Magical Was The Night
08 May 09
Last sunday's Dark Was The Night Live at New York's Radio City Music Hall was a fantastic night, successfully bringing together some of the artists from the recent 4AD compilation, all in the name of good music and the AIDS charity, the Red Hot Organization.
Performing on the night (in order of appearance) were The Dirty Projectors, My Brightest Diamond, The National, David Sitek, David Byrne, Bon Iver, Feist and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. And yes, as the eagle eyed spotted, St. Vincent did indeed make it on to the stage for the encore. You can read more about the show here, here, here, here and here.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the artists and staff involved and, of course, the thousands of you who attended the show. You all played your part in helping to make this unique event such a memorable night. We'd also like to extend a special thanks to Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner and John Carlin for putting both the event and the compilation together with such gusto and dedication - it was well worth your efforts and we thank you.
While we have you, we've had a few requests for the setlist so here it is...
1. The Dirty Projectors 'Useful Chamber'
2. The Dirty Projectors 'Stillness Is The Move'
3. The Dirty Projectors & David Byrne 'Ambulance Man'
4. The Dirty Projectors & David Byrne 'Knotty Pine'
5. My Brightest Diamond (featuring The National) 'Feeling Good'
6. The National 'Slow Show'
7. The National 'England'
8. The National (featuring Bon Iver) 'So Far Around The Bend'
9. The National (featuring My Brightest Diamond and Bon Iver) 'Vanderlyle Cry Baby'
10. Dave Sitek 'With A Girl Like You'
11. David Byrne 'Don't Fence Me In'
12. David Byrne (featuring Justin Vernon) 'Dreamworld: Marco De Canavezes'
13. David Byrne (featuring Feist) 'Waters Of March'
14. Bon Iver 'Brackett, WI'
15. Bon Iver 'Blood Bank'
16. Bon Iver (featuring Matt Berninger) 'Big Red Machine'
17. Bon Iver (featuring My Brightest Diamond) 'Flume'
18. Feist 'The Wagoner's Lad'
19. Feist 'Look At What The Light Did Now'
20. Feist & Justin Vernon 'Train Song'
21. Feist 'Someday Baby'
22. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 'Not Gonna Cry'
23. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 'When I Come Home'
24. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 'Inspiration Information'
25. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - '100 Days, 100 Nights'
*Encore*
26. Everyone - 'This Land Is Your Land'
Happy 20th Birthday Red Hot!