This tour is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the release of Death Cab for Cutie’s Plans. They are playing the entire album.
The fifth song, “I Will Follow You into the Dark” features just the lead singer and bandleader, Ben Gibbard, on acoustic guitar. It’s their most popular song on Spotify with over 353 million streams. “And if Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied / And illuminate the no’s on their vacancy signs / If there’s no one beside you when your soul embarks / Then I’ll follow you into the dark”. It’s a hauntingly beautiful song.
For the ninth song, they play “What Sarah Said”. This song is melancholic and elegant. “That love is watching someone die / So who’s gonna watch you die?”
After the last song of “Plans”, Ben does a curtsey and then they launch into “The New Year” from 2003’s Transatlanticsism.
They played Scubas exactly 26 years ago for 7 people, 8 of which where in the other bands, according to Gibbard!
Later on, they play You Are a Tourist from their 2011 album, “Codes and Keys”. On this song, and really all night long, the lead guitar playing by Dave Depper is fantastic.
At 6 or 7 shows, someone has passed out from edibles. But not so far tonight, because Chicago knows how to party.
To begin the encore, they play “I Will Possess Your Heart” from their 2008 album, Narrow Stairs. This song has a very long instrumental intro that doesn’t work well on the radio, but is absolutely fantastic live.
“After this tour, we’re going home to make a new record, and then we’ll be back!” says Ben!
See the full setlist here.
Cost of a ticket: $115 (Main Floor)
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