Photo by Jesse Faatz, via PPPP on FB

After a one-off show in Cape Cod, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong continued their drive-in run this past weekend with a two-night stand at the Finger Lakes Drive-In in Auburn, NY.

Each evening was marked by a debut cover – Saturday, Aug. 15 offered Will Smith’s “Men in Black” within a heavy second set “Offshoot” jam, whereas Sunday, Aug. 16 saw Savage Garden’s “I Want You” sandwiched between “Undivided” and “Moonwalk.”

A Saturday nod to The Beatles (“Funk E Zekiel”> “Drive My Car”> “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”> “Drive My Car”> “Funk E Zekiel”) as well as a “Yo Soy Fiesta” encore got the rowdy, yet socially distanced, crowd excited for round two, and PPPP surely delivered.

Sunday saw the band both acknowledge the titans of cinema with Star Wars‘ “Imperial March” on the tail end of a “Somethin’ For Ya”> “Too Long segment, and also celebrate their own songbook with a nice show-closing “Indiglo”> “FU” jam.

“Big thanks to everyone who made our first drive-in shows so much fun,” PPPP wrote afterwards.

The quartet will close their drive-in run on Aug. 21 in Philadelphia.

Check out each of this weekend’s setlists below:

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
August 15, 2020
Finger Lakes Drive-In, Auburn, NY

Set I: Walk Outside, White Night, Sail On, Melting Lights > Offshoot > Men In Black* > Offshoot, Fortress, Water

Set II: Move Like That, Funk E Zekiel > Drive My Car > Why Don’t We Do It In The Road > Drive My Car > Funk E Zekiel, Feelin’ Fine, Sunny Day, Paperboy, Ocean Flows

Enc: Yo Soy Fiesta

Notes:
* First time played [Will Smith]

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
August 16, 2020
Finger Lakes Drive-In, Auburn, NY

Set I: Henrietta > Whirled, Somethin’ For Ya > Too Long > Imperial March > Too Long, Overrun, Whoopie > Chariots of Fire > Whoopie, Couldn’t We All

Set II: Porcupine, Undivided > I Want You* > Moonwalk > Burning Up My Time > Lost In Line, The Liquid, Indiglo > F.U.

Enc: Skipjack

Notes:
* First time played [Savage Garden]