutes) and the aforementioned, unfinished “Green River”, which took the show to set break. “Big Modern!” got the ball rolling for a five-song second set with a 25-minute expedition that led into 19-minute takes on both “Creatures” and “This Old Sea”. Following an enveloping “Dripfield” set closer, the night came to a close with a sing-along cover of “Don’t Do It”, the classic tune originated by Marvin Gaye as “Baby Don’t You Do It” and later popularized by The Band.

Goose – “This Old Sea” > “Atlas Dogs” [Pro-Shot] – 5/27/25 

Goose picked up where it left off on Wednesday in San Francisco with a first set featuring strong takes on “So Ready”, “Draconian Meter Maid”, “Mr. Action”, and Father John Misty’s “I’m Writing a Novel”, which in turn moved into a lengthy jam on 2024 Goose standout “SALT”. Following “Turned Clouds”, the band rounded out Wednesday’s first set at The Masonic with its second-ever rendition of “Torero”, debuted earlier this month at Goose’s inaugural destination festival in Mexico, Viva El Gonzo.

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After opening its fourth and final San Francisco set with “Dr. Darkness” and a whopping, 23-minute “Dustin Hoffman”, Goose winked at the previous night’s setlist with a return to “Big Modern!” to complete Tuesday’s unfinished version. A standout “Wysteria Lane”/”Echo of a Rose” combo then set up the second floating “part two” of the night—the ending of Tuesday’s “Green River”—to round out the frame ahead of an impactful “Arcadia” encore”.

Goose – “Dustin Hoffman” > “Big Modern!” [Pro-Shot] – 5/28/25 

Goose will continue its summer tour on Friday, May 30th at Bend, OR’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater, followed by dates in Spokane, WA (5/31), Boise, ID (6/1), Las Vegas, NV (6/3), Phoenix, AZ (6/4), Greenwood Village, CO (6/6, 6/7), and more. The tour will wrap in late June with the Goose’s debut headlining concert at New York, NY’s Madison Square Garden (6/28) and the Connecticut-based band’s return to Westville Music Bowl in New Haven, CT (6/29). Find tickets to upcoming Goose summer 2025 tour dates here.

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Below, check out setlists (via El Goose) and a gallery of photos (via David Tracer) from this week’s tour-opening Goose run at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA below.

Setlist [via elgoose.net]: Goose | The Masonic | San Francisco, CA | 5/27/25
Set 1: How it Ends, Iguana Song > Flodown[1], Borne -> One In, One Out -> Green River[2]
Set 2: Big Modern![3] -> Creatures > This Old Sea -> Atlas Dogs > Dripfield
Encore: Don’t Do It[4]
Coach’s Notes:
[1] With When The Saints Go Marching In teases from Rick.
[2] Creedence Clearwater Revival. Unfinished.
[3] Unfinished.
[4] The Band.

Setlist [via elgoose.net]: Goose | The Masonic | San Francisco, CA | 5/28/25
Set 1: So Ready, Draconian Meter Maid > Mr. Action, I’m Writing A Novel[1] > SALT[2], Turned Clouds, Torero
Set 2: Dr. Darkness, Dustin Hoffman -> Big Modern![3], Wysteria Lane -> Echo of a Rose[4] > Green River[5]
Encore: Arcadia
Coach’s Notes:
[1] Father John Misty.
[2] With Crazy Train teases from Rick.
[3] Ending only. Finished version from the previous night.
[4] Fast version. Unfinished.
[5] Creedence Clearwater Revival. Finished version from the previous night.