Lykke Li played Radio City with Mapei (pics, videos, setlist)

October 6, 2014

“Just losing it to Lykke Li at Radio City right now” – Kaan Hiini

“Everyone was on their feet @radiocity for this pop goddess (thank you @lykkeli for an amazing night)” – @daniyrselfclean

“more than a little bit in love with @lykkeli last night @radiocity” – @HAPPYH0LLYDAY

Lykke Li is one of those strange situations that happens now and again these days: someone who’s talked about as a pop singer, is sort of presented as such, but in reality is a bit weirder, a bit too idiosyncratic to fully fit that mold. She, of course, has some indelible hooks out there, and who wouldn’t want to hear “I Follow Rivers” on a Saturday night at Radio City Music Hall? But it’s not exactly a pop show where you’re going to go dance your weekend night away. This is especially true now, as Li tours behind her most recent record, I Never Learn, perhaps the best and most thoroughly heartbroken break up album of the year. These are all songs about mistakes made, love lost, and a conflicted take on the past that runs the spectrum from yearning to regret to resolve. I mean, that’s how you spend all of your Saturday nights, too, right? [Village Voice]

Lykke Li is currently on tour with Mapei in support of her great new album I Never Learn, and she hit NYC this past Saturday (10/4) for a big show at Radio City Music Hall. She played a good deal of the new album, older favorites like “Little Bit” and “I Follow Rivers,” included a couple covers — Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire” and one of “Du Ar Den Ende” by fellow (but much older) Swedish artist Lill Lindfors — and brought Mapei out with her for the final song of the night, “Heart of Steel.”

Pictures of the show are in this post and they continue, along with a couple videos and the full setlist, below…

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Lykke Li

“Heart of Steel”

“Du Ar Den Ende”

SETLIST: (via)
I Never Learn
Sadness Is a Blessing
Just Like a Dream
No Rest for the Wicked
Jerome
Dance, Dance, Dance
Little Bit
Sleeping Alone
I’m on Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Gunshot
I Follow Rivers
Never Gonna Love Again
Youth Knows No Pain (with “Send It Up” snippet)
Get Some