IDLES & English Teacher @ Rabbit Rabbit, Asheville – September 14th 2024
originally posted on Concert Addicts 2024 September 16.
British punk rock band IDLES has just come off their fourth break in their year-long Love is the Fing World Tour ’24 tour with a sold-out show at Rabbit Rabbit in Asheville, North Carolina. IDLES has not let up on the energy and heartfelt interactions with the crowd.
A few memorable between-songs moments throughout the concert were “free Palestine” chants, Joe Talbot’s declared “Fuck the King” national anthem, and a snippet rendition of “All I Want for Christmas is You”. And in typical IDLES fashion Talbot brought someone up on stage—a teenager who held up a written “PLS SIGN MY BIRTH-DAY DRESS” sign; the teen wore a pink dress with “DRAG IS NOT A CRIME” written on it, to which Talbot responded “…no, drag is not a crime” and gladly signed the dress and gave them a hug.
Love is the thing
(Is the thing, is the thing)
(Is the thing, is the thing)
(Is the thing, is the thing)
(Is the thing, is the thing)
(Is the thing, is the thing)
(Is the thing, is the thing)
Love
English Teacher’s first night of the tour set a great tone for how the rest of the night and surely how the rest of the tour will go. Lily Fontaine stated the band would join the crowd for IDLES’ set and kept up great banter. Fontaine joked how she would like to say that she meant to wear her shirt adorned with two rabbits on it for their night at Rabbit Rabbit, but that she definitely did not do it on purpose. This year English Teacher won the Mercury Prize.
IDLES’ world tour began December 1, 2023 in Hong Kong and ends December 7, 2024 in Manchester. Future show locations include a few more in the United States, along with concerts in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and one in Ireland. Many dates have been sold out but some tickets are available on their website.
IDLES’ Set List
IDEA 01 (Tangk, track 1)
Colossus (Joy as an Act of Resistance, track 1)
Gift Horse (Tangk track 2)
Mr. Motivator (Ultra Mono, track 3)
Mother (Brutalism, track 3)
Car Crash (Crawler, track 4)
I’m Scum (Joy as an Act of Resistance, track 3)
Jungle (Tangk, track 9)
The Wheel (Crawler, track 2)
1049 Gotho (Brutalism, track 6)
When the Lights Come On (Crawler, track 3)
War (Ultra Mono, track 1)
Wizz (Crawler, track 12)
Gratitude (Tangk, track 10)
Benzocaine (Brutalism, track 11)
POP POP POP (Tangk, track 3)
Television (Joy as an Act of Resistance, track 8)
The Beachland Ballroom (Crawler, track 7)
Never Fight a Man with a Perm (Joy as an Act of Resistance, track 2)
Dancer (Tangk, track 6)
Danny Nedelko (Joy as an Act of Resistance, track 4)
Well Done (Brutalism, track 2)
Rottweiler (Joy as an Act of Resistance, track 12)