Live Recap: Spoon with Margaret Glaspy at The Riviera Theatre
This past Tuesday night, Spoon and Margaret Glaspy gave their audience at The Riviera a fantastic start to their week.
The evening began with a set from Margaret Glaspy and her two bandmates, which kicked off with some new material. After the first few songs, Glaspy said they’d played all new songs so far, but they’d be throwing it back to 2020’s Devotion with “Stay With Me.” During her performance, Glaspy mentioned how grateful she was to have live music back in action, especially now that her band was touring with Spoon, and the crowd reciprocated that appreciation back to the band with zealous applause. Before her set concluded, Glaspy played her 2016 hit “Emotions and Math” and closed out with another new song called “My Body My Choice”—which received a standing ovation from the audience sat in the balcony.
As it came time for Spoon to hit the stage, the Riviera had become visibly packed to the brim—with the entire balcony seats full and crowd members spilling out to the walls on the main floor. This tour was Spoon’s first time back in Chicago since the release of their tenth album Lucifer On The Sofa earlier this year, so naturally they opened up the show with some tunes off the record— including their cover of “Held” by Smog and “The Devil & Mister Jones.” Since Spoon has been making music since the early 90’s they obviously have an extensive catalog of fan favorites to play along with the new music, and they delivered that by playing songs like “Don't You Evah,” “My Mathematical Mind” and “The Underdog” in the first part of the set.
No matter what era of their discography each song came from, there was a great sense of chemistry between the band members—especially between the band founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno because they’ve been playing music together for so many years. The Riviera was also filled with a profuse sense of joy the entire evening thanks to the feel-good and lighthearted nature of so much of Spoon’s music, and the crowd continued to dance and sing along all night.
Before they got too far into the show, Daniel told the audience that he could tell the night was going to be rough on his voice, but that didn’t stop them from rocking through even more music. After closing out the main portion of the setlist with older favorites “I Turn My Camera On” and “Got Nuffin,” Spoon returned to the Riviera stage for not one, but two encores! The audience enthusiastically called for the band’s return before each encore, and final few songs included the new album’s title track as well as the mischievous anthem “The Way We Get By.”
If you missed out on the incredible show, relive the fun with the photo recap below, and see where you can catch Spoon next here.
