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Matchbox Twenty Plays Debut In Its Entirety For First Time

October 15, 2026

Matchbox Twenty press photo

Matchbox Twenty went back to their beginnings Monday (10/12), when for the first time in their careers they played their debut LP Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) in its entirety from front to back at the Fonda Theater on Hollywood Blvd.

The band’s core remains Rob Thomas (lead vocals, piano), Kyle Cook (lead guitar, vocals), Brian Yale (bass), and Paul Doucette (rhythm guitar, drums, vocals).

Doucette sat behind the drums on the debut before moving to guitar in their live lineup after original guitarist Adam Gaynor’s took off in 2005.

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