Kevin Morby kicks off the first of two festival gigs in Europe amid his “City Music” world tour today with an appearance at Primavera Sound. To celebrate, the folk rocker shared “1234”, which you can listen to below. It’s the third single he’s shared off his new record City Music (due out June 16). We had the chance to catch Morby last week when he played to a sold-out crowd at Bowery Ballroom in New York City. You can find photos, videos and the setlist from the show below.

Morby took to the stage last Wednesday decked out in a white suit adorned with musical notes, his initials on the lapels, and the words “City Music” on the back. Wasting no time getting into songs off the new album, he launched the show with “City Music”, which, of the new songs performed, was clearly one of the strongest off the album. It’s a slow starter that’s light on lyrics, but sports a killer guitar riff. From there, he tested the waters by playing three other new songs in succession, “Cry Baby”, “1234”, which contains nods to the Ramones and Jim Carroll, and “Aboard My Train”. He then peppered the set with a few familiar songs, including “Destroyer” and crowd favorite “Harlem River”. He remarked that this was a special show, recalling a previous gig he played at the venue years back with his old band Woods, and explaining how he has always wanted to headline there with his own project.

Considering the crowd hadn’t heard much of the new music before, they were enthusiastic about the material. The last of the new tunes played was album closer, “Downtown’s Lights”, which you can watch him perform below.

For the tour, Morby’s band consists of Meg Duffy (aka Hand Habits) on guitar and keyboards, Cyrus Gengras on bass, and Nick Kinsey on drums. It appears Morby’s longtime collaborator/drummer Justin Sullivan is sitting this one out.

Towards the end of the set, Morby bid farewell to the band and performed “Beautiful Strangers”, a song that when first released paid tribute to the victims in the Pulse nightclub shooting. On this occasion, he dedicated it to Manchester. He followed it up with a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You cover” in honor of the bard’s birthday (see below). Previously, Morby had recorded this song for Aquarian Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions. You can find out more about that here.

The encore found John Andrews, whose band John Andrews & the Yawns opened the show, joining in on “Cut Me Down”. And, for the final song of the evening, Sam Cohen, who produced Morby’s Singing Saw, stepped in to assist with a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Rock and Roll”, which lit up the crowd, and was a definite highlight of the evening. You can check out the performance below.

Morby continues to tour through November 22. After the two shows in Europe, he returns to the US to play Bonnaroo and Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival later this month. City Music is due out June 16 via Dead Oceans and is available for pre-order here now. You can check out previously released tracks “Aboard the Train” and “Come to Me Now”, here and here, respectively.

Kevin Morby’s Bowery Ballroom Setlist
City Music
Cry Baby
1234
Aboard My Train
Destroyer
I Have Been to the Mountain
Harlem River
Come to Me Now
Parade
Downtown Lights
Beautiful Strangers (dedicated to Manchester)
Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (Bob Dylan cover)

Encore:
Cut me Down (w/John Andrews)
Dorothy
Rock and Roll (Velvet Underground cover) (w/Sam Cohen)

Kevin Morby City Music Tour Dates
Thu. June 1 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Sat. June 3 – London, UK @ Field Day
Thu. June 8 – Sun. June 11 – Manchester TN @ Bonnaroo
Fri. June 23 – Sun. June 25 – North Adams MA @ Solid Sound Festival
Tue. June 27 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Wed. June 28 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
Thu. June 29 – Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
Sat. July 1 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
Sun. July 2 – Berlin, DE @ Quasimodo
Mon. July 3 – Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
Tue. July 4 – Montreux, CH @ Montreux Jazz Festival
Wed. July 5 – Düdingen, DE @ Bad Bonn
Thu. July 6 – Belfort, FR @ Eurockeennes
Fri. July 7 – Soliera/Modena, IT @ Artivive
Sun. July 9 – Brugge, BE @ Cactusfestival
Sun. July 9 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso (9pm)
Tue. July 11 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
Thu. July 13 – Lisbon, PT @ Super Bock Super Rock
Sat. July 15 – Dour, BE @ Dour Festival
Sun. July 16 – Southwold, UK @ Latitude
Fri. July 28 – Newport RI @ Newport Folk Festival
Mon. Aug. 21 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Tue. Aug 22 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
Thu. Aug 24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
Fri. Aug 25 – Fort Collins, CO @ Downtown Artey
Sat. Aug 26 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
Mon. Aug 28 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
Tue. Aug 29 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Thu. Aug 31 – Spring Green, WI @ Shitty Barn
Fri. Sep 1 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Sat. Sep 2 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
Sun. Sep 3 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Mon. Sep 4 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PBD
Fri. Sep 8 – Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
Thu. Sep 7 – Sun. Sep 10 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
Wed. Sep 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
Thu. Sep 14 – Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
Fri. Sep 15 – Dallas, TX @ Sundown at Granada
Sat. Sep 16 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
Mon. Sep 18 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
Tue. Sep 19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Thu. Sep 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Fri. Sep 22 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium
Sun. Sep 23 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Tue. Nov. 7 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
Wed. Nov. 8 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Thu. Nov. 9 – Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
Sun. Nov. 12 – Köln, DE @ Luxor
Wed. Nov. 15 – Munich, DE @ Ampere
Fri. Nov. 17 – Ravenna, IT @ Bronson
Sat. Nov. 18 – Rome, IT @ Monk
Sun. Nov. 19 – Milan, IT @ Serraglio
Tue. Nov. 21 – Strasbourg, FR @ La Laiterie
Wed. Nov. 22 – Rouen, FR @ Le 106