The Go! Team played ‘Thunder, Lightning, Strike’ & more @ Irving Plaza w/ La Sécurité (pics, video, setlist)

The Go! Team‘s debut album, Thunder, Lightning, Strike, turned 20 in September, and the band are celebrating by playing it in full on tour. They hit NYC on Friday night for a spirited show at Irving Plaza. The crowd was ready to celebrate, too, and The Go! Team brought the party; between vocalist/rapper Ninja and bandleader Ian Parton (who switched instruments a lot, including a lot of time behind a second drum kit), energy levels were at max. Thunder, Lightning, Strike‘s mix of twee indie and hip hop has held up well, and they finished of the album set with Ninja crowdsurfing as the band played “Everyone’s a VIP to Someone.” The Go! Team came back for another seven songs and closed the night with one of their best, “Apollo Throwdown,” from 2011’s Rolling Blackouts. Fun show.

Priming the audience were Montreal’s La Sécurité, who were probably not that well known to the crowd but had won them over by the time they played their new single “Detour,” their first release since signing to Bella Union. 

Check out photos by Ryan Muir of the whole show, plus video and setlist of The Go! Team, below.

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SETLIST: The Go! Team @ Irving Plaza 11/1/2024
Panther Dash
Ladyflash
Feelgood by Numbers
The Power Is On
Get It Together
We Just Won’t Be Defeated
Junior Kickstart
Air Raid GTR
Bottle Rocket
Friendship Update
Hold Yr Terror Close
Huddle Formation
Everyone’s a V.I.P. to Someone
Whammy-O
Mayday
Grip Like a Vice
Rolling Blackouts
T.O.R.N.A.D.O.
Keys to the City
Apollo Throwdown