Dave Matthews Band continued their summer tour on Friday night with their first of two performances this weekend at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, and the group fit a couple of surprises into their set, including a mashup debut.
The evening kicked off with "Squirm" and included DMB staples like "Tripping Billies," "Satellite," "Crush," "Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)" and "Where Are You Going" before offering their first rendition of "Joyride" (a tune from the band's sessions for 2005's Stand Up) since August 2013. A few songs later, DMB used a segue out of "Jimi Thing" to launch into a debut for the band: a mashup of AC/DC's classic "Back in Black" and the Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever hit "Stayin' Alive," with the falsetto lyrics to the latter song sung by Matthews above the iconic "Back in Black" riff. (As DMBAlmanac.com notes, the Bee Gees cover may have been a nod to the 40th anniversary of the infamous Disco Demolition Night in Chicago.) The band then transitioned into their cover of Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle," and last night's encore also featured a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" out of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower."
Check out the setlist below as it appears in our Box Scores section, along with fan-shot video of "Joyride" and the debut mashup. Dave Matthews Band return to the SPAC stage tonight for round two.
Dave Matthews Band
Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga Springs, NY
Squirm, Tripping Billies, Stay or Leave, Do You Remember, Satellite> Minarets> Crush, Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin), You Might Die Trying, Where Are You Going, Funny the Way It Is, Joyride*, You & Me, The Song That Jane Likes> Water Into Wine, Jimi Thing> Back in Black/Stayin' Alive^+> Fly Like an Eagle, Shake Me Like a Monkey, Everyday> Ants Marching
Enc: Some Devil#, All Along the Watchtower> Stairway to Heaven^
Notes: * last time played 8/30/13
^ partial
+ first time played
# Dave solo
Source: dmbalmanac.com
