Pavement played their first show in nearly 12 years (setlist, video, pics)

Manny Sanchez

Pavement's reunion tour kicked off Monday night (5/23) in Los Angeles at The Fonda Theatre, serving as a warm-up for next week's Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. Their first in 4,199 days (that's nearly 12 years), the Fonda show featured lots of songs that never got played during their last reunion tour, including "Harness Your Hopes," a b-side that has become their most-played song on Spotify. You can watch video of that below.

Other songs newly dusted off: Brighten the Corners' "Embassy Row" "Transport is Arranged" and "Type Slowly" (last played in 1997), Wowee Zowee's "Serpentine Pad," "Motion Suggests" and "Blackout" (last played in '96/'97), Terror Twilight's "Major Leagues" and "Folk Jam" (last played in 1999) and Slanted & Enchanted's "Flame Throwa," which hadn't been played in 29 years.

Their Fonda setlist also included "Our Singer," "Frontwards," "Trigger Cut," "Gold Soundz," "Two States," "The Hexx," "Shoot the Singer," "Cut Your Hair," "Range Life," "Shady Lane," Summer Babe," and more. Pavement ended their second encore with "Here" and a cover of Jim Pepper's "Witchi Tai To."

Check out the setlist and more fan-taken pics and video below.

In addition to Stephen Malkmus, Spiral Stairs, Bob Nastanovich, Mark Ibold and Steve West, Pavement are joined on this tour by Wild Flag's Rebecca Cole on keyboards.

Pavement's North American fall tour includes NYC shows at Kings Theatre on September 30 and October 1, 2, and 3. All dates are listed below.

Pick up Pavement albums on vinyl, including the Terror Twilight deluxe edition and the new Westing (By Musket & Sextant) repress, in the BV shop.

We talked to Destroyer's Dan Bejar, Nada Surf's Matthew Caws, and more about Pavement's enduring influence. We also rounded up some of the best Pavement covers by other artists.

SETLIST: Pavement @ The Fonda Theatre 5/23/2022 (via)
Our Singer
Frontwards
Embassy Row (First time since 1997)
Black Out (First time since 1997)
Trigger Cut
Kennel District
Spit on a Stranger
Gold Soundz
Transport Is Arranged (First time since 1997)
Serpentine Pad (First time since 1996)
Motion Suggests (First time since 1996)
Two States
The Hexx
Shoot the Singer
Grounded
Harness Your Hopes (First time since 1999)
Silence Kid
Cut Your Hair
Type Slowly (First time since 1997; Extended jam)
Perfume-V
Fame Throwa (First time since 1993)
Range Life
Folk Jam (First time since 1999)

Encore:
Shady Lane
Unfair
Grave Architecture (First time since 1999)
Major Leagues (First time since 1999)
Summer Babe
Encore 2:
Here
Witchi Tai To (Jim Pepper cover) (Live debut by Pavement)

Pavement - 2022 Tour
Thursday, June 2 Primavera Sound, Barcelona ES
Friday, June 10 NOS Primavera Sound, Porto PT
Wednesday, September 7 Balboa Theatre, San Diego CA (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, September 8, Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles CA (SOLD OUT)
Friday, September 9 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles CA (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, September 10 Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles CA (SOLD OUT)
Monday, September 12 The Masonic, San Francisco CA
Tuesday, September 13 The Masonic, San Francisco CA
Wednesday, September 14 The Masonic, San Francisco CA
Friday, September 16 Edgefield Amphitheatre, Troutdale OR
Saturday, September 17 The Paramount Theatre, Seattle WA (SOLD OUT)
Monday, September 19 Paramount Theatre, Denver CO
Tuesday, September 20 Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO
Wednesday, September 21 The Palace Theatre, St. Paul MN
Thursday, September 22 Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL (SOLD OUT)
Friday, September 23, Chicago Theatre IL
Saturday, September 24 Masonic Cathedral Theatre, Detroit MI (SOLD OUT)
Monday, September 26 Massey Hall, Toronto ON (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, September 27, Massey Hall, Toronto ON
Wednesday, September 28 Boch Center Wang Theatre, Boston MA (SOLD OUT)
Friday, September 30 Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, October 1 Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, October 2 Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY (SOLD OUT)
Monday, October 3, Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY
Wednesday, October 5 The Met, Philadelphia PA (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, October 6 Warner Theatre, Washington DC (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, October 8 The Eastern, Atlanta GA (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, October 9 The Eastern, Atlanta GA (SOLD OUT)
Monday, October 10, 3Ten At ACL Live, Austin TX (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, October 11 ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin TX (SOLD OUT)
Monday, October 17th 02 Academy, Leeds UK
Tuesday, October 18th Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow UK (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday October 19th Usher Hall, Edinburgh UK
Thursday, October 20th 02 Apollo, Manchester UK
Saturday, October 22nd Roundhouse, London UK (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, October 23rd Roundhouse, London UK
Monday, October 24th Roundhouse, London UK
Tuesday, October 25th Roundhouse, London UK
Thursday, October 27th Le Grand Rex, Paris FR
Saturday, October 29th Vega, Copenhagen DK
Sunday, October 30th Sentrum Scene, Oslo NO
Monday, October 31st SE Cirkus, Stockholm SE
Wednesday, November 2nd VoxHall, Aarhus DK
Friday, November 4th Pier 2, Bremen DE
Saturday, November 5th Tempodrom, Berlin DE
Monday, November 7th Cirque Royal, Brussels BE
Tuesday, November 8th Royal Carré Theater, Amsterdam NL
Thursday, November 10th Vicar Street, Dublin IE (SOLD OUT)
Friday, November 11th Vicar Street, Dublin IE (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, February 15 Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo JP
Thursday, February 16 Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo JP
Saturday, February 18 Namba Hatch, Osaka JP