Tokyo Police Club on farewell tour – pics & setlist from LA with Born Ruffians

Long-running Toronto band Tokyo Police Club are on their farewell tour, which wraps up in November with four nights in their home city. They just finished a two-night run at Los Angeles’ The Regent Theater with Born Ruffians, where stuck to a similar setlist both nights, playing largely from their first two albums, 2008’s Elephant Shell and 2010’s Champ, but also including favorites from throughout their discography, and swapping out some songs; night one got “Favorite Colour,” “Breakneck Speed,” “Graves,” “DLTFWYH,” “If It Works,” and “Your English Is Good,” while night two got “Not Sick,” “Hot Tonight,” “Sixties Remake,” “Pigs,” “Shoulders & Arms,” and “Listen to the Math.” They also started each night’s acoustic section with a different cover, The Strokes’ “Under Control” on night one and The White Stripes’ “Hotel Yorba” on night two, inviting the crowd to sing along. See both nights’ setlists, and photos from night two by Wei Shi below.

Tokyo Police Club will be out through the end of the month on the West Coast with a second leg of dates resuming in late October, hitting NYC for shows at Irving Plaza on November 19 and 20. See all remaining dates below.

SETLIST: TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ THE REGENT THEATER, 9/25/2024
Favourite Food
Favourite Colour
Breakneck Speed
Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
Centennial
In a Cave
Juno
Graves
New Blues
Simple Dude
DLTFWYH
PCH
Hands Reversed
End of a Spark
Bambi
Frankenstein
Under Control (The Strokes cover, acoustic)
The Harrowing Adventures Of… (acoustic)
Ready to Win (acoustic)
Nature of the Experiment
Citizens of Tomorrow
If It Works
Be Good
Tessellate

Encore:
Argentina (Parts I, II, III)
Cheer It On
Your English Is Good

SETLIST: TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ THE REGENT THEATER, 9/26/2024
Favourite Food
Not Sick
Hot Tonight
Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
Centennial
In a Cave
Juno
Sixties Remake
New Blues
Simple Dude
Pigs
PCH
Hands Reversed
End of a Spark
Bambi
Frankenstein
Hotel Yorba (The White Stripes cover, acoustic)
The Harrowing Adventures Of… (acoustic)
Ready to Win (acoustic)
Nature of the Experiment
Citizens of Tomorrow
Shoulders & Arms
Be Good

Encore:
Argentina (Parts I, II, III)
Listen to the Math
Tessellate

TOKYO POLICE CLUB: 2024 TOUR DATES
Sep 28 Sat House of Blues San Diego, CA, United States *
Sep 29 Sun The Nile Theater Mesa, AZ, United States *
Oct 8 Tue Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY, United States *
Oct 9 Wed Saint Andrew’s Hall Detroit, MI, United States *
Oct 11 Fri Pickering Casino Resort Pickering, ON, Canada
Oct 12 Sat Théâtre Beanfield Montréal, QC, Canada
Oct 30 Wed Summit Music Hall Denver, CO, United States
Nov 1 Fri Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN, United States
Nov 2 Sat Majestic Theatre Madison, WI, United States
Nov 3 Sun House of Blues Chicago, IL, United States
Nov 5 Tue The Pageant St Louis, MO, United States
Nov 7 Thu The Echo Lounge & Music Hall Dallas, TX, United States *
Nov 8 Fri Aztec Theatre San Antonio, TX, United States *
Nov 9 Sat Emo’s Austin Austin, TX, United States *
Nov 11 Mon Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA, United States *
Nov 12 Tue Music Farm Charleston, SC, United States *
Nov 14 Thu Howard Theatre Washington, DC, United States *
Nov 15 Fri Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA, United States *
Nov 16 Sat Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA, United States *
Nov 19 Tue Irving Plaza New York, NY, United States *
Nov 20 Wed Irving Plaza New York, NY, United States *
Nov 22 Fri Algonquin Commons Theatre Ottawa, ON, Canada #
Nov 23 Sat London Music Hall London, ON, Canada #
Nov 26 Tue HISTORY Toronto, ON, Canada
Nov 27 Wed HISTORY Toronto, ON, Canada
Nov 28 Thu HISTORY Toronto, ON, Canada
Nov 29 Fri HISTORY Toronto, ON, Canada

* with Born Ruffians
# with Menno Versteeg