John Cale live in Essen 2011/10/06 - photo: Michael Kneffel
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In Concert

Essen 2011-10-06

Live at the Lichtburg, Essen, Germany - October 06, 2011. The performance is part of the Ruhr Triennale.

Performs Paris 1919 live in its entirety. Antarctica was played after Paris 1919. With the Bochumer Symphoniker. Conductor: Harry Curtis. Arrangements: Randall Woolf.

The band:
John Cale: vocals, guitar, keyboards
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar
Michael Jerome: drums
Joey Maramba: bass

Setlist

  1. Child's Christmas in Wales
  2. Hanky Panky Nohow
  3. The Endless Plain of Fortune
  4. Andalucia
  5. Paris 1919
  6. Graham Greene
  7. Half Past France
  8. Antarctica Starts Here
  9. Macbeth
    Interval
  10. Pile A L'Heure - band + string section only
  11. Whaddya Mean By That - band
  12. Catastrofuk - band
  13. Perfection - band
  14. Riverbank - band + orchestra
  15. Captain Hook - band + orchestra
  16. Secret Corrida - band + orchestra
  17. Hedda Gabler - band + orchestra
  18. E: Jumbo In Tha Modernworld - band + horns + horns doubling as backing singers

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