TOUR SOL INVICTUS | 05.08.2015 | New York
Venue
The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Tour Poster
Designed by Tara McPherson and available in two variations at Secret Serpents.
Tour Talk Episode 7
Roddy spends three minutes with Steven Barrymore Blush.
Steven booked FNM in 1985 into their first big venues.
Set List
The Real Thing
Be Aggressive
Everything’s Ruined
Evidence
Epic
Black Friday
Caffeine
Midlife Crisis (with Boz Scaggs – ‘Lowdown’)
A Small Victory
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Easy
Separation Anxiety
Matador
Ashes to Ashes
Superhero
Motherfucker
RV
Just a Man
Photos / Reviews
The Supernaughts
No MSG, No Problem as Faith No More Rocks the Theater
By Dan Milcz
The band came out for a three-song encore featuring another
new track (“Motherfucker’), another Angel Dust classic (“RV”) and a favorite of
theirs to play live (“Just a Man”). From start to finish the band was
feverishly giving it their all, sweating through their white outfits and making
them pretty much see through by the end of the show. Patton’s voice never wavered
once, hitting every single note with such ease that you just know he must be
doing some kind of Voodoo to keep his singing capabilities so perfect after all
of these years and shows. Billy Gould’s bass made the Theater come to life and
Jon Hudson’s guitar work was so stellar, going from shredding to wah wah
funkiness in a blink of an eye. Add in Bottum’s terrific keyboards (see the
aforementioned “Epic” and “Superhero”) as well as Bordin’s relentless drumming
and you have one of the most entertaining shows you will ever see.
CMJ
They Faith No More, Refused @ Theater @ MSG: August 5, 2015
“MSG is for hockey and Billy Joel. You guys belong in the
theater.”
By Keith Marlowe
The band sauntered on to a completely white stage, all
members decked out in mostly white. They performed four songs off their new
album, Sol Invictus, which fit in just fine with the basic career-spanning
set list—though only only one song off their last release, 1997′s Album Of The Year and a
concentration on the well known stuff. They dedicated their usual cover song,
the Commodores’ Easy, to Lenny Kravitz’s penis, which reportedly broke through his leather pants
during a recent performance, a fact that seemed to delight Faith No More as
they mentioned it several times.
During Midlife Crisis, the band quit playing while the crowd
sang the chorus, and then silly shaman Mike Patton changed up the tempo while a
light hit the disco ball and the place lit up like a roller rink. They ended
the set with Superman off the new album.
The encore started with Motherfucker. It dawned on me that
they probably wrote that song just so they could say that word over and over
again. During RV, a song where a man is wondering where his children are,
Patton changed some of the lyrics to wonder if they were upstairs at the
Garden, which got a big laugh from the crowd. They closed with the soaring Just
a Man, the final song off King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime. Like that self
decreciating album title that fit the evening’s general storyline, the sense of
goofy humor Faith No More has always displayed kept any bruised egos at bay,
and made for a show that satisfied the faithful who waited through 18 years for
a new album and two ticket finaglings for this show.
New Noise Magazine - Rebecca Reed
Culture Collide - James Alvarez
The Real Thing! CVLT Nation captures FAITH NO MORE //
REFUSED in New York
By Nathaniel Shannon
After a short changeover to the dress the stage in white
flower boxes to match the bands white guitar and bass cabs, drummer Mike Bordin
sat down at the kit and began the drum intro to “The Real Thing.” The crowd
went wild, a fantastic song to start off the set. The rest of the band, dressed
in white yoga gear, followed suit. They ripped through a great set mixing old
jams and new jams. Highlights included “Everything’s Ruined,” “Caffeine,”
“Midlife Crisis” and their cover of the Commodores hit “Easy.” Mike Patton
thanked the crowed for sticking with the band despite the ticketing
clusterfuck. The band took a small break and returned for the encore, starting
with the first single off the new record, “Motherfucker.” The energy was
building back up and the band tore into “RV,” a fan favorite that they haven’t
played until this tour since 1993. I witnessed quite a few friends in the pit
push their way to the front to sing along. The amount of smiling faces for a
crowd in New York was inspiring to see.
Loudwire - Liz Ramanand
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