Keanu Reeves‘ grunge band Dogstar performed their first gig in 20 years final night time (Might 27) – watch footage from their set on the BottleRocket competition under.
The band launched two albums, 1996’s ‘Our Little Visionary’ and 2000’s ‘Completely happy Ending’, earlier than calling it quits in 2002. Reeves performed bass within the band and curiosity in them grew as his performing profession started to take off.
After reuniting final summer time, the band not too long ago revealed that they’re getting ready to launch their first new music in 23 years, and performed their first dwell set in many years on Saturday night time.
On the present, the band debuted new music alongside songs from ‘Our Little Visionary’ and ‘Completely happy Ending’, with Reeves telling Billboard of the band: “It’s an area that I really like, and an area that I attempted to guard.”
Watch footage from the present and see pictures and the total setlist under.
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Each time they present Keanu on the jumbo display there are bursts of screams — and never simply from me 😂🤩 #BottleRock pic.twitter.com/36IhqKbU6V
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Dogstar performed:
‘Lust’
‘Dawn’
‘How The Story Ends’
‘All the things Turns Round’
‘Blonde’
‘Lily’
‘Glimmer’
‘Sleep’
‘Shallow Straightforward’
‘Flowers’
‘Upside’
‘Breach’
Discussing their comeback on a newly-launched Instagram account, Dogstar informed followers: “Thanks everybody for the sort feedback. We’re overjoyed to see such a response. Truthfully, didn’t anticipate this. It makes us need to play out much more.
“We will probably be rolling out some new music this summer time, adopted by some gigs. As quickly because it’s all discovered we are going to let everybody know instantly. A lot to do, however relaxation assured, we’re on it and have assembled a implausible workforce which are serving to us.”
They added: “We’re additionally going to make a music video to assist our first tune. That’s all I can say now. Can’t wait to share our new music with everybody. It’s essentially the most satisfying and significant batch of songs we’ve ever completed. Thanks once more for being so affected person with us. We actually have the most effective, most loyal followers!”
Late final 12 months, the band made their return to the dwell stage with a personal present “for the unbelievable individuals who made our new album attainable”.
