28 November 2010 // San Francisco, CA // The Fillmore

Support Act: Tim Easton

Main Set: Headlong, Seven Day Mile, God Bless Mom, Stars Are Underground, What Happens When the Heart Just Stops – Caravan (Van Morrison) – Heyday (Mic Christopher), Finally, Happy, Lay Me Down, Rent Day Blues, Pavement Tune, Star Star – Hotellounge (dEUS), Revelate, People Get Ready

First Encore: Hairshirt (REM), Early Bird, Friends and Foe, Heyday (Mic Christopher)

Second Encore: Joe Song, Your Face – Lilac Wine (Jeff Buckley) – Redemption Song (Bob Marley), Fitzcarraldo, Banana Man – Dreadlock Holiday (10cc)

[Thanks to Courtney for the setlist. Posters by Brad Kayal, see 2 more here]

Review: By Luke Pimentel, including photos, at Interference.

Comments: Karl Odlum plays the banjo solo on ‘Rent Day Blues’ for the first time on this tour. For the encore, Glen returns to the stage carrying a mandolin, saying “I was given this gift yesterday. Welcome to the band, mandolin.” He plays REM’s ‘Hairshirt’ from the edge of the stage with no amplification. Simon Good, a vital component to The Frames touring machine, straps on a guitar for ‘Heyday’, and with Karl Odlum on keyboards playing the Mic Christopher song, it’s a kind of magic. Also, ‘Banana Man’ makes an appearance with 10cc’s ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ added to the middle, offering an opportunity for Glen to announce, “I don’t like Joe Doyle, no! I fucking love him!”

This is one of our favorite things and we had to share! Ken Klaus was inspired in SF to make this super cool drawing of the moment before Joe’s song where Glen prompted the band to “Give him the strength, lads!” You can find more of Ken’s artwork at refrigeratedcake.com (under construction for now!).