After taking over Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre for their final “Dark Side of the Mule” Pink Floyd tribute set of the year on Friday, Gov’t Mule have revealed their plans for this New Year’s Eve, when the band will close out 2018 with a trio of Northeast shows, including a two-night run at New York’s Beacon Theatre.
Warren Haynes and company will first play the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA, on December 28 before moving to the Beacon on December 29 and 31. Oteil Burbridge & Friends will provide support at the Pennsylvania show. Tickets for all three performances go on sale next week on September 28, with a pre-sale beginning this Friday, September 21. More information can be found here.
On Friday, Mule’s concert at Red Rocks featured three sets, beginning with a solo performance from Haynes followed by a full-band set of Mule tunes. The group then donned their Dark Side of the Mule costume for a sprawling, 21-song deep dive in the Pink Floyd catalog that they’ve been exploring with these shows all summer. Mule were joined by several frequent collaborators throughout the night, including Torbjörn “T-Bone” Andersson, Ron Holloway and the background vocal trio of Machan Taylor, Mini Carlsson and Sophia Ramos. Friday’s DSOTM set featured nearly all of the tracks from Dark Side of the Moon, plus classics like “Fearless,” “Comfortably Numb” and all nine parts of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” plus an encore finale of “Wish You Were Here.”
Below, watch some video highlights from Friday’s Red Rocks show, along with full audio of the Mule and Pink Floyd sets. Next up for Gov’t Mule is a show tomorrow night in Tulsa, OK. See the band’s full schedule here.
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Tanner Boyle
November 21, 2018 at 11:54 amThe Black Sabbath Paranoid set was slow and boring.
Tanner Boyle
December 18, 2019 at 11:26 amVERY BORING! Warren should NEVER do any Sabbath tunes. Remember the Ac/Dc NYE where he brought in another vocalist to sing?? That was about as bad as it got then I heard the Sabbath show. Reminded me of the times WasSpread Panic covered Motorhead’s Ace of Spade which was an abortion and should have never even been conceived.
Where's my Mule?
September 19, 2018 at 9:29 pmYou know the early years were awesome and after seeing so many Jfest shows that totally blew my mind last couple years haven’t been the same but I still see multiple shows each year and don’t understand all the hate and negative posts The Radiators did it for over 30 years and I still think they were one of the best bands out there
yes but...
September 18, 2018 at 3:04 pmthe Grateful Dead didn’t play the shit out of those groups right after their lead member passed trying to capitalize off it.
Patrick Logan
April 22, 2019 at 1:30 pmHow do they “capitalize off it”? I’m at the show and they play some covers(Petty maybe). I’ve already PAID for my ticket, dummy. Are they gonna take up a collection? I’ve been a fan since the 1st album. The 1st time I saw them they played Don’t Step on the Grass Sam-a Sreppenwolf song from 1968,
Jim
September 18, 2018 at 12:05 pmSHORT TERM MEMORY Did i say he didn’t? Did YOU forget how many times the Grateful Dead covered Chuck Berry (1134 times live), Bob Dylan ( 925 times live), the Beatles, the Stones and so many others? When YOU are constantly touring YOU need stuff other then your own to vary shows and draw repeat fans in. Last show with set list “Blues & Brews Festival” 16 tunes, 8 originals, 3 Allman Brothers which Warren did with them quite a lot, 2 Dead tunes which Warren did many times with Phil, and 3 other covers. Not so bad. How many Soul Shine do I need to hear? No Alzheimers here, YOURSELF?
short term memory (possibly Alzheimers)
September 18, 2018 at 11:32 amHey Jimbo, do you not recall all the times he covered Prince, Bowie, Levon Helm, etc.
Jim
September 18, 2018 at 9:56 amNow its Warren and Phil? LOL LOL Rumors where? By a few on this blog and when asked for proof elsewhere come up with nothing? You dreaming of Warren and Phil’s privates? Did I not say numerous did Petty tunes? Why wouldn’t The Mule? Did I say the Mule didn’t? Is reading hard? 19.99 I can get you a video of Lesh urinating perhaps.But probably already have a copy. A turn on for YOU? I will now ask YOU, proof of any rumors ANYWHERE else as to Lesh or Warren sexual misconduct? One article in any media? ANYWHERE even suggested? Put up or shut up. But like always nothing and just another response under a different SN. Now crawl away sickie. LOVE LIVE PHIL & WARREN—–Always JIM as to SN
Idiot
September 18, 2018 at 8:06 amShut up Jim. He covered Petty like crazy after his death. Look at the set lists. Why are you lying? Protecting Warren and Phil from sexual misconduct rumors?
Jim
September 18, 2018 at 7:59 amCOVER THEME Somebody died in Pink Floyd? I think not. Nobody covered Petty when he died? Hear any R E S P E C T or Aretha lately on the concert circuit? Yep, some tunes are just so good not to be played and musicians do honor other musicians and their music. Nobody mentioned in this blog plays DEAD tunes. 3 sets, one of Warren solo, one of just Mule stuff and one of Floyd, sounds awesome to me. 2/3rds non Floyd stuff.
cover theme?
September 17, 2018 at 1:14 pmHas he chosen a band to cover yet or is he waiting to see who dies this Fall?