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Counting Crows host The Gaslight Anthem for homecoming show at PNC Bank Arts Center

Counting Crows and The Gaslight Anthem made their first of two stops in New Jersey on the “Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets” tour on Saturday. Gaslight, who had to play to a lighter crowd than usual as the first band of the night, played a killer 14 tracks. The band played something from almost every…

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Counting Crows and The Gaslight Anthem made their first of two stops in New Jersey on the “Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets” tour on Saturday.

Gaslight, who had to play to a lighter crowd than usual as the first band of the night, played a killer 14 tracks. The band played something from almost every record, plus a Tom Petty and Mother Love Bone cover.

The Gaslight Anthem performing at PNC Bank Arts Center.

Setlist:

  1. Handwritten
  2. Positive Charge
  3. Get Hurt
  4. Dark Places
  5. Honey Bee (Tom Petty cover)
  6. American Slang
  7. Mae
  8. Mulholland Drive
  9. Miles Davis and the Cool
  10. Chloe Dancer (Mother Love Bone cover)
  11. Howl
  12. Here’s Looking at You, Kid
  13. The ‘59 Sound
  14. 45

Lead singer Brian Fallon didn’t do much talking in his short, hour-long set, but he did express his appreciation to Counting Crows music and how personable the band has been behind the scenes. He also mentioned that “Chloe Dancer,” a Mother Love Bone song, was one of his favorites to listen to on the bus ride to school.

After a fairly short intermission, Counting Crows hit the stage to their newest single, “Spaceman in Tulsa,” a perfect rock and roll opener for a band like them.

The Crows ripped through more hits early like “Hard Candy” > “Mr. Jones.”

Setlist:

  1. Spaceman in Tulsa
  2. Hard Candy
  3. Mr. Jones
  4. Virginia Through the Rain
  5. Omaha
  6. I Wish I Was a Girl (tour debut)
  7. Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
  8. With Love, From A-Z
  9. Miami
  10. Colorblind
  11. God of Ocean Tides (acoustic)
  12. Start Again (Teenage Fanclub cover; acoustic)
  13. Round Here
  14. Boxcars
  15. A Long December
  16. the 1 (Taylor Swift cover)
  17. Rain King
  18. Under the Aurora (encore)
  19. Hanginaround (encore)
  20. Holiday in Spain (encore)

The tour returns to New Jersey next Saturday, July 5th, in Atlantic City.

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