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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Berninger joined Yo La Tengo for Hanukkah Night 4 ++ Wyatt Cenac, Lenny Kaye & more (pics, setlist, video)

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Berninger joined Yo La Tengo for Hanukkah Night 4 ++ Wyatt Cenac, Lenny Kaye & more (pics, setlist, video)


We’re now halfway through Hanukkah 2025 and Yo La Tengo‘s annual run at Bowery Ballroom, and night 4 had a lot of great surprises. The first of them was the night’s musical opener, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, with Will Oldham on acoustic backed by Eamon O’Leary on bouzouki. That was followed by comedian Wyatt Cenac, who told the crowd this was his first stand-up performance since before the pandemic. He was great, keep it up, Wyatt!

Yo La Tengo’s main set was different than most they do during their Hanukkah runs in that they played as a trio, no guest joining them, and also no covers (there would be plenty in the encore, though). Their Night 4 set including “Green Arrow,” “From a Motel 6,” “Tonight’s Episode,” “Pablo & Andrea,” “False Alarm,” and this would be the evening when we got “Sugarcube” and “Pass the Hatchet, I’m Goodkind,” which closed out the set.

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy came back for the encore, joining Ira, Georgia and James for a cover of P!NK’s “Trustfall.” He left the stage, and then they welcomed The National’s Matt Berninger to sing Fred Neil’s “Little Bit of Rain.” He then stayed for the rest of the night, performing his own solo song “Inland Ocean” and The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio.” Then another surprise: Lenny Kaye, who came out on vocals and guitar for a cover of Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction.”

Night 4 finished with Will Oldham coming back out to help with a cover of Patti Smith’s “Free Money,” where Matt pretended to play keyboards but was really more of a hypeman. A great end to a special night.

Other Night 4 stats: Tara Jane O’Neil made the night’s mix CD, Amanda Nazario was the post-show DJ, and proceeds from the show benefitted the Smoketown Thunder drumline.

Check out photos from Night 4 by Ellen Qbertplaya, along with fan-shot video and the setlist (via Jesse Jarnow’s Frank & Earthy blog), below.

Four nights of Hanukkah left. Catch up on all of Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah shows here.

SETLIST: Yo La Tengo @ Bowery Ballroom 12/17/2025 (Hanukkah Night 4)
Green Arrow
From A Motel 6 >
Tonight’s Episode
Here To Fall
Shades of Blue
A Worrying Thing
Here You Are
Pablo & Andrea
Two Trains
Stupid Things
False Alarm
The Evil That Men Do (Craig’s version)
86-Second Blowout
Sugarcube
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind

*(encore)*
Trustfall (P!NK) (with Bonnie Prince Billy on vocals)
Little Bit of Rain (Fred Neil) (with Matt Berninger on vocals)
Inland Ocean (Matt Berninger) (with MB)
Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National) (with MB)
Eve of Destruction (Barry McGuire) (with MB & Lenny Kaye on guitar/vocals)
Free Money (Patti Smith/Lenny Kaye) (with BPB, MB, & LK)

via Frank & Earthy



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