Overview
- The band launched the run at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Oct. 27 with a 24-song set after a lengthy gap in full public performances.
- Multiple new Deadbeat tracks received first public airings, with reports differing on whether nine or ten were debuted, including Afterthought, Ethereal Connection, Not My World, Obsolete and Piece of Heaven.
- A 360-degree stage anchored the production, with a B-stage of lamps and synthesizers where Kevin Parker built new material and teased No Reply as an instrumental snippet.
- The encore opened with the first Tame Impala live performance of Parker’s Grammy-winning Justice collaboration Neverender before closing with The Less I Know the Better and Deadbeat’s finale End of Summer.
- Parker told fans he was unwell but completed the two-plus-hour show, as Deadbeat sits at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and the tour runs through Nov. 17 in Los Angeles before Europe in April and early-December DJ dates in Australia.