On Friday night, Umphrey’s McGee continued their three-night Florida run with a stop at The Fillmore in Miami Beach. Miami-based indie-funk outfit Magic City Hippies offered up the evening’s opening set.

Umphrey’s McGee opened up their first set with “Goonville”, which smoothly landed into “Crucial Taunt”. Moving out of “Crucial Taunt”, the sextet offered up an unfinished rendition of “Looks” before coasting into “Breaker”, allowing guitarists Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss an opportunity to trade off roaring solos. Following “Morning Song” and “Preamble”, Cinninger switched over to keys and Umphrey’s served up a massive set-closing “Mantis” sandwich, highlighted by Billy Joel‘s “The Stranger” tossed in the middle.

Following a brief setbreak, Umphrey’s McGee returned to open up their second set with “Rocktopus”, a newer hard-hitter that the band debuted in 2016. Backed by Kris Myer, Ryan Stasik, and Andy Farag‘s tight-knit rhythmic pocket, Cinninger dazzled the crowd with a series of red-hot guitar solos. The band continued on with “The Linear”, which segued into “Example 1” off of the band’s 2001 One Fat Sucka release. Moving out of “Example 1”, the six-piece sandwiched “Push The Pig” in between an exploratory “JaJunk”. After taking a brief moment to catch their breaths, Umphrey’s moved into “Night Nurse”, which featured a jam on Paul Simon‘s “Late In The Evening”. The band brought the rowdy second set to a close with their “Bittersweet Haj” mashup, played for the first time since April 16th, 2016, a gap of 306 shows. The mashup features The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony” and Umphrey’s “Hajimemashite”.

Umphrey’s McGee returned to offer up a lone encore of “The Triple Wide”, which contained the ending of Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven”.

Tonight, Saturday, August 17th, Umphrey’s heads to St. Augustine, FL for a performance at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Head to Umphrey’s McGee’s website for a full list of the band’s upcoming tour dates, ticketing, and more information.

Setlist: Umphrey’s McGee | The Fillmore | Miami Beach, FL | 8/16/2019

Set One: Goonville > Crucial Taunt, Looks[1] > Breaker, Morning Song, Preamble > Mantis[2] > The Stranger > Mantis

Set Two: Roctopus, The Linear > Example 1, JaJunk > Push the Pig > JaJunk, Night Nurse[3] > Bittersweet Haj

Encore: The Triple Wide[4]

[1] unfinished
[2] with Jake on keys
[3] with Late In the Evening (Paul Simon) jam
[4] with Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) ending