San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LCD Soundsystem planning two S.F. shows to close out the year
Brooklyn electro-rock act LCD Soundsystem is set to ring in the new year in San Francisco, announcing two shows at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium next month.
The holiday concerts set for Dec. 30-31 follow the band’s successful eight-night Bay Area residency in 2022 and their recent curation of the Re: SET festival at the Frost Amphitheater at Stanford. The mashup crew 2ManyDJs and the musician and performance artist Peaches are also on the bill for both nights.
Tickets went on sale to the general public on Nov. 10 at billgrahamcivic.com.
Leading up to their San
Francisco shows, LCD Soundsystem — best known for the songs “Dance Yrself Clean” and “Daft Punk Is Playing My House” — is scheduled to perform a residency across New York City, with multiple nights at venues Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5 and Knockdown Center.
The band’s leader, James Murphy, earlier this year expressed a desire to move away from the relentless touring lifestyle.
“We really wanted to stop living like that,” he wrote in a statement posted to Facebook in March. “We talked about just playing some shows in New York, since most of us live here, and not making it too big of a deal. Like, just playing because we like it and because we like one another. Just be a New York band for a bit. And maybe we’ll do something like that every year. Just stay in shape, if that makes sense.”
In addition to cutting back on live performances, LCD Soundsystem plans to focus on releasing singles rather than full-length albums.
“We’re looking forward to the rest of the shows we’re playing this year. It’s not overwhelming, so I can work on new music and we can all be human beings,” Murphy continued. “Maybe we’ll just play other places next year, moving around to cities we like to play, where we’re wanted, etc.”