An Evening With They Might Be Giants

February 02, 2008 at Beacon Theatre

Watch "MSG, NY" 's interview with John Flansburgh and John Linnell above.

February 2, 2008 Set List
(courtesy of They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base.)
Set 1:
* Damn Good Times
* The Mesopotamians
* Ana Ng
* Why Does The Sun Shine?
* Upside Down Frown
* Take Out The Trash
* Climbing The Walls
* Alphabet Of Nations
* Memo To Human Resources
* Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
* I'm Impressed
* Asbury Park
* Meet James Ensor
* Maybe I Know (John & John only)
* Older
* The Cap'm
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (with trumpet solo)

Set 2 (with horn section):
* Mr. Me
* Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
* With The Dark
* Metal Detector
* Spy
* Birdhouse in Your Soul
* The Guitar
* Museum Of Idiots
* Cyclops Rock
* Withered Hope
* In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle
* Purple Toupee
* Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth
* Particle Man
* Doctor Worm
* Cowtown

Encore #1:
* Graveyard
* Fingertips
* Turn Around

Encore #2:
* New York City (John & John only)



Combining a knack for infectious melodies with a quirky, bizarre sense of humor and a vaguely avant-garde aesthetic borrowed from the New York post-punk underground, the duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell (better known as They Might Be Giants) became one of the more unlikely musical success.

Through their string of indie releases and constant touring as a duo, TMBG built up a huge following on college campuses during the late '80s, switching to a major label in the early '90s and focusing on their cult following in recent years.

The duo celebrated their 20th anniversary in summer 2002 with the release of their first children's album, No!. More recently, They Might Be Giants released a series of podcasts and contributed to various film soundtracks, including Disney's "Meet the Robinsons" and the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline." TMBG's 14th studio release, The Else, hit stores in the summer of 2007.

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