This is it. After seven months, 123 shows, and countless hours of traveling and performing to packed houses across the world…Snarky Puppy arrived in Nuremberg, Germany for THE TOUR FINALE!! As it turned out, the last show of the Immigrance tour – at the Lowensaal venue – was the Pups’Continue Reading
For the penultimate show of the Immigrance tour, Michael League and his band of merry men delivered a great concert at the Im Wizemann venue in Stuttgart, Germany. This show sees a rare appearance of “Alma,” an unchained “Tio Macaco,” and some guitar wizardry on “What About Me.” Surprisingly, “Chonks,”Continue Reading
As if Snarky Puppy’s roster wasn’t stacked enough, they found two other musicians to join them for the show at Batschkapp. Who were they? Some relatively up-and-coming musicians by the names of Chris Potter and Eric Harland…. PSYCH! Chris and Eric are undoubtedly two of jazz’s living legends. Chris PotterContinue Reading
By November 22, 2019, Snarky Puppy had been touring in support of their album Immigrance for seven months. Being the masterful bandleader that he is, Michael League reintroduced some older Snarky Puppy tracks into their live repertoire, including “Intelligent Design” which is featured in this show. Over two thousand fansContinue Reading
After a dynamic performance in Nantes, Snarky Puppy moved on to Toulouse for another great show at Le Zenith. This show contains lots of great tunes from the SP repertoire: there are oldies like “Intelligent Design” and “Flood” grouped with newer tunes such as “Bigly Strictness” and “Chonks.” Becca StevensContinue Reading
France…home of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Tour de France, and some of the most ardent Snarky Puppy fans ever! After seven intense months of touring, the boys traveled to France to begin the final twelve shows of the Immigrance tour. They would also make stops in Luxembourg, Switzerland, andContinue Reading
How do you follow up a magnificent, career-defining, Grammy-winning concert at the Royal Albert Hall? If your band is like most other bands, you’d go and take a couple of days off, maybe go sightseeing in London and hit up some English pubs. True to form (and not to restContinue Reading
In this concert Snarky Puppy finds its rhythm after Chris McQueen’s departure and Jamison Ross’s arrival. The audience at De Roma in Antwerp, Belgium is super receptive to the new tunes as well as the standards. This lineup features an expanded horn section, as well as the rare pairing ofContinue Reading
Here we go, friends…the last month of the Immigrance tour! Diehard Snarky Puppy fans know that the band’s album We Like It Here was recorded in Utrecht, so the Netherlands hold a special place in our hearts. The Dutch fans came out in droves to the venue Tivoli Vredenburg forContinue Reading
After listening to several recordings of international Snarky Puppy concerts, I’ve noticed that European fans give Snarky Puppy an equal mix of focus and enthusiasm. They’re not rowdy, nor are they tuned out. They give the entire band their undivided attention and applaud at the right times, which helps feedContinue Reading