Umphreys McGee To Bring New Years Run Back To Denver
By Scott Bernstein Jul 6, 2015 • 7:20 am PDT
Umphrey’s McGee last held their annual New Year’s Run in Denver two years ago at the end of 2013. This year’s run will consist of four shows in Colorado according to keyboardist Joel Cummins’ banter from stage, which followed a video that revealed the December 30th, December 31st and January 2nd performances will take place at The Fillmore Auditorium. No word on what’s in store for January 1st yet other than it will be “a special one-of-a-kind Umphrey’s event” which will be detailed in the coming weeks. An umVIP on-sale and pre-sale of specially priced three-show tickets for the Fillmore performances will begin this Friday, July 10, at 10:00 a.m. MT. KBCO and Live Nation will each host a pre-sale on Thursday, July 16, from 10:00 a.m. thru 10:00 p.m. MT. The public on-sale begins Friday, July 17, at 10:00 a.m. MT.
Watch the video announcement:
The Chicago rockers took the Red Rocks stage after opening sets from Papadosio and TAUK. UM kicked off their first set with a fitting cover of “In The Hall Of The Mountain King,” a song originally performed by Edvard Grieg that the band hadn’t performed in 250 shows (last time played -February 17, 2013). The first set continued with the start of a “Puppet String” that wouldn’t be completed until the end of the encore. Umphrey’s opening stanza also included an inventive “Mulche’s Odyssey” > “Higgins” > “Mulche’s Odyssey” sequence as well as the pairing of “Pay The Snucka” > “Rocker Part 2,” “The Pequod” > “Pay The Snucka.”
UM came out for the second set with a “Ringo” that featured teases of GN’R’s “Paradise City.” They then treated the capacity crowd to the alternate version of “Cut The Cable.” LD Jefferson Waful’s spectacular light show was on full display during a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” that led into the end of “Ringo.” Umphrey’s was joined by old friend Steve Krojniewski for the “Bad Friday” that came next. The second set ended with another inventive song sequence as “Believe The Lie” was snuck into the middle of “Divisions.” A “The Triple Wide” > “Puppet String” encore brought the show to a close.
See you in a few months, Colorado. #NYE
— Umphrey's McGee (@umphreysmcgee) July 4, 2015 Setlist (via All Things Umphreys)
Set 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King > Puppet String > 2nd Self, Go to Hell > Mulche’s Odyssey > Higgins > Mulche’s Odyssey, No Diablo, Pay the Snucka > Rocker Part 2, The Pequod > Pay the Snucka
Set 2: Ringo[1] -> Cut the Cable[2] > Shine On You Crazy Diamond > Ringo[1], Bad Friday[3], Divisions -> Believe the Lie > Divisions
Encore: The Triple Wide > Puppet String
[1] with Paradise City (Guns N’ Roses) teases
[2] “alt” version
[3] with Steve Krojniewski on percussion; with Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Michael Jackson) jam
Support: Papadosio and TAUK
