Sir Chloe Setlist

Squaring Up
July
Take It
Passenger
Kiss
Salivate
Obsession
I Am the Dog
Sedona
Too Much (Not Enough)
Eyes
Forget It
Forgiving
Company
Hooves
Holy
Mercy
Untie You
Animal
Candy

Venus & the Flytraps Setlist

Miss Behavior
Scaredy Pants
Swiss Army Girl
Be Aggressive
Nothing Happened
Red Hot
Daphne Jane
Beneath You
Sorry
Hard Part’s Over
Worse Together

Tour Dates

Oct 24 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Oct 25 – Kansas City, MO – Truman
Oct 26 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
Oct 28 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
Oct 30 – Denver, CO – Summit
Oct 31 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
Nov 1 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
Nov 2 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Nov 4 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
Nov 5 – Seattle, WA – Showbox
Nov 7 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
Nov 8 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Nov 10 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theatre
Nov 12 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile
Nov 14 – Dallas, TX – Studio at Factory
Nov 15 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Midtown
Nov 16 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
Nov 18 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
Nov 20 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Nov 21 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
Nov 22 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
Nov 24 – Toronto, ON – Toronto Concert Hall
Nov 25 – Montreal, QC – Le Studio TD

Rock star women fronted bands were the call on a Friday night at Minneapolis’ First Avenue with the stunning alt rock band Sir Chloe taking center stage.

Starting the evening was Nashville-based Venus & the Flytraps. Centered around the duo of Ceci Tomé and Brenna Kassis, their indie rock music is self-described as being nostalgic for the early 2000’s, a pretty excellent period of alternative. With a new EP, Venus in Love, they are supporting, the band was a quintet (vocals/keyboards, guitar/backing vocals, guitar, bass, and drums) and lived up to the billing. Scaredy Pants was a perfect mix of musical aggression and nostalgia. The guitar and bass licks on Nothing Happened were tremendous, and double & occasional triple harmonies added some nice layers as they broke loose towards the end. The crowd was very into this, with huge cheers at even the smallest break in the action and I have to believe the band was buoyed by that.

Red Hot was exactly that and the bass lick, particularly at the end, was a treat. The attitude from the band was perfectly distant yet inviting, and that’s a pretty killer combo. A bit of banter and intro of the band during a musical interlude was followed by a dance from the music video. A switch with Brenna taking lead vocals had her introducing a song from the new album to be released completely independently, with no label support. The energy was great as Venus & the Flytraps moved into their final songs. Sorry was a perfect encapsulation of their sound. The last song, Worse Together, about another ex-boyfriend (a theme in the set) was notable for changing pace and musical structure several times. It was a heck of a close and we’ll be on the lookout for their next show.

I talked for a bit with Ceci and Brenna after their set. They noted this was the first show opening for Sir Chloe (they have a chunk of the west coast dates on this tour), and that there was good nervous energy coming into tonight’s performance. This will be the longest tour they have had, and while a little intimidating, they are up for the challenge and experience. I asked their approach for keeping excited over the long haul in front of them, and they mentioned that each day is a chance to reset or grow off the previous show and that interaction with the crowd is a highlight that keeps things feeling fresh. We’ll hope for a great run for Venus & the Flytraps.

Sir Chloe was formed by singer & songwriter Dana Foote. After some early success with singles like the excellent Animal, Sir Chloe has been at it ever since. With three albums, including 2025’s Swallow the Knife, there’s a good and growing collection of music. A quartet (vocals, guitar, bass, and drums), this was a new backing band since the 2023 tour. But the music was still sharp as ever, as Sir Chloe came in with the song Squaring Up, a tremendous opener. Mixing earlier recognizable numbers with ones off the new album, like the third song Take It, was an effective way to bring older and newer fans along the journey.

Foote was in full Madonna mode on stage and it worked. Salivate, off the second album, was a rocker and had the audience moving. Giving it up for a stage hand who brought waters out for the band was a small but nice moment that led into the song Obsession. For those not familiar with the band, Sedona was an eye opener and Foote absolutely crushed that number. An amusing anecdote about her lawyer and black lipstick was pretty hysterical and the audience leaned in for the slower number Too Much (Not Enough). The next song, Eyes, was brilliant rock from the band and let Foote let loose on vocals with the backing band in full rock mode. This was such excellent rock and roll and Sir Chloe had the crowd cheering at every break.

Forgiving was high paced and had the crowd pushing it along. Company was such an excellent sound and had the audience on edge as they waited for Foote to play out the vocal, “I paid you for some company”. An explosive start to Hooves was well received and the front of the stage was nearly in mosh mode. Mercy was a well placed slower number and the last verse was so brutally powerful and the audience were so into it. We were into hit after hit as Sir Chloe headed to the close. Can I say they were brilliant? They were brilliant. Animal had most of the crowd bellowing along and it was such a concert moment. Though the ending felt a bit abrupt, Sir Chloe had delivered a rousing set as they left the stage.