Clean Bandit w/ Meg Mac at First Ave, Minneapolis (05 April 2015)

Clean Bandit Setlist

Real Love Stronger Cologne Dust Clears Up Again A+E Come Over Extraordinary Heart On Fire Mozart’s House Nightingale — Encore — Show Me Love (Robin S. cover) Rather Be

Meg Mac Setlist

Turning Before Trouble Known Better Grandma’s Hands (Bill Withers cover) Bridges (Broods cover) Every Lie Roll Up Your Sleeves

Tour Dates

British electronic group Clean Bandit is currently in the US promoting their new album New Eyes, stopping by Minneapolis’ First Avenue on Sunday, April 5th. The Live Nation event was broadcast live via Yahoo Music.

 

 

On her last stop on the US tour with Clean Bandit was Melbourne’s Meg Mac, complete with a full touring band. She’s only met the session band since SXSW 2015 (about three weeks ago), but they were seasoned professional and had no trouble learning to play her songs for the US tour. As we have previously suspected, this was the young singer’s first American tour, and her first time in Minneapolis.

 

Mac’s soulful pop and sometime bluesy songs went over well with the Clean Bandit’s audience, and you can see why she won Triple J’s Unearth Artist of 2014 and earned Rolling Stone Australia’s “Best New Talent” award.

 

Many of her original songs seemed really personal to her. Like perhaps relationship issues with (Should’ve) “Known Better” and “Every Lie”. Breaking up her set were two cover songs, Bill Withers’ “Grandma’s Hands” (which also appeared on her EP) and a Broods cover “Bridges” (we recently caught the New Zealand band earlier last month).

 

The rest of her brief 30-min set were songs from her self-titled EP, available now via 300 Entertainment/Littlebigman Records.

 

It’s been a great month for Cambridge’s Clean Bandit, who recently won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for their single “Rather Be”.

While we do not get Jess Glynne on live guest vocals, however the electronic group brought singer Elisabeth Troy for the US tour to sing most of their songs, leaving singer Grace Chatto room to step back behind the keyboard or cello, however she will occasional take over lead vocals when the song called for it.

 

Also in addition to Jack Patterson on bass & key, Luke Patterson on drums, and Neil Amin-Smith on violin, they also had two backup singers (not introduced).

 

Clearly the band was excited to be in Minneapolis, with singer Elisabeth Troy exclaiming, “I’m over the f**** moon! I’m a massive Prince fan!!!” Later on in their set, Troy questioned, “Why doesn’t someone call Prince?”

 

As you can see from the setlist, or if you watched the live stream, the band sang all their hit songs, including 2010’s “Mozart’s House” and saving their chart-topper hit Grammy song “Rather Be” as the very last song.

 

Since it was Easter Sunday, Elisabeth Troy played out their two-song encore with pink bunny ears.

 

Clean Bandit’s New Eyes album is out now on Warner / Atlantic.

 

Please note that this event was broadcasted live via Yahoo Music. It is still available to stream as of this writing.