Liz Phair is celebrating 30 years of her classic debut album, Exile in Guyville, on tour this fall. She stopped in Brooklyn for a show at Kings Theatre on Friday night (11/24), playing the album in full from beginning to end. The crowd was on its feet for the duration as Phair, all smiles, led her band on classics like “Fuck and Run,” “Divorce Song,” “Never Said,” and “Glory.” On “Johnny Sunshine,” she brought out a few additional vocalists, including one standing under a spotlight in the aisle, to harmonize with her. She and her band played in front of evocative video projections that mixed paintings, film strips, and short sequences that reflected the lyrics. It was a satisfying dose of nostalgia that sounded great, and she followed it with an encore featuring some of her most beloved songs from the rest of her discography, ending with her 2003 hit “Why Can’t I?” See her setlist, and a few attendee-taken videos from her set, below.
Blondshell has been Liz’s support this tour, and she played songs from her great 2023 debut, along with a few non-album tracks and her cover of Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon.” See her setlist, and pictures from the whole night below.
SETLIST: LIZ PHAIR @ KINGS THEATRE, 11/24/2023
6’1″
Help Me Mary
Glory
Dance of the Seven Veils
Never Said
Soap Star Joe
Explain It to Me
Canary
Mesmerizing
Fuck and Run
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Divorce Song
Shatter
Flower
Johnny Sunshine
Gunshy
Stratford-on-Guy
Strange Loop
Encore:
Supernova
Johnny Feelgood
Cinco de Mayo
Polyester Bride
Why Can’t I?
SETLIST: BLONDSHELL @ KINGS THEATRE, 11/24/2023
Veronica Mars
Cartoon Earthquake
Sepsis
Joiner
Man
Deceptacon (Le Tigre cover)
Street Rat
Olympus
Kiss City
Salad
Tarmac
