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On February 29 Titus Andronicus and Craig Finn (of The Hold Steady) launched their spring tour together at Webster Hall. It was a perfect combination, as both Titus’ Patrick Stickles and Finn know a thing or two about keeping rock and roll alive.

Finn shared tracks from his new album Faith in the Future (released via Partisan Records) backed up by a three-piece band. The tracks take a more mellow, alt-country form than the bar-rock anthems that he pumps out with The Hold Steady. Its a different side to Finn, a bit of a more vulnerable take live, but one that is surely welcome. He delighted fans of his other bands towards the end of the set with takes on The Hold Steady’s “Certain Songs” and Lifter Puller’s “Nassau Coliseum.”

Titus Andronicus always dial it back and deliver a energetic performance that is best described as controlled chaos. Stickles and his band are always on the brink of breaking out of control, but are able to hone in on that energy and sustained it throughout their entire set. Their 17-song set mainly featured songs from last years epic rock opera The Most Lamentable Tragedy (released via Merge Records) as well as older favorites such as “A More Perfect Union.”

Finn joined the band for the last two songs, engaging in a perfect cover of The Replacements’ “Bastards Of Young” as well as The Hold Steady’s “Stuck Between Stations,” which saw them joined by The Hold Steady’s guitarist Tad Kubler, which was an epic surprise that sent the entire crowd into a frenzy, and rightfully so. If that wasn’t enough, Finn joined Titus for an encore performance of The Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting For The Man.”

Find some photos from the night posted below, along with the setlist.

Craig Finn Setlist:

1. Maggie I’ve Been Searching For Our Son
2. Apollo Bay
3. Jackson
4. No Future
5. Screenwriters School
6. Christine
7. Newmyer’s Roof
8. Certain Songs (The Hold Steady)
9. Nassau Coliseum (Lifter Puller)

Titus Andronicus Setlist:

1. To Old Friends And New
2. No Future Part IV: No Future Triumphant
3. Stranded (On My Own)
4. No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future
5. Titus Andronicus
6. My Time Outside the Womb
7. Mr. E. Mann
8. Fired Up
9. Dimed Out
10. In a Big City
11. In a Small Body
12. Fatal Flaw
13. A More Perfect Union
14. The Battle of Hampton Roads
15. Bastards of Young (The Replacements Cover w/ Craig Finn)
16. Stuck Between Stations (The Hold Steady cover w/ Craig Finn and Tad Kubler)

Encore:

17. I’m Waiting For The Man (The Velvet Underground Cover w/ Craig Finn]

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