My Morning Jacket at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium (Gallery + Recap)
On Tuesday, Aug. 19, My Morning Jacket stormed the stage at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium to set off the West Coast leg of their late-summer is Tour. Building off the momentum of a triumphant two-night return to Morrison, Colo.’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the imminent 20-year anniversary of their fourth studio album Z, the revered roots-rock ensemble delivered an unforgettable performance that simultaneously honored their origins and announced their continued vitality.
My Morning Jacket’s Los Angeles stand was the second of five highly anticipated Z anniversary performances, plotted at key dates across the country through Nov. 1. To properly honor the project hailed as a masterpiece of modern roots rock and one of the defining rock albums of the 2000s, the group commenced a first set that wound through the entirety of its 10-song tracklist, from the soulful, resonant opening chords of “Wordless Chorus” through the fiery finale of “Dondante.”
For their second set, the band sprinted through 10 scattered classics, including the is cuts “Beginning From the Ending,” “Die for It” and “Time Waited” and a treatment of “Holdin On to Black Metal” featuring guest vocals from Melt’s Veronica Stewart-Frommer. To close out the evening, the quintet presented an encore of an enchanting “Where to Begin,” followed by longtime fan-favorite “Spring (Among the Living)” and the recent standout “Dancefloors.”
Get an inside look at My Morning Jacket’s Hollywood Palladium performance in the gallery below, courtesy of photographer Stevo Rood. Find tickets and more information on the band’s full 2025 live itinerary at mymorningjacket.com.
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