Incubus recently launched a US arena tour celebrating their fourth album, 2001’s Morning View, and featuring support from Coheed and Cambria. On Thursday night (August 29th), the outing made a stop at a sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Coheed and Cambria kicked off the evening promptly at 7:40 pm as fans filed into the “World’s Most Famous Arena.” The hometown heroes received a massive cheer from the crowd as they launched into the set with the title track from their second studio album, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, with frontman Claudio Sanchez striking a crab-like pose during some of the song’s most intense moments.
The band kept the momentum going with the fan-favorite “Ten Speed (Of God’s Blood and Burial),” as Sanchez swapped his custom Jackhammer guitar for a white Gibson Explorer, proudly displaying the Puerto Rican flag by the guitar’s tailpiece. Coheed continued with “Blood Red Summer,” leading into another gem from their second studio record, “A Favor House Atlantic.” As they’ve done throughout their summer tour, the band treated the crowd to a new song, the energetic punk-rock anthem “Blindside Sunny.”
With the venue nearly full and the energy high, Coheed followed with a triple dose from their latest studio album, Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, performing “A Disappearing Act,” “Shoulders,” and “The Liars Club.” To close out their set, the band whipped their fans into a frenzy with “Welcome Home.”
At 9:00 p.m. sharp, Incubus made their way onto the MSG stage. By this time, the Garden was packed to the rafters, as singer Brandon Boyd and company proceeded to play Morning View front-to-back, starting with leadoff track and Top 10 rock hit “Nice to Know You.”
Among the Morning View portion of the setlist were other radio hits like “Wish You Were Here” and “Warning,” which each got a huge response from the crowd. Deeper album tracks like “Circles” and “Echo” also garnered a lot of love from the audience, as Boyd’s voice was in fine form throughout the show.