Could you even imagine being at a show like this?! The stars came out to show tribute to late Mark Lanegan on Thursday night (December 5)! Among them – Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan, Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde and more! Watch video footage and see the killer setlist below!
As you know, Lanegan, the former Screaming Trees singer and QOTSA collaborator passed away in February 2022 at the age of 57. To mark his passing (on what would have been his 60th birthday), ‘Mark Lanegan 60 – A Celebration’ was held at London’s Roundhouse, the venue of his last live appearance in the city.
Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan said, “Lots of other people are gonna sing tonight, and we can all think about Mark for a bit. And now, Mr Bobby Gillespie – Mr G!”
The Primal Scream singer played “one of my favourite songs by Mark” in the form of ‘Driving Death Valley Blues’ before taking it to church with silky outings of ‘Pendulum’ and ‘Sworn And Broken’. He then introduced Mosshart of The Kills, who joined Soulsavers for full-bodied takes on ‘Mockingbirds’, ‘Mud Pink Skag’, ‘When Your Number Isn’t Up’ and ‘Wedding Dress’.
Another highlight from the night was when Soulsavers singers Wendi Rose, T Jae Cole and Janet Ramus took the stage. “This is our tribute to Mark. It’s called ‘Judgement Time’.”
After a stripped-down performance of ‘I Am The Wolf’ from Duke Garwood, The Afghan Whigs and Gutter Twins’ Greg Dulli made the first of various emotional appearances, promising to “kick it up a notch” with a raw and rollicking ‘Methamphetamine Blues’.
Then Ed Harcourt took the lead, “It’s an honour to be here and celebrate Mark and his legacy,” he told the crowd, before playing ‘One Way Street’, and then introducing “the irreplaceably incredible Ms Chrissie Hynde”.
“Oh Mark,” she said, taking the stage, “Are you ready for this?”
Hynde was joined by Lanegan’s widow, Shelley Brien, who took a bow under the invitation Hynde. “This is a sad night for Shelley Lanegan,” said Hynde, “but thank you for being here.”
After ‘Revelator’, QOTSA guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen welcomed “one of my best friends”, singer Josh Homme, who then delivered a suite of tracks. “As someone who got the pleasure of spending way too much time with Mark Lanegan, let me tell you he would have pretended to hate this. But he would have loved to see you all here tonight.”
Homme then invited the “so cool” Mosshart back to the stage for a heartfelt delivery of ‘Come To Me’. After the pair embraced, Homme said: “This next song, when I’m gone, at my funeral which you’re all invited to (it’s next Thursday) I want this song played.”
The ‘Mark Lanegan 60 – A Celebration’ setlist was:
‘Sideways In Reverse’ – Dave Gahan
‘Low’ – Dave Gahan
‘Kingdoms Of Rain’ – Dave Gahan
‘Strange Religion’ – Dave Gahan
‘Driving Death Valley Blues’ – Bobby Gillespie
‘Pendulum’ – Bobby Gillespie
‘Sworn And Broken’ – Bobby Gillespie
‘Mockingbirds’ – Alison Mosshart
‘Mud Pink Skag’ – Alison Mosshart
‘When Your Number Isn’t Up’ – Alison Mosshart
‘Wedding Dress’ – Alison Mosshart
‘Judgement Time’ – Wendi Rose, T Jae Cole, Janet Ramus
‘I Am The Wolf’ – Duke Garwood
‘Methamphetamime Blues’ – Greg Dulli
‘Change Has Come’ – Greg Dulli
‘The Stations’ – Greg Dulli
‘The River Rise’ – Greg Dulli
‘One Way Street’ – Ed Harcourt
‘Kimiko’s Dream House’ – Chrissie Hynde
‘Halcyon Daze’ – Chrissie Hynde
‘Revelator’ – Chrissie Hynde
‘Carnival’ – Josh Homme
‘El Sol’ – Josh Homme
‘Come To Me’ – Josh Homme, Alison Mosshart
‘One Hundred Days’ – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
Encore:
‘Dollar Bill’ – Greg Dulli
‘Revival’ – Dave Gahan
‘Hit The City’ – Dave Gahan, Shelly Lanegan
What an amazing tribute to Lanegan! Which other late rockstar would you like to see get the same sort of treatment?
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