Men at Work Setlist

Walk on song: Music for a Found Harmonium
Touching the Untouchables
No Restrictions
Can’t Take This Town¹
Down by the Sea
I Can See It in Your Eyes
Looking for Jack¹
Everything I Need
Catch a Star
No Sign of Yesterday
Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive
Overkill
It’s a Mistake
Who Can It Be Now?
Down Under
Be Good Johnny
¹ Colin Hay song

Toad the Wet Sprocket Setlist

Going to California
Good Intentions
Whatever I Fear
California Wasted
Hold On
Come Down
Transient Whales
Something’s Always Wrong
Amnesia
Don’t Change (INXS cover)
Desire
Crazy Life
Fall Down
All I Want
Walk on the Ocean

Shonen Knife Setlist

Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl)
Twist Barbie
Vamos Taquitos
Sushi Bar
Sweet Candy Power
Banana Chips
Riding on the Rocket
Konnichiwa

The band down under Men at Work and the band on the ocean Toad the Wet Sprocket are doing a fun co-headlining Summer tour, stopping by the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, in the touristy town of St. Augustine, Florida, last night.

I’ve been near the area, but never gone inside “The Amp” before, so I’m going to talk about the venue first. Driving to the Amp, from my house took about one and half hour, on the fastest route (I might have accidentally gone on a toll road), so I’ll say this: I don’t really want to go back, unless it’s a special concert. It’s just too far.

Parking at the Amp’s parking lot is a premium and it was completely full or sold out, forcing you to drive a few blocks for their overflow parking… where they offer a free shuttle bus service to bring guests to the venue. There is a closer option, about 100 yards away, but it costs $20 cash only, and they also offer drive/drop off to the venue. You absolutely cannot park in the residential area across the street – you will get ticketed and towed, as warned by the venue. To me, these parking options are not great experiences… especially if you’re running late.

I was early enough, so I ended up parking about four blocks away and just walk to the box office. I didn’t get a parking ticket (and none of the other cars around me appeared to have tickets), so I think next time, I’ll park in the same area and just stroll in, as if I was walking on the ocean.

Once inside its gate, it was much bigger than I had imagined. It’s setup like the Jacksonville Zoo, food and drink carts and vendors all over the place. You can literally get snacks and drinks anywhere. The 4,800-seat-capacity amphitheater is broken up in three sections: “The Pit”, the general seating area, and the nosebleeds (it’s way, way in the back). It’s open-air, so it does get hot. Thankfully there is a giant tarp that offers shading and several ceiling fans (at least in the main area).

It’s a very big and beautiful venue, and you get this vibe that the venue in the middle of the woods due to the thick surrounding trees. I can see why the Amp was ranked #1 amphitheatre in the USA by Pollstar Magazine, according to to the venue:

Pollstar, the concert industry’s leading trade publication, compiles its rankings based on tickets sold and gross sales earned between November 2025 and May 2026. During the reporting period, The St. Augustine Amphitheatre sold more than 100,000 tickets and hosted 30 concerts, welcoming world-renowned artists Rod Stewart, Santana, and Styx alongside next-generation artists such as Treaty Oak Revival, Mt. Joy, Ethel Cain, and more. Multi-night runs from Jon Pardi, Parker McCollum, Widespread Panic, and Goose were additional highlights of the season.

Of the three oddly-paired bands on the bill, the one band I was most excited to see was Osaka’s Shonen Knife (少年ナイフ) , currently touring in support of their Let’s Knife Re-Cut (a brand-new knife re-recorded). I’ve been a longtime fan, having followed the group since MTV’s 120 Minutes (RIP Dave Kendall).

This is my fifth time seeing Shonen Knife. I have only seen them as headliner, so it felt really brief, seeing them as support on this Summer Tour. They had about 30 minutes to cram in a sort-of “greatest hits”, with “Banana Chips” and “Riding the Rocket” being my favorite on their set.

Singer Naoko Yamano said they included “Vamos Taquitos” because it’s her sister (bassist) Atsuko Yamano favorite food, followed by “Sushi Bar”, which is drummer Risa Kawano’s favorite food. “Sweet Candy Power” requires audience participation to sing back “Candy” after Naoko’s “amai amai amai” lyrics.

I love the trio, it was worth the long drive to see them. I hope they come back and play somewhere closer to Jacksonville.

Next up was Santa Barbara’s Toad the Wet Sprocket, who had a full hour-long set. I’ve personally seen Toad four times, I think my favorite was when they opened for Counting Crows, in 2014 because they knew how to leave on a high note with all their biggest hit songs together (“All I Want”, “Fall Down”, and closer song “Walk on the Ocean”).

Similar to that show, the band did end their set with what they dubbed “the dance marathon”: “Fall Down”, “All I Want”, and their signature song, “Walk on the Ocean.”

Singer Glen Phillips had nothing but glowing words for Shonen Knife and Men at Work. He said his very first concert was Men at Work at the Santa Barbara Bowl, when he was 12 years old. Obviously, the Australian music thing stayed with Phillips that they covered another Australian band INXS for the song “Don’t Change”.

Currently, Toad the Wet Sprocket is celebrating their 40th Anniversary as a band. The band started in 1986, and although there was a “brief” eight years hiatus, the band consistently had the same lineup with Glen on vocals/guitarist, Todd Nichols on guitars, Dean Dinning on bass. Their original drummer, Randy Guss, retired from the band in 2020, so they currently have a touring drummer named Carl Thompson. Speaking of touring members, additionally they have Jon Sosin (the cowboy hat) on keys.

Former Australian band (whereabouts unknown due to their international lineup) Men at Work closed out the show. This is a rare full band show (at least for me), because I think getting everybody together is such a challenge that for many, many, many years, singer and band leader Colin Hay just found it easier to release solo albums and go on tour by himself. We’ve covered Hay three times, but this is the first time as Men at Work, proper.

In the past, when we saw Hay, he’s usually very talkative between songs. It was kind of like 30% talk/jokes/commentary. This time, with a full band I’m sure they’re telling him to keep the talking to a minimum, haha. The few words we got to hear, is, as always quite funny and self-deprecating. For example, when he was explaining Men at Work (to the young people), he said they made three albums: “We had two really great albums and one that went down the toilet.”

The original Men at Work band, started as a duo with Hay and bass player Ron Strykert. They soon added drummer Jerry Speiser and saxophonist Greg Ham and bassist John Rees (moving Strykert to lead guitars).

During a year and half touring in America on their first tour in 1982, with poor ticket sales and attendance, Strykert left the band. Then tension between various band members ended with Colin Hay firing the other band members. So this “new” Men at Work band we have today were assembled personally by Hay in 2019, with Rachel Mazer joining the band last year (replacing Scheila Gonzalez who left to join “Weird Al” Yankovic’s band).

I’ll have to say, the two (wo)men at work, saxophonist/flutist Rachel Mazer and tambourine player/dancer Cecilia Noël (from Peru’s The Wild Clams) were a joy to watch. Rounding out the rest of the band is drummer Jimmy Branly, guitarist “from Minnesota and elsewhere” Allen Hinds, and bassist Yosmel Montejo.

“It’s a Mistake” had everybody in the audience standing up to dance. They remained standing for “Who Can It Be Now?”, and, then, of course, “Down Under”. The closing song was “Be Good Johnny”, the third and final single from their legendary debut album Business as Usual from 1981.

Tour Dates:

7/16 – Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach Amphitheater
7/17 – St. Augustine, FL – The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
7/18 – Clearwater, FL – The BayCare Sound
7/19 – LaGrange, GA – Sweetland Amphitheatre at Boyd Park
7/21 – Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
7/22 – Southaven, MS – BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
7/23 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
7/24 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple
7/26 – Cohasset, MA – The Music Circus
7/28 – Durham, NH – The Whittemore Center
7/29 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater
8/01 – Harrington, DE – Delaware State Fair
8/02 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Evans Amphitheatre at Cain Park
8/05 – Grand Rapids, MI – Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
8/06 – Bloomington, IL – Grossinger Motors Arena
8/07 – New Lenox, IL – Performing Arts Pavilion @ The Commons
8/08 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino
8/10 – Salina, KS – Stiefel Theatre
8/13 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
8/14 – Carnation, WA – Remlinger Farms
8/15 – Spokane, WA – Shriners Event Center
8/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
8/18 – Reno, NV – Silver Legacy Resort Casino
8/19 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
8/20 – Los Angeles, CA – The United Theater on Broadway

Please note: all photos were taken with a small pocket Sony RX100 VII camera.

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