On this day, 16 August 2002, American rock band Death Cab For Cutie played Cardiff’s Barfly.
Formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. The band is currently composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyboards, guitar), and Jason McGerr (drums).
The band was originally a solo project by Gibbard, who expanded the project into a complete group upon getting a record deal.
They released their debut album, Something About Airplanes, in 1998. The band's fourth album, 2003's Transatlanticism, broke into the mainstream both critically and commercially; its songs were featured in various TV series and films.
The band's major label debut for Atlantic Records, 2005's Plans, went platinum.
Setlist
Bend to Squares
Photobooth
For What Reason
Why You'd Want to Live Here
We Laugh Indoors
A Movie Script Ending
Company Calls
Technicolor Girls
Pictures in an Exhibition
Information Travels Faster
Blacking Out the Friction
Atmosphere
(Joy Division cover)
Styrofoam Plates