Dinosaur Jr at SummerStage in Central Park
photo by P Squared

watch Lou Barlow cover Devo, Tom Petty, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Smog & more

Lou Barlow has been doing regular livestreams on Instagram, including a recent one where he revealed that Dinosaur Jr’s new album is done, and played a new song from it. Today’s edition, except for a couple of Sebadoh songs, was a cover show, and Lou performed solo renditions of songs by Bryan Adams (“Run to You”), Bonnie “Prince” Billy (“Riding”), Tom Petty (“I Won’t Back Down”), Journey (“Any Way You Want It”), Ratt (“Round and Round”), Foreigner (“Cold as Ice”), Merle Haggard (“Set Me Free”), La Roux (“Bulletproof”), Smog (“A Hit”), and Devo (“Beautiful World”). He also played songs from a few kids’ shows: Doc McStuffins, Top Wing, and Paw Patrol. Watch the whole set, and see the setlist, below.

Setlist: Lou Barlow Livestream, 5/21/2020
Run to You (Bryan Adams cover)
Riding (Bonnie “Prince” Billy cover)
Got It (Sebadoh)
I Won’t Back Down (Tom Petty cover)
Any Way You Want It (Journey cover)
Round and Round (Ratt cover)
Cold as Ice (Foreigner cover)
Set Me Free (Merle Haggard cover)
Doc McStuffins
Top Wing
Paw Patrol
Bulletproof (La Roux cover)
Spoiled (Sebadoh)
A Hit (Smog cover)
Beautiful World (Devo cover)

Check out pictures of Dinosaur Jr’s 2019 show at SummerStage in Central Park in the gallery below.