Vampire Weekend took a bite out of The Replacements’ playbook when they treated the fans at their back-to-back shows at Madison Square Garden to a wide assortment of cover tunes from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen to Frank Sinatra and Kate Bush.
The native New Yorkers have covered over 100 artists so far over 41 gigs of their Only God Was Above Us Tour but the band really hit their stride at MSG.
On Saturday, October 5 , the trio fronted by Ezra Koenig, gave the crowd selects from Fall Out Boy, Steely Dan, Culture Club, and The Clash as well as others. Then yesterday, October 6, the two-time Grammy winners did the theme from Seinfeld, “New York, New York,” and a Ramones singalong, among many more.
During their long and drunken career, The Replacements covered over 200 different artists.
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