My Morning Jacket stopped at New York’s Beacon Theatre over the weekend and dedicated the first night of the three-show run to celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s 2003 album It Still Moves.
Thursday’s show consisted of a full recreation of the 12-track album, but Jim James and the band didn’t leave it there. James returned to the stage to open a seven-song encore with a solo rendition of his song “I Needed It Most”, played for the first time since 2018. The encore also featured the live debut of It Still Moves outtake “Grab a Body”.
Madi Diaz played an opening set each night and joined MMJ for Cat Stevens‘ “The Wind” during Friday’s encore and again for “I Will Be There When You Die” during Saturday’s main set.
Check out fan-shot, full-show video and click below for a gallery of photos from My Morning Jacket at the Beacon Theatre courtesy of photographer Andrew Blackstein.
Two It Still Moves 20th-anniversary shows remain on My Morning Jacket’s fall tour, which continues this week with concerts in the Northeast. The band also has plans to host its One Big Holiday concert vacation in Mexico with The War on Drugs, Courtney Barnett, Futurebirds, Shabazz Palaces, and more in April.
For a full list of My Morning Jacket’s upcoming shows and to purchase tickets, visit the band’s website.
My Morning Jacket – Beacon Theatre – New York, NY – 10/19/23 [Full Show]
[Video: Larry Rulz 5]
Setlist: My Morning Jacket | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 10/19/23
It Still Moves: Mahgeetah, Dancefloors, Golden, Master Plan, One Big Holiday, I Will Sing You Songs (Included “Grab a Body” outro), Easy Morning Rebel, Run Thru (Tom Blankenship bass solo during the middle of the song), Rollin Back, Just One Thing, Steam Engine, One in the Same
Encore: I Needed It Most (Jim solo; first time since 2018), Old Sept. Blues, Feel You, It Beats 4 U, Compound Fracture, Grab a Body (1st Time Played), Phone Went West (with “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” (George Harrison) quotes)
Setlist: My Morning Jacket | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 10/20/23
Cobra (Full album version), Gideon, The Way That He Sings, Lay Low, Slow Slow Tune, Run It, I’m Amazed, Least Expected, Lucky to Be Alive, War Begun, Strangulation!, Victory Dance, O Is the One That Is Real, Smokin’ From Shootin’, It’s About Twilight Now, Anytime
Encore: Butch Cassidy, The Wind (Cat Stevens) (with Madi Diaz), Only Memories Remain, First Light, Highly Suspicious, Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2
Setlist: My Morning Jacket | Beacon Theatre | New York, NY | 10/21/23
Set: In Its Infancy (The Waterfall), Spring (Among the Living), Holdin On to Black Metal, Never in the Real World, Evil Urges, I Think I’m Going to Hell, I Will Be There When You Die (with Madi Diaz), Knot Comes Loose, Heartbreakin Man, What a Wonderful Man, Honest Man, Tropics (Erase Traces), Thank You Too!, Climbing the Ladder, Off the Record, Wasted, Dondante, Love Love Love, Circuital
Encore: State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) (Jim James song), Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 1, Wordless Chorus