Bruno Mars, Eddie Vedder, Slash, Yungblud, Anthony Kiedis and more recently came together to cover rock classics at a lavish corporate Christmas party. Check out footage and the setlist from the night below.
The gig was held on Thursday (December 11) at the Capitol Theatre in New York, and organised as a private event for the holding company Eldridge Industries.
Designed as part of the Christmas celebrations they were holding for employees, the night saw some of the biggest names in music appear together to perform an eclectic mix of covers.
Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan joined up with Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and renowned record producer Andrew Watt to make up the core line-up: a band going by the name ‘The Dirty Bats’.
The four of them were joined by various vocalists throughout the night, and broke out a stacked 24-song setlist featuring tracks by Queen, Led Zeppelin, Motörhead and more.
The night kicked off with Yungblud joining them to break out covers of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Start Me Up’, Faces’ ‘Stay With Me’, and Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’, before Brandi Carlile took his place and performed her own song ‘The Story’, as well as a cover of Queen’s ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Black Dog’.
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman later joined The Dirty Bats to cover Motörhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’, Iggy And The Stooges’ ‘Search And Destroy’, and Black Flag’s ‘Nervous Breakdown, as well as The Allman Brothers Band’s ‘Whipping Post’ and Sly & the Family Stone’s ‘If You Want Me to Stay’ – which RHCP shared their own cover of back in the ‘80s.
Towards the end of the night, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder took to the stage to perform some of his classic songs ‘Corduroy’, ‘Better Man’ and ‘Wishlist’, before covering artists including The Rolling Stones, Dead Boys and Brinsley Schwarz.
Finally, Bruno Mars was the last singer to perform at the corporate party, and broke out covers of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’, The Police’s ‘Roxanne’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Dirty Diana’, Jimi Hendrix‘s ‘Fire’, and Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.
The night closed off with an all-star medley featuring all guest-singers, where they came together to cover Chuck Berry’s ‘Johnny B. Goode’ and ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ by Neil Young.
Dirty Bats “Dirty Diana” w/ Bruno Mars (live Capitol Theater, New York, NY – USA) 11/12/2025 Meegan pic.twitter.com/1LbDcxmPfn
— Slash France (@SlashFrance) December 12, 2025
The setlist on the night was:
1. ‘Start Me Up’ (The Rolling Stones cover, with Yungblud)
2. ‘Stay With Me’ (Faces cover, with Yungblud)
3. War Pigs’ (Black Sabbath cover, with Yungblud)
4. ‘Black Dog’ (Led Zeppelin cover, with Brandi Carlile)
5. ‘The Story’ (Brandi Carlile cover, with Brandi Carlile)
6. ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ (Queen cover, with Brandi Carlile)
7. ‘Ace of Spades’ (Motorhead cover, with Anthony Kiedis)
8. ‘Search and Destroy’ (Iggy and the Stooges cover, with Anthony Kiedis)
9. ‘Nervous Breakdown’ (Black Flag cover, with Anthony Kiedis)
10. ‘If You Want Me to Stay’ (Sly & the Family Stone cover, with Anthony Kiedis)
11. ‘Whipping Post’ (The Allman Brothers Band cover, with Anthony Kiedis)
12. ‘Corduroy’ (Pearl Jam cover, with Eddie Vedder)
13. ‘Better Man’ (Pearl Jam cover, with Eddie Vedder)
14. ‘Wishlist’ (Pearl Jam cover, with Eddie Vedder)
15. ‘Waiting on a Friend’ (The Rolling Stones cover, with Eddie Vedder)
16. ‘Sonic Reducer’ (Dead Boys cover, with Eddie Vedder)
17. ‘(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding’ (Brinsley Schwarz cover, with Eddie Vedder)
18. ‘Whole Lotta Love’ (Led Zeppelin cover, with Bruno Mars)
19. ‘Roxanne’ (The Police cover, with Bruno Mars)
20. ‘Fire’ (Jimi Hendrix cover, with Bruno Mars)
21. ‘Dirty Diana’ (Michael Jackson cover, with Bruno Mars)
22. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ (Nirvana cover, with Bruno Mars)
23. ‘Johnny B. Goode’ (Chuck Berry cover, with Eddie Vedder, Yungblud, Anthony Kiedis, Brandi Carlile and Bruno Mars)
24. ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ (Neil Young cover, with Eddie Vedder, Yungblud, Anthony Kiedis, Brandi Carlile and Bruno Mars)
As highlighted by Consequence, Eldridge Industries was founded in 2015, and works as a holding company with stakes in DraftKings, Vivid Seats, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fanatics, and others.
The outlet also reports that it owns media productions including Dick Clark Productions and the rights to the Golden Globes, and chairman and co-founder Todd Boehly is co-controlling owner of RC Strasbourg and Chelsea F.C.
Yungblud’s slot comes as he recently joined forces with Aerosmith to drop the collaborative EP ‘One More Time’, and has since dropped remixes with Lainey Wilson and Steve Martin, and also got a Grammy nod.
For Bruno Mars, it comes after his song with BLACKPINK‘s Rosé, ‘APT.’ hit over 2billion views on YouTube in 10 months, and after he shared that he was close to scrapping his hit Lady Gaga collab ‘Die With A Smile’.
With Slash and Duff McKagan, the appearance is on the heels of Guns N’ Roses announcing a huge world tour for 2026 and releasing two new singles, for RHCP it comes following bassist Flea sharing his first solo single, and for Carlile, she returned to SNL recently to perform, just months after she took to the stage there with Elton John.
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