Behind the Setlist

K.Flay (Kristine Flaherty) released her latest album, MONO, on Sept. 15, 2023 on Giant Music. Known for songs like "High Enough" and "Blood in the Cut," K.Flay says she recorded MONO like it was a debut album. "I just didn't have a ton of judgment," she says. "In a good way. I wasn't self censoring, or self judging, going, 'Man, that's a stupid idea.'" The result is "a no-holds-barred futuristic rock record" (When the Horn Blows) with "a fresh and rare auditory experience" (Spill Magazine). On Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast, K.Flay talks about her live shows, how she connects with her audience, the value of collaborating with other musicians, her hesitancy to use social media, how artists deal with mental health issues and what she does when she comes off stage. Links K Flay home page K Flay tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney join Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast (Glenn Peoples from Billboard and Jay Gilbert from Label Logic) to talk about the upcoming album, Ohio Players, out April 5. The debut single, "Beautiful People (Stay High)" and other tracks were inspired by the rock, R&B and funk 7" singles they played during their Black Keys Record Hang gigs at clubs around the U.S., Europe and Mexico City in 2023. "The way that a lot of those classic 45s are, there's there's no wasted space," says Carney. The guys talk about writing the song "On the Game" with Noel Gallagher of Oasis fame at a studio in London and, separately, the advice his brother Liam Gallagher gave them about how to build a setlist for a festival gig. The Black Keys currently have some European dates set for April and May and one U.S. date, the NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend two-day festival on July 6. Links The Black Keys home page The Black Keys tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil Finn of Crowded House joined Billboard's Behind the Setlist podcast to chat about the band's upcoming album, Gravity Stairs, out May 31 through BMG, and the first single, "Oh Hi" (watch the amazing video at YouTube here). Neil shares some insights into the songwriting craft, the band's live performances and Crowded House's long history. Crowded House was formed in 1985 after the break-up of Neil's previous band Split Enz ("I Got You," "Message to My Girl"). The group's 1986 debut album was a huge success in the U.S., the group's native Australia and New Zealand and elsewhere. "Don't Dream It's Over" reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 singles chart in 1987, and "Something So Strong" reached No. 7 the same year. The band went on to continued success with the albums Temple of Low Men in 1988, Woodface in 1991 and Together Alone in 1993. After a pause, Crowded House returned with Time on Earth in 2007 and Intriguer in 2010. After yet another pause, they returned with Dreamers are Waiting in 2021. Links Crowded House home page Crowded House tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Success — and longevity — isn't lost on Barenaked Ladies' Ed Robertson. "It just seems unreal to me that I've been in a band called Barenaked Ladies for three and a half decades," Robertson tells Behind the Setlist. Best known for their 1998 hit "One Week" and the theme song to the comedy TV show "Big Bang Theory," Barenaked Ladies is still going strong. They released their 14th studio album, In Flight, in September 2023 and are preparing for a U.K. tour in the spring before returning to more shows in the States. The band's joyous live shows have earned them a huge touring business at arenas and amphitheaters through the U.S. and Canada, their home country. Robertson says the band chose build a career in North America rather than try to break in Europe, Latin America and Asia. "We'll take any gig," says Robertson, "and we will deliver." Links: Barenaked Ladies homepage Barenaked Ladies tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No other band sounds like Gogol Bordello. Frontman Eugene Hütz has crafted a caustic blend of styles that meld his affection for punk with the Romani music from his native Ukraine. Gogol Bordello released its ninth studio album, Solidartine, in 2022. This year, Hütz launched a new label, Casa Gogol Records, with a collaboration with New Order's Bernard Sumner, "Solidarity," and put out a track to benefit Ukraine, "United Strike Back," featuring Tre Cool (Green Day), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Joe Lally (Fugazi) and Roger Miret (Agnostic Front). Links Gogol Bordello home page Gogol Bordello tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Summers is best known as the guitarist in The Police. But in certain circles, he's also known as an accomplished photographer with numerous books and his own camera, the Leica M Monochrome "Signature" by Andy Summers. Andy is currently mixing his two passions with A Cracked Lens + Missing String, a solo tour in the U.S. and Canada where he performs in front of a backdrop of his photographs. His latest book, A Series of Glances, was released by ACC Art Books on April 12, 2023. He joins Behind the Setlist to talk about his musical influences, his travels around the world and performing with The Police, as a solo artist and as a member of Call the Police, a Police cover band that features Rodrigo Santos (Red Baron /Barão Vermelho)on bass and vocals and Joao Barone (Os Paralamas do Sucesso) on drums. Links Andy Summers home page Andy Summers tour dates Andy Summers tour history at Setlist.fm Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield joins Behind the Setlist to talk about her upcoming album, her concert setlists and her long career in music. Juliana will release her 20th solo studio album on Nov. 17 — Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO, a collection of 10 covers of songs by Electric Light Orchestra. It's Juliana's third album of covers songs after Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John in 2018 and Juliana Hatfield Sings the Police in 2019. Her career began with the Blake Babies while she was a student at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After a brief stint playing bass in The Lemonheads, her breakthrough came in 1994 when her song "Spin the Bottle," released by The Juliana Hatfield Three, appeared on the soundtrack to the Winona Ryder-Ethan Hawke film Reality Bites. More recently, she paired with Paul Westerberg, known best as the frontman of The Replacements, to form a duo called The I Don't Cares and release an album, Wild Stab, in 2016. Links Juliana Hatfield home page Juliana Hatfield tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Potter's '70s influences come through on her new album, Mother Road (out August 18 through Fantasy Records). The Vermont native built her name as the leader of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, sang on a hit song ("You and Tequilla" in 2010) with country star Kenny Chesney and had a song ("Something That I Want") on the 2010 Disney movie Tangled. Now with countless tour dates and five solo albums under her belt, Grace joins Behind the Setlist to talk about the meaning behind Mother Road, the new material, how she chooses songs to play in her sets, her '70s and '90s musical influences, her music festival and advice a record executive gave to a young Grace Potter. In this episode: 4:50 The meaning behind Mother Road 5:30 What Grace did during the lockdown 9:00 Playing Red Rocks Amphitheatre 10:30 How the setlist changes night to night 13:00 Considering photographers when choosing the first three songs 15:00 Her parents record collection and making mix tapes 19:00 Covering Lee Hazlewood’s “Some Velvet Morning” with Lukas Nelson 22:50 Playing “Something That I Want” at Red Rocks 25:30 Playing the (at the time) unreleased “Rose Colored Rearview” 29:40 Singing “You and Tequilla” with Kenny Chesney 31:00 The status of the Grand Point North Festival? 34:00 A young Grace Potter getting advice from a record executive 40:00 Picking the songs to close a set Links: Grace Potter home page Grace Potter tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rock-folk-blues musician Peter Case began busking in San Francisco in the '70s, co-founded the Nerves ("Hanging on the Telephone") in 1974 and the Plimsouls ("A Million Miles Away") in 1978 and has been a solo artist since 1986. Since three albums for Geffen Records, Case has recorded for indie labels such as Vanguard, Yep Roc and, most recently, Sunset Blvd. Records. On his 16th studio album, Doctor Moan (released March 31, 2023), Case trades his acoustic guitar for a piano and Hammond B3 organ with often stunning results. His life and career were examined in the excellent 2023 documentary Peter Case: A Million Miles Away. Links: Peter Case home page Peter Case tour dates Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Billboard podcast page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Les Claypool is the co-founder of the rock band Primus and is currently touring with the return of Colonel Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, one of his many bands and collaborations that showcase his unique skills on the bass and a penchant for psychedelic, absurdist and oddball music. The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade tours through July 15 and breaks until a gig at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA, on Oct. 11. That tour continues through Nashville, TN, on Oct. 31. Inside the episode: 3:10 The origins of Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade 6:00 Les talks about his music influences: Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, John Paul Jones, Larry Graham and Louis Clark, among others. 8:20 The origins of his music’s humor and absurdist qualities came from his love of British comedy. Where did the psychedelic element of Primus and other Claypool come from? 11:18 Les talks about his equipment, first the Rickenbacker 4001, then a Carl Thompson, and later designing his own instruments. 13:52 Why do so many musicians want to collaborate with Les? 15:45 The current set lists includes Pink Floyd’s Animals but gives the band room to play other material and improvise. 19:00 They want to do a longer set in the fall, without an opening band, to have more room to play songs other than the songs from Animals. 20:25 Who goes to the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade shows? 22:26 Les talks about his winery, Claypool Cellars. Links: Les Claypool home page Les Claypool tour dates Claypool Cellars Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arguably the best band named after a Monty Python sketch, Toad the Wet Sprocket sprung from Santa Barbara, CA, to popularity in the early '90s on the strength of the platinum albums Fear ("All I Want," "Walk on the Ocean") and Dulcinea ("Fall Down," "Something's Always Wrong") that captured the spirit of the alternative rock of the era. Their latest album, Starting Now, was released in 2021 and shows the band hasn't lost a step. Singer Glen Phillips and bass player Dean Dinning join Billboard's Behind the Setlist to discuss the band's distinctive sound, the songs they've been playing on tour, covering the Kiss song "Rock and Roll All Night" and much more. Toad the Wet Sprokcet is touring the U.S. through July 19th and starts another run on Sept. 8 in Omaha, NE, that runs through Oct. 14 in Mount Vernon, IL. Links: Toad the Wet Sprocket home page Toad the Wet Sprocket tour dates Jay Gilbert at Label Logic Glenn Peoples at Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Known for the metal anthems "Last Resort" and "Scars," Papa Roach is an enduring figure in the turn-of-the-century nu-metal scene. The band's 2000 album Infest went triple-platinum in the U.S. on the strength of "Last Resort." That was followed by Lovehatetragedy in 2002 (certified gold) and Getting Away with Murder in 2004 (certified platinum). Their concerts are a non-stop barrage that covers the band's twenty-plus years and, recently, a blazing cover of "Firestarter" by electronic act The Prodigy. In a great interview with Billboard's Behind the Setlist, Papa Roach singer Jacoby Shaddix and guitarist Jerry Horton talk about their stage show, maturing, starting their own record label and what T-shirt sells best on tour. The band is hitting the road this summer with European dates through before the opening for Shinedown on The Revolutions Live Tour starting Sept. 3 in St. Lous, MO. Links: Papa Roach home page Papa Roach tour dates Jay Gilbert at Label Logic Glenn Peoples at Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bear Rinehart is the singer and co-founder of NEEDTOBREATHE, a commercially successful rock band founded in South Caroline in 2001. Known for their uplifting, spiritual music, NEEDTOBREATHE has had a string of top 10 albums (The Outsiders, The Reckoning, Rivers in the Wasteland and Hard Love) and performs in arenas and amphitheaters around the U.S. As a solo under performing under the name Wilder Woods, Rinehart takes a rootsy, Americana bent while retaining NEEDTOBREATHE's ability to move and inspire. His second album as Wilder Woods, FEVER/SKY, was released March 24 by Dualtone Records. Wilder Woods will perform at the The Roxy in Los Angeles on May 16, Red Rocks Amphitheatre (supporting the Avett Brothers) on July 8 and the Moon River Music Festival in Chattanooga, TN, on Sept. 10. NEEDTOBREATHE's 2023 dates includes July 12 in Myrtle Beach, SC, Aug. 13 in Fort Wayne, IN, and Sept. 8 at the Kansas State Fair. Links: NEEDTOBREATHE home page Wilder Woods home page and tour dates NEEDTOBREATHE tour history at Setlist.fm Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Billboard's podcast page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blues musician Joe Bonamassa just had his 26th No. 1 album on the Billboard Blues Albums chart with Tales of Time, a live recording of his 2021 album Time Clocks recorded in 2022 at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. Joe talks to Behind the Setlist about his latest tour, the concert that became Tales of Time, covering songs by Tom Waits and ZZ Top, which younger blues musicians he thinks are exciting, and his not-for-profit, Keeping the Blues Alive, that raises money for music education and helped cash-strapped musicians during the pandemic. Joe is currently on tour in Europe and will perform in Germany on May 5 and 6, Luxembourg on May 7 and France on May 10. He will play five dates in the U.K. from May 9 to 14 before returning to the U.S. to perform at the Capitol Theatre in Yakima, WA, on May 26 and the Backroad Blues Festival with Kenny Wayne Sheppard in Bend, OR, on May 27. Links: Joe Bonamassa home page Joe Bonamassa tour dates Joe Bonamassa tour and setlist history at Setlist.fm Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Billboard's podcast page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Queen of Country Pop," Shania Twain talked with Behind the Setlist about preparing for her upcoming tour, her latest album (Queen of Me, released Feb. 3 by Republic Records), how performing other artists' songs early in her career helped make her the entertainer she is today and how she overcame adversity to become one of the biggest country stars. Twain's trio of albums from 1995 to 2002 rewrote the rulebook on what country music looked and sounded like. The Woman in Me from 1995 (featuring "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" and "Any Man of Mine") has sold more than 20 million units worldwide. Come On Over from 1997 produced 12 singles (including "You're Still the One" and "That Don't Impress Me Much") and has sold more than 40 million units worldwide. Up! from 2002 spent 5 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and spent a total of 93 weeks on the chart. Twain's tour supporting Queen of Me begins April 28 in Seattle, WA and runs across North America through July, heads to the U.K. and Ireland in September and returns to the North America in October and November. Links: Shania Twain home page Shania Twain tour dates Shania Twain tour history at Setlist.fm Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Billboard podcast page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Gaskarth is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band All Time Low. Formed in 2003 in Maryland, All Time Low released its ninth studio album, Tell Me I'm Alive, on March 17 on Fueled By Ramen. Gaskarth talks to Behind the Setlist about the new songs' heavy use of piano, playing crowd favorites like "Dear Maria, Count Me In," and touring through some of Europe's great cities. The band tours the U.S. from May to July and will perform at the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas in October. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Fitzpatrick is the singer and founder of the Los Angeles band Fitz & the Tantrums. Known best for the singles "Out of My League," "Handclap" and "The Walker," Fitz & the Tantrums' career spans retro soul to '80s-inspired pop. The common thread is the band's knack for memorable hooks and tight, punchy songwriting. Its latest album, Let Yourself Free, is its fifth studio album and fourth for Elektra Records. The band is hitting the road this September with Goo Goo Dolls. In addition, they will perform at the Moon Crush festival in Miramar Beach, Florida on April 23 and Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 23. Links Fitz & the Tantrums home page Fitz & the Tantrums concert history at Setlist.fm Jay Gilbert & Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Rzeznik is a co-founder of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls. He produced much of the band's 2022 album, Chaos in Bloom (Warner Bros). Rzeznik is best known as the voice behind a few big hits from the '90s: "Name" from 1995's A Boy Named Goo and "Iris" from 1998's Dizzy Up The Girl. The band is hitting the road in the summer of 2023 with dates in Ireland and Great Britain and will cover the U.S. in the Big Night Out tour with O.A.R. and Fitz & the Tantrums. Links Goo Goo Dolls home page Goo Goo Dolls at Billboard Goo Goo Dolls tour history at Setlist.fm Billboard podcasts Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Thayil was a co-founder and guitarist of rock band Soundgarden. Kim joined Behind the Setlist to talk about the songs and setlists of the band's final tour in 2017. Formed 33 years earlier in Seattle, Soundgarden played its final show on May 17, 2017 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, MI. Singer Chris Cornell died the next morning. In addition to helping spawn Seattle's grunge scene in the late '80s and reshape popular music in the '90s, Soundgarden had an incredible string of successful albums in the '90s: 1991's Badmotorfinger, 1994's Superunknown (No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart) and 1996's Down on the Upside (No. 2 on the Billboard 200). It had three songs reach No. 2 on the Alternative Airplay chart: "Black Hole Sun" in 1994, and "Pretty Noose" and "Burden in My Hand" in 1996. Links: Soundgarden's tour history at Setlist.fm Billboard's podcasts Jay Gilbert @ Label Logic Glenn Peoples @ Billboard Glenn Peoples @ Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behind the Setlist is rebroadcasting its first episode from May 2022, an incredible conversation with the one and only Andy Grammer. You may have recently seen Grammer perform at the 100th annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington D.C. And you probably know Grammer for such songs as "Keep Your Head Up" and "Don't Give Up On Me." Billboard talked to Grammer earlier in 2022 about putting people in a good mood at his concerts. “The word positive is cheesy," he said. You’re at a loss to begin with. You’re just starting down 20 points.” But, at the same time, “we all need optimism." Grammer also talks about how he chooses songs to put in a setlist and how he uses poetry to connect with his audiences. If you missed this episode the first time around, you're in for a treat. Links: Andy Grammer talks positivity, poetry and Louis Prima on debut Behind the Setlist podcast Andy Grammer home page Andy Grammer tour history at Setlist.fm Billboard's podcast page Glenn Peoples at Billboard Jay Gilbert at Label Logic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices