Phoenix played 2 Central Park shows w/ Passion Pit, Fallon & the SoHo Apple Store (pics, setlist)

photos by Ryan Muir

Phoenix’s Thomas Mars in the SoHo Apple Store

“As a devoted follower of Phoenix, I was considerably excited to see them perform again after their appearance at the Apple Store last Thursday. While the music was gorgeously executed and the setlist was everything I could ask for, the quotidian annoyances of attending a large-capacity outdoor concert presented considerable obstacles. But Phoenix is the kind of band that is worth seeing even if frat boys are elbowing and shoving you, sorority girls are trampling on your feet, and everyone in your vicinity is blowing a variety of unpleasant smokes into your face all the while.

With that said, Phoenix played a set of songs mostly from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, but with a few from Alphabetical and United, their earliest records. Thomas Mars owned the stage with great warmth, more so than at the Apple Store, and the band passed their enormous energy on to the vast crowd, which was undeterred by the rain that began to fall toward the end of “Rome” and steadily increased through the end of the encore. The two songs that Thomas and Laurent Brancowitz performed alone during the encore provided a glimpse of what a Phoenix show might sound like in a venue like the Bowery Ballroom.” [Trust Me On This]

Phoenix played the Apple Store on Thursday (9/24) and then appeared on Fallon that same night (I would include that video, but it’s been deleted off the Internet). Friday and Saturday were the two shows at Rumsey Playfield aka Central Park Summerstage. Pictures and the setlist from SoHo, and the setlist & videos from Summerstage (including the part where Thomas came into the crowd), below…

Phoenix – Apple Store setlist – 9/24 (via)
Lisztomania
Long Distance Call
Lasso
Consolation Prizes
Fences
Girlfriend
Rome
1901

Phoenix @ Central Park Summerstage

Thomas enters the crowd

Passion Pit Central Park setlist – 9/26 (mostly complete): (via)
I’ve Got Your Number
Eyes As Candles
Make Light
Let Your Love Grow Tall
Little Secrets
To Kingdom Come
Folds In Your Hands
?
Sleepyhead
Smile Upon Me
Better Things
The Reeling

Phoenix – Central Park setlist – 9/26: (via)
Lisztomania
Long Distance Call
Lasso
Run Run Run
Fences
Girlfriend
Armistice
Love Like a Sunset Part 2
Too Young
Rally
Consolation Prizes
Rome
Funky Squaredance
Encore:
Everything is Everything (Thomas and Laurent)
Playground Love (Thomas and Laurent)
If I Ever Feel Better
1901