The xx returned to the stage on Friday (April 3), enjoying their first present as a trio in eight years at Mexico Metropolis’s Pepsi Middle WTC. Romy, Jamie xx, and Oliver Sims performed 19 songs from throughout their group and particular person catalogs, performing hits like “Intro” and “Angels” alongside deeper cuts, collaborations, and remixes. Discover the complete setlist, in addition to footage and images from the present, beneath.
Though the xx teased the live performance as a “subsequent chapter” for the group, they made certain to succeed in far again of their catalog to craft a career-surveying listing. Positioned backlit in entrance of a hazy, darkish backdrop, the trio performed music from throughout all three of their studio albums: 2009’s xx, 2012’s Coexist, and 2018’s I See You. They opened with “Crystalised,” closed issues out with ”Infinity;” an encore included the first-ever stay efficiency of “Season’s Run.”
The band additionally coated songs from all three members’ solo repertoires, together with Romy’s ”Get pleasure from Your Life,” Sim’s “GMT,” and Jamie xx’s ”Loud Locations.” Jamie’s solo catalog obtained probably the most love this time round, because the group performed his Gil Scott-Heron collab “I’ll Take Care Of U” and”Waited All Night time,” which options each his xx bandmates and appeared on his 2025 album In Waves.
Friday’s efficiency was the primary of three reveals the band will play in Mexico Metropolis. After that, the trio has quite a lot of competition slots lined up, together with headlining spots at Lollapalooza, Primavera Sound, and Outdoors Lands, in addition to a Coachella present. Though they’ve but to formally announce a comply with as much as I See You, the band has reportedly been engaged on a follow-up since 2023, and posted new footage of them within the studio earlier this yr. Final yr, additionally they launched a deluxe model of their debut album, which included new bonus tracks, a canopy of Aaliyah’s “Sizzling Like Fireplace,” and extra.
Learn extra in regards to the xx within the 2021 characteristic The 200 Most Essential Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years.
Setlist:
01 “Crystalised”
02 “Say One thing Loving”
03 “Islands”
04 “Angels”
05 “Fiction”
06 Gil Scott‐Heron & Jamie xx – “I am going to Take Care Of U”
07 “Shelter”
08 “VCR”
09 Jamie xx -“Loud Locations”
10 Oliver Sim – “GMT”
11 Romy – “Get pleasure from Your Life”
12 “Wanna”
13 “Waited All Night time / On Maintain (Remix)”
14 “On Maintain”
15 “I Dare You”
16 “Intro”
17 “Night time Time”
18 “Sundown”
19 “Infinity”
