LCD Soundsystem played Terminal 5 (night 1 pics & setlist)

After an opening 8pm set by Liquid Liquid, LCD Soundsystem played for over 3 hours, starting at 9:10pm, at Terminal 5 in NYC last night (3/28). The show, their first of their last, was split into three sets. Each set had a short break in between, though James Murphy didn’t play much of a frontman role during the 2nd set so in a way that one seemed like a much longer break for him. In fact, the jammy 2nd set (update: which included 45:33 stuff) started with a guest appearance by Reggie Watts on vocals. Speaking of vocals, Nancy Whang‘s singing was often showcased throughout the night, in addition to her keyboard/synth skills. Pat Mahoney got a great workout behind the kit (as did multi-instrumentalist Al Doyle at times). The night ended with a one song “NY I Love You” encore. The entire setlist is below.

I got there around 8:45 (missed Liquid Liquid unfortunately) and there was no line to get in. It was packed, but thanks to the set changes I was able to get pretty close when people moved around during the first break. If I hadn’t been watching from the right side of the room when the show started, I might not have realized that there was a boys chorus stationed above the stage on the balcony (left side, stage right). James did acknowledge them though, and at least once during the show the shirtless and shredding Al Doyle (who often seemed to play the bandleader role) looked up at them with a very approving “you just nailed that part” grin. Based on LCD’s March 10th tweet, we know the chorus haven’t been playing with the band for that long (despite the plan to have them from the start).

James narrated the show. He told us about the set breaks ahead of time, apologized for stuff, introduced all band members multiple times. Said stuff like, “we learned a lot of stuff for this show and have more band members around to make sure we can play it all” and “we haven’t played that one in 6 years… or was it 5 years,” and “this is like a finale and a reunion for us since we’re so old.” It’ll be interesting to see if they change the setlist at all night to night (they played the same set every night last time they played multiple nights at Terminal 5).

The show is long and great, full of hits and rarities, and you’ll want to dance, so if you’re going to the second show tonight (3/28), or the third tomorrow, or the fourth the day after that, or LCD’s final show ever at MSG on Saturday, try to go with some energy.

A few more pictures, including shots of the merch and setlist, below…