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Venue
City
State
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Broadway Theater
MSC Lirica
Caribbean
FEMA
Hit The Wall
Linthead
My Favorite Mutiny $
Gun Smoke $
We Are The Ones $
Manic Depression
Crazyhorse Mongoose *
Clockstopper *
The Playback @
Pull Out Your Cut @
Settle The Score @
Blue Pepper &%
Africa &%#
Go-Go &
Immigrant Song $@
$ with Boots Riley (voc)
* with Skerik (sax)
@ with Mr. Lif (voc)
& with George Porter Jr. (bass)
% with Karl Denson (sax)
# with Ivan Neville (keys/voc)
Also: Robert Walter
The Fillmore
Denver
CO
?
?
?
Chali 2na Intro
Commin' Thru
What's Golden
Think Back
?
Baker's Dozen
Manic Depression
My Favorite Mutiny
We Are The One's
Hussle Up
Moil
?
?
Chali 2na Intro
Freedom
Get Focused
International
Step The Game Up
Encore:
Immigrant Song
The Pageant
Saint Louis
MO
Shank Hall
Milwaukee
WI
FEMA
Bongo The Dog
Spiderbite
Commin' Thru *
What's Golden *
Think Back *
Garbage Truck
Manic Depression
Hit The Wall
Get Focused > *
International *
Rock The Show *
Root Down
Buckit Like A Horse
Linthead
Hype 2Night *
Luvsgonnagetcha *
Lock Shit Down *
En/ Immigrant Song %
*= w/ Chali 2na & Laidlaw
%= w/ Chali 2na, Laidlaw, Ohmega Watts, & Othello(?)
U.S. Bank Arena
Cincinnati
OH
FEMA >
Sunday Araq >
My Favorite Mutiny > *
Gunsmoke *
We Are the Ones *
Go-Go
5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO *
Boots Banter *
Hustle Up *
Bongo the Dog >
Drum Solo >
Baker's Dozen
Immigrant Song >
? *
* With Boots Riley of the Coup
LaFayette Square
Buffalo
NY
FEMA
Sunday Araq
GO-Go
Playback*
Pull Out Your Cut* >
Settle The Score*
Linthead
Little Miss Lover
Garbage Truck
Baker's Dozen
Fiasco*
Front On This*
New Man Theme*
Lil Ole Money Maker
Crazyhorse Mongoose
Hit The Wall
Black Eyed Pea >
Trampled Underfoot
* - w/ Mr. Lif
Mountain Jam
Hunter Mountain
NY
?
?
?
?
? *
? *
? *
?
?
? #
? #
? * >
Drum Solo >
? *
? *
Front on This *
? *
New Man Theme *
Am I Out *
? >
Trampled Underfoot
Encore:
?
* With Mr. Lif
# With Andy Hess and Ivan Neville
Clinton Lake State Park
Lawrence
KS
Bongo The Dog, Linthead, Garbage Truck, Lester Hayes, Don't Stop, FEMA, Sunday Araq, No Way, Lady Don't Tek, Moil, Bakers Dozen, Black Eyed Pea > Trampled Underfoot
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival - Sundown Stage
The Bottling Company
Hattiesburg
MS
Bongo the Dog
Doublewide
Linthead
Comin' Thru * >
What's Golden *
Hype 2Night *
Lock Shit Down *
Fema
Sunday Araq
Live Wire
Jurass * >
Freedom * >
Quality Control * >
Love Is Gonna Getcha *
Shibuya
Bakers Dozen
Chris Cross
Think Back * >
Step Your Game Up * >
Get Focused * >
International *
Watch The Show *
Encore:
?
Immigrant Song >
Chali 2na / Laidlaw Rap
* with Chali 2na & Laidlaw
Bayou Boogaloo - Town Point Park
Norfolk
VA
Corny intro
?
?
? *
Gunsmoke*
?
?
?
Ride the Fence*
? *^
? **
* w/ Boots Riley & 12 F bombs & 7 "MF'ers"
** w/ Trombone Shorty & James Martin
^ mics bumped
A news report re: this performance:
Friday, June 27, 2008
Boots Riley Counters Charges
BOOTS RILEY COUNTERS CHARGES
Emcee Says Norfolk Charges Racially Motivated
Norfolk, VA – A music performance at the Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Food Festival by Boots Riley, the well-known front man for The Coup, ended abruptly with police charges of "abusive language." Boots was charged with an obscure law even the police had difficulty finding; citing him with § 18.2-416. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-416. This law has never been applied to a performer. In this situation, Boots' lyrics were only "provoking" a good time, as the vast majority of the people in attendance were dancing and visibly upset when the festival pulled the plug. The city is pressing forward with the charge – which the city is enforcing for the first time in 26 years. Since the incident on June 21st, numerous false reports have emerged, and Riley is looking to set the record straight.
Riley claims the charges were racially motivated as they are part of a backlash from the recent Afr'Am Festival in Norfolk in which Gospel and R&B performances generated "noise complaints," despite the performers adhering to the same decibel parameters as all of Norfolk's other festivals. The Afr'am fest has been the subject of controversy since. Both festivals occurred at Towne Point Park, an area where high-priced condos have recently been built and an impending $11.5 million makeover is in the works.
"City Officials claim that they are making the statement that profanity will not be tolerated," says Boots Riley. "Obviously, since no one has been charged with this in 26 years, profanity IS tolerated. The statement they are making is that the culture and the people they feel I represent won't be tolerated. I was already off stage; the man they asked to leave the stage was Trombone Shorty, another Black man who looks nothing like me. This happened at 10:00PM, and it was far from a 'family' atmosphere, most of the audience was intoxicated after drinking at the festival's bar - 'The Missing Kidney'. There was also a VIP section where free alcohol was distributed by the keg. Anyone who has been to a music festival on a Saturday night understands the scene. I did not leave the park afterward, as was claimed by FestEvents, the organizers of the Bayou Boogaloo Festival. I stayed and debated the validity of the charge with police and festival promoters. It is clear that this is part of a larger debate that has nothing to do with profanity, one that is being dealt with nationwide. That debate is about racism, gentrification and the ownership of public space."
Neither FestEvents nor the city indicated that swearing was a concern at this paid-admission festival. Additionally, the chorus of the only song Riley performs on Galactic's album contains the phrase "What the F--k?", inferring FestEvents knew what they were getting. There was never a "slew" of profanity as reports indicate, only a few words that were meant to flatter, explain a life situation, or used as a lyrical device to provoke positive thought.
Festevents' statement that Riley's act was a "surprise" to them is false. It was and is currently posted on their website with a hyperlink to Boots Riley's and The Coup's MySpace, under the link "The Bands of Bayou Boogaloo" reading: "Galactic with special guest Boots Riley (The Coup)". Also, Festevents-sanctioned and paid-for fliers and advertising for the event billed Boots Riley as a featured performer, indicating the city's claim of "not knowing he would perform" is false.
Passeio Maritimo de Alges (Festival Oeiras Alive)
Lisbon
Portugal
Trinumeral Festival
Deerfields
NC
My Favorite Mutiny
Gunsmoke
We Are The Ones
FEMA
????
Ride The Fence
Busterismology
Baker's Dozen *
encore
Hussle Up
* - With the Asheville Horns
San Francisco Outside Lands Festival - Main Stage
San Francisco
CA
intro
?
?
?
?
?
No More Okie Doke
Hey Hey Baby
Funky Funky Funky (?)
Big Chief
with Dirty Dozen Horns and Cyril Neville
Toad's Place
Richmond
VA
Fema
Sunday Araq
Moil
Bongo the Dog (horns intro)*
Chris Cross*
D Boy*
Tuff Love*
Blue Pepper*
Bounce Baby*
Metermaid > 2 Dots*
Tippi Toes*
Shibuya
Black Eyed Pea > Trampled Under Foot*
Crazyhorse Mongoose* >
Garbage Truck*
From The Corner To The Block*
E: Rockit* >
Bakers Dozen* >
Drums >
Baker's Dozen*
* with Corey Henry (trombone) and Shamarr Allen (trumpet)
The Paradise Rock Club
Boston
MA
Spider Bite
Hit The Wall
The Moil
Bongo The Dog
Chris Cross
D Boy
Tuff Love
Back Back
Bounce Baby
Let It Go (1)
Funky Miracle
Lil Ol Money Maker
FEMA
Crazyhorse Mongoose ->
Bass Solo ->
Crazyhorse Mongoose
Garbage Truck
From The Corner To The Block
encore:
Rockit
Baker's Dozen (2)
Featuring Special Guests Shamarr Allen (trumpet) and Corey Henry (trombone)
(1) with Headnodic on Bass, Raashan Ahmad on Vocals (Crown City Rockers), No Rob
(2) with Ben's Cousin Lucas Elden
Irving Plaza
New York
NY
Spiderbite
Hit The Wall
The Moil
Bongo The Dog
Who Took The Happiness Out
Tuff Love
D Boy
Back Back
Bounce Baby
Let It Go
Metermaid ->
Two Dots
Shibuya
Doo Rag ->
Go-Go
Garbage Truck
From The Corner To The block
encore:
Rockit
Baker's Dozen
Irving Plaza
New York
NY
FEMA
Sunday Araq
Doublewide ->
Whole Lotta Love
Blackbird Special
Chris Cross
Buckit Like A Horse
Tuff Love
Blue Pepper
From The Corner To The Block
Funky Miracle
Live Wire
Black Eyed Pea ->
Trampled Under Foot ->
Black Eyed Pea
Funky Bird
Crazyhorse Mongoose ->
Bass Solo ->
Crazyhorse Mongoose
Dump Truck
encore:
Santa Cruz
Quiet Please
Workplay Theater
Birmingham
AL
FEMA
Sunday Araq
Moil
Bongo The Dog
D Boy
Tuff Love
Blue Pepper
Manic Depression
Bounce Baby
Let It Go
Funky Miracle
Shibuya
Funky Bird
Santa Cruz
Garbage Truck
From The Corner To The Block
E: Rockit
Baker's Dozen
w/ Shamarr Allen On Trumpet & Corey Henry On Trombone
Warehouse Live Studio
Houston
TX
FEMA
Sunday Araq
The Moil
Blackbird Special
Chris Cross
D Boy
Tuff Love
Blue Pepper
Manic Depression
Bounce Baby
Let It Go (1)
Funky Miracle
Shibuya
Funky Bird
Crazyhorse Mongoose ->
Bass Solo ->
Crazyhorse Mongoose ->
Garbage Truck
From The Corner To The Block
encore:
Rockit
Baker's Dozen
(1) with The Crown City Rockers
Crystal Ballroom
Portland
OR
Fillmore
San Francisco
CA
The Moil
Spider Bite
Blackbird Special
Chris Cross
D Boy
Tuff Love
Blue Pepper
Technocheck Collision
Let It Go*
Lil Ole Money Maker
Black Eyed Pea >
Drums >
Trampled Underfoot >
Black Eyed Pea
Funky Bird
Crazyhorse Mongoose >
Two Clowns >
Doo Rag
From The Corner To The Block
E: Rockit
Santa Cruz
* - w/ The Crown City Rockers
The Fillmore
San Francisco
CA
Doublewide >
Whole Lotta Love
FEMA
Bongo the Dog
Who Took the Happiness
Tuff Love
Manic Depression
Hit the Wall
Let It Go (w/ Crown City Rockers)
From the Corner to the Block
Funky Miracle
Shibuya
Hamp's Hump
Tiger Roll >
Bounce Baby
Ain't What You Think
Garbage Truck
Encore:
Baker's Dozen
Quiet Please