King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Kick Off ‘Phantom Island’ Orchestra Tour In Philadelphia

King Gizzard & The Lizard’s tour supporting their new orchestral album, Phantom Island, kicked off with a concert featuring the band joined by The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Opening night at The Mann featured a complete performance of Phantom Island, followed by other songs from the prodigious band’s deep catalog.

The show began with the album’s opening title track, “Phantom Island,” introducing the performance. KGLW and the orchestra – conducted by Sarah Hicks – continued through the next nine songs on the album, in the same order as its tracklist. The Phantom Island songs were all live debuts except for the closing track, “Grow Wings and Fly.”

After completing the Phantom Island song-by-song recreation, King Gizzard played “The Dripping Tap,” which was the only selection of the night not to include the orchestra’s participation.

Rolling through additional KGLW originals with the orchestra, the set continued with “The River” (Parts I, II and IV), “Crumbling Castle” (with an outro for the first time), “This Thing,” “Mars For the Rich,” “Dragon” and “Iron Lung.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Orchestra Tour continues tomorrow, Wednesday, July 30 at the Westville Music Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. Scroll on for videos of opening night at The Mann in Philly.

Setlist (via KGLW.net)

Orchestra Set One: Phantom Island[1], Deadstick[1], Lonely Cosmos[1] > Eternal Return[1], Panpsych[1], Spacesick[1], Aerodynamic[1], Sea of Doubt[1], Silent Spirit[1], Grow Wings and Fly[2] -> The Dripping Tap[3], The River[4], Crumbling Castle[5], This Thing[2], Mars For the Rich[2], Dragon[2], Iron Lung[2]

Notes:

• [1] Debut, with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
• [2] with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
• [3] incomplete
• [4] Parts I, II, and IV; with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
• [5] first time with outro; with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

Show Notes:

This show featured the debut of Phantom Island, Deadstick, Lonely Cosmos, Eternal Return, Panpsych, Spacesick, Aerodynamic, Sea of Doubt, and Silent Spirit and was played with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia conducted by Sarah Hicks. During Grow Wings and Fly, which contained Am I In Heaven? teases, Stu thanked the venue, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and Sarah Hicks. The Dripping Tap contained Am I In Heaven? teases and was performed without The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Only parts I, II, and IV of The River were played. Crumbling Castle was played with the outro (without vocals) for the first time.