Tedeschi Trucks Band, photo by Bill Kelly

Tedeschi Trucks Band’s regular returns to New York’s famed Beacon Theater have consistently provided a highlight in their breakneck touring itineraries year after year. Since their 2011 debut at the venue, the 12-piece southern rock and Americana ensemble, fronted by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, has come to know the Beacon as a second home, and that comfortable place in the historic stage’s legacy brings a palpable energy and ease to these special shows. 

This year, the band has flown through the bulk of a 10-night residency surrounding the release of their sixth studio album, Future Soul, in rare form. On Friday, they delivered the penultimate show in the series, and their 73rd Beacon play to date, and lived up to mounting expectations with another eclectic setlist. Like the shows before it, their lead-in to the grand finale was composed largely of songs that hadn’t made their way into the residency yet. After opening with the full-throttle power pop of The Box Tops’ “The Letter,” a live staple since 2015, last night’s new selections included originals like “Crying Over You,” “All the Love” and “Signs, High Times.”

Covers accounted for nearly half of Friday’s show and the evening’s biggest curveballs. After “Signs, High Times” opened the second set, the group cheekily lunched into Harry Styles “Sign of the Times” for the first time since 2022 and sixth on record. The Beatles’ “I’ve Got a Feeling” and The Wood Brothers’ “Smoke Ring Halo” appeared for the first time since 2024, while other thoroughly honed borrowed songs like The Who’s “The Seeker,” Prince’s “D.M.S.R.” and an encore of Blind Faith’s “Presence of the Lord” hadn’t been taken up since last year. The show’s lone inclusion from the Mike Elizondo-produced Future Soul was “Devil Be Gone,”

Tedeschi Trucks Band will cap off their annual Beacon Theater series tonight. Find tickets and more information on the band’s full live itinerary at tedeschitrucksband.com. Get an inside look at night eight in the photo gallery here.