Two veterans of alternative rock, Weezer and Pixies, are once again out on a co-headlining tour together (like they did last year too), and last night (3/12) they played their largest NYC-area show of this tour yet, Madison Square Garden. Like the rest of the tour, this show was opened by UK band Basement, who clearly take a lot of influence from both Weezer and Pixies, and this show also had New York art rock greats TV on the Radio (whose Dave Sitek produced Weezer's new Black Album).

Black Album isn't so hot, but fortunately Weezer only played one song from it last night ("Can't Knock the Hustle"). They actually played more songs from the covers album that came out earlier this year (Toto's "Africa," a-ha's "Take On Me," and TLC's "No Scrubs"). Weezer otherwise did a greatest hits set heavy on the Blue Album. They opened with the barbershop version of "Buddy Holly" that they just played on Fallon, and they also played the regular version of that song later in the set, along with "My Name Is Jonas," "El Scorcho," "Undone - The Sweater Song," "Surf Wax America," "Pork and Beans," "Island in the Sun," "Beverly Hills," "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly," "Hash Pipe," "Say It Ain't So," and more.

Pixies, who did a Come On Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa tour right before this tour with Weezer, also stuck mostly to classics, playing a set that pulled almost entirely from their '80s/'90s era with favorites like "Here Comes Your Man," "Where Is My Mind?," "Gouge Away," "Monkey Gone to Heaven," "Gigantic," "Rock Music," "Isla de Encanta," "Caribou," "Hey," "Vamos," and more. They also played two new songs, presumably off their upcoming album.

Pictures of Weezer and Pixies are in the gallery above. Videos of Weezer, Pixies, and TVOTR, and setlists of all four bands below.

Weezer Setlist (via)

Buddy Holly (Barbershop version)

My Name Is Jonas

(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To

El Scorcho

Buddy Holly

Undone - The Sweater Song

Africa (Toto cover)

Surf Wax America

Pork and Beans

Can't Knock the Hustle

Island in the Sun

No Scrubs (TLC cover)

Up the Beach (Jane’s Addiction cover)

Beverly Hills

You Gave Your Love to Me Softly

Perfect Situation

Hash Pipe

Encore:

Take On Me (a‐ha cover)

Say It Ain't So

Pixies Setlist (via)

Nimrod's Son

Here Comes Your Man

Where Is My Mind?

Death Horizon

Motorway to Roswell

Gouge Away

Classic Masher

Monkey Gone to Heaven

Gigantic

Rock Music

Isla de Encanta

In the Witching Hour

Caribou

Hey

Winterlong (Neil Young cover)

Vamos

TV on the Radio Setlist (via)

Young Liars

Lazerray

Golden Age

Happy Idiot

Could You

Wolf Like Me

Staring At The Sun

Basement Setlist (via)

Whole

Aquasun

Disconnect

Be Here Now

Promise Everything

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photos by Mathieu Bredeau