Cake

Travels With

I'm going to see them tomorrow night in Sac.  Looking at their setlist from this tour it looks like they play 10-12 songs.... What?!  Clearly I've been spoiled by concerts in the past.  Has anyone been to see Cake recently?  How long do they usually take the stage?

RW8297

In January in London there was a regular show. 1h30-1h45? Awesome gig.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/cake/2019/electric-ballroom-london-england-2b95b43a.html

angry_skull

I hope they go the distance for you.

drakeheuer14

It might have been a little different given the setting since it was a festival, but when I saw them I was very indifferent at the end. He talked a ton and the music just didn’t have the same enjoyment to it. 

Merkin Baller

Travels With said:

I'm going to see them tomorrow night in Sac.  Looking at their setlist from this tour it looks like they play 10-12 songs.... What?!  Clearly I've been spoiled by concerts in the past.  Has anyone been to see Cake recently?  How long do they usually take the stage?

I saw them last summer, and in a 75 minute set they played 11 songs.

I was annoyed enough to do a little math to figure out the average song length on one of their albums (Prolonging the Magic, I think) and determined their average song length was around 4:00. Allowing a little extra jam time, that means they played for about 50 minutes, and talked to the crowd for 25 minutes, 1/3 of the allotted set time.

I won't be going to see Cake again.

Travels With

Well, with a "pre-opener" with Tall Heights then Ben Folds with Tall Heights as his backing band then Cake coming out -- turned out to be a pretty awesome night.  Cake played for about an hour and half, played 14 songs, were highly interactive and a lot of fun.  Ben Folds was great too.  He swears a lot -- may have cemented himself as a favorite for my slightly naive 13 year old.