![]() ![]() What better way to ring in the new year than with a new debut! After a four-song first set at the by-then rechristened Best Buy Theater featuring an inverted “Crystal Ball”, The Disco Biscuits dazzled up their seven-song second set with a debut of Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band’s “A Fifth Of Beethoven” for their NYE countdown. ![]() The Disco Biscuits w/ Simon Green (Bonobo) – “Flash Mob” – 12/29/09 No actual fire was involved-that is, except for the fire jams that ensued 40 minutes later when the band returned to the stage to pick up where they had left off. As the set progressed and led into “Floes”, the night’s jams were interrupted by a fire alarm which forced the venue to quickly evacuate as the problem was fixed. Three nights later during the same five-night NYE run, The Disco Biscuits kicked off their second set with an epic sit-in by Simon Green, better known as Bonobo, on “Flash Mob”. Simon Green (Bonobo) Sit-In & Fire Alarm Interruption – 12/29/09 The Disco Biscuits – “Svenghali” > “Portal To An Empty Mind” – 12/26/09 You can listen to an audio recording of the second set-opening “Svenghali” > “Portal To An Empty Head” from that night below: That song has been played 39 more times since that night (most recently in May of 2019 at Denver’s Ogden Theatre) and remains an always-welcome addition to any biscuits set. ![]() Of note, this performance featured the debut of “Portal To An Empty Head” during the second set. The Disco Biscuits opened a five-night NYE run at the Nokia Theatre on December 26th, 2009. “Portal To An Empty Head” Debut – 12/26/09 The Disco Biscuits – “Caterpillar” – Nokia Theatre – 4/11/08Ĥ. Check out the rendition of “Caterpillar” that kicked off a long, storied history of The Disco Biscuits in Times Square below: Shpongle opened the evening (*drool*) before the Biscuits took the stage for their two-set headlining performance. There’s A First Time for Everything – 04/11/08īack in the good ol’ days when it was still called the Nokia Theatre, The Disco Biscuits played their first-ever show at the Times Square theater. The Disco Biscuits – Super Mario Theme – 12/31/17 A “Frog Legs” encore put a cap on the memorable New Year’s stand. The middle portion of “7-11” was up next, continuing the incomplete version from 12/28/17, before the set came to a close with “Basis For A Day”, “Strobelights and Martinis” and “Helicopters”. The middle portion of “Mindless Dribble” came next, completing the “dyslexic” unfinished version from 12/29/17. Set three continued in the same vein, as the band segued smoothly back and forth between “Little Lai” and the Super Mario Bros. “Underworld Theme”. An extended “Aceetobee” sandwich rounded out the set, with “Basis For A Day”, “Korobeiniki” (the theme song from Tetris), and an inverted “Aquatic Ape” serving as the musical meat. The video game homages continued in set two with a set-opening rendition of the Super Mario Bros. The band opened up the night’s first of three sets with a “Caves Of The East” featuring Pac-Man samples, treated fans to a bust-out of “The Moon” for the first time in 231 shows, and ended the set by finishing out the “42” they had started two nights prior. We all know how spacey and digitalized this band can get, which is why this themed NYE show surrounding video game jams was nothing short of spectacular. The Disco Biscuits – TRON NYE – 12/31/15 – Full Show For the night’s special third set, the band delivered a memorable “Tron Jam”, playing the accompaniment to the movie as it played on a projector screen behind them. The jams were already flowing after two five-song sets to get the night started, the second of which closed with a rendition of “Spaga” featuring a New Year’s-appropriate “The Final Countdown” intro. One of the more epic NYE shenanigans the Disco Biscuits bestowed upon the venue was their 2015 New Year’s Eve show surrounding the cult classic 1982 Disney film, TRON. They will also mark the final shows ever at PlayStation Theater, as the venue will close its doors at the end of the year.Īs we prepare for The Disco Biscuits’ 2019 New Year’s run and the closing of PlayStation Theater, we took a look back at ten of the most memorable Biscuits moments at the venue through the years. This run of shows, set to take place on December 27th, 28th, 30th, and 31st, will bring The Disco Biscuits’ overall total number of performances at the Times Square venue to 40. While this newly announced run of shows marks the first true “tour” for the band in a decade, the schedule of shows includes a notable run at a more familiar haunt: A four-night New Year’s Eve run at New York’s PlayStation Theater. In the wake of all the hype surrounding the band’s newly announced winter tour and a forthcoming new album, it’s hard to not get excited about this new chapter. The Disco Biscuits are back, baby! Set break is over. ![]()
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