Live at Howard Gillman Opera House / BAM in Brooklyn, NY, USA - November 18, 2017. 75th Birthday Celebration. With The Wordless Music Orchestra and BGV Music Choral Group.
This concert features the first performance of Pretty People, a song that would finally be released in 2023 on the bonus 7" that came with the limited 2LP of the Mercy album. American singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira joined him on stage for Amsterdam.
The band:
John Cale: vocals, viola, keyboards
Dustin Boyer: lead guitar, samples
Joey Maramba: bass
Deantoni Parks: drums, samples
Wordless Music Orchestra:
Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris: violin
Caleb Burhans, Drew Forde, Isabel Hagen, Caitlin Lynch: viola
John Altieri: sousaphone
Sam Nester: trumpet, flugelhorn
Florent Ghys, Chris Johnson, Eleonore Oppenheim: bass
Clarice Jensen, Christine Kim, Seth Parker Woods: cello
Daniel Blake: saxophone
Alix Tucou: trombone
David Byrd-Marrow, Matt Marks: horns
Matt Smallcomb: timpani, percussion
(Thanks: Marek Koudelka)