Built to Spill began their tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of There’s Nothing Wrong With Love in their hometown of Boise on Friday night. While many of the album’s songs are staples in the band’s setlist — “Big Dipper,” “Car,” “Twin Falls,” “Distopian Dream Girl” — a few of them were dusted off, including “Israel’s Song” which had never been played live. “Fling” hadn’t been played since 1997, “Cleo” hadn’t been played since 2003, and “The Source” hadn’t been played live since 2013.
This tour also reunites Built to Spill with cellist John McMahon, who played on “Fling” and “Stab” on There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, but here was incorporated into the entire album performance.
Their second set also featured “Get A Life” (from Ultimate Alternative Wavers) and “Traces” (from You in Reverse), which both got their first plays since 2018, alongside “Sidewalk,” “Made-Up Dreams,” “Fool’s Gold” and “Time Trap.”
The There’s Nothing Wrong With Love tour hits NYC for two nights at Webster Hall on September 7 & 8 with fellow Pacific Northwest indie rock vets Kicking Giant (whose guitarist Tae Won Yu designed the cover art for BTS’ Perfect from Now On and Keep it Like a Secret). All dates are listed below.
SETLIST: Built to Spill @ Shrine Social Club Ballroom, Boise, ID 8/9/2024 (via)
There’s Nothing Wrong With Love
In the Morning
Reasons
Big Dipper
Car
Fling (first time since 1997)
Cleo (first time since 2003)
The Source (first time since 2013)
Twin Falls
Some
Distopian Dream Girl
Israel’s Song (live debut)
Stab
Encore:
Get a Life (first time since 2018)
Sidewalk
Made-Up Dreams
Traces (first time since 2018)
Fool’s Gold
Time Trap
BUILT TO SPILL – 2024 TOUR DATES
08/13/2024 Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple Tacoma, WA
08/14/2024 Pioneer Courthouse Sq Portland, OR *
08/15/2024 Woodland Park Amphitheater Seattle, WA *
08/16/2024 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
08/17/2024 Lewis & Clark Brewing Co. Helena, MT
08/18/2024 Pub Station Billings, MT
08/20/2024 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
08/21/2024 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
08/22/2024 Metro Chicago Chicago, IL
08/23/2024 Metro Chicago Chicago, IL
08/24/2024 Red Flag St. Louis, MO
08/25/2024 HI-FI Annex (Behind HI-FI) Indianapolis, IN
08/27/2024 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH
08/28/2024 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
08/29/2024 Saint Andrew’s Hall Detroit, MI
08/30/2024 Mr. Smalls Theatre Millvale, PA
08/31/2024 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, NJ
09/01/2024 State Theatre Portland, ME ^
09/03/2024 Wall Street Theater Norwalk CT Norwalk, CT^
09/04/2024 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA^
09/05/2024 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA^
09/06/2024 Franklin Music Hall Philadelphia, PA^
09/07/2024 Webster Hall New York, NY^
09/08/2024 Webster Hall New York, NY^
09/09/2024 9:30 Club Washington, DC^
09/12/2024 Music Farm Charleston, SC
09/13/2024 Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
09/14/2024 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
09/16/2024 Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, TN
09/17/2024 Growlers Memphis, TN
09/18/2024 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
09/19/2024 Empire Control Room & Garage Austin, TX
09/20/2024 Tower Theatre Oklahoma City, OK
09/21/2024 Waiting Room Lounge Omaha, NE
09/22/2024 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
09/24/2024 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
09/25/2024 Belly Up Solana Beach, CA
09/26/2024 The Bellwether Los Angeles, CA
09/27/2024 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
09/28/2024 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
09/29/2024 Harlow’s Sacramento, CA
10/11/2024 Best Friends Forever Festival Las Vegas, NV
* with Yo La Tengo
^ with Kicking Giant