Super Furry Animals have reunited for their first live show in 10 years, and taken to the stage in Dublin together. Check out footage and the full setlist below.
The Cardiff indie icons went on hiatus in 2010 after forming and becoming key players in the ‘90s indie renaissance, and briefly reunited in 2015 and 2016.
Since then, frontman Gruff Rhys has released more material as a solo artist, and other members have started a new group called Das Koolies. Last September, they confirmed that they would be coming together for the first time in a decade for a 2026 ‘Supracabra’ tour.
Dates kicked off last night (Wednesday May 6) at the 3Olypmia Theatre in Dublin, and saw the band focus on songs from their earlier discography – not playing anything from the past 23 years.
They opened the show with back-to-back renditions of ‘Wherever I Lay My Phone (That’s My Home)’, ‘(Drawing) Rings Around The World’, ‘Do Or Die’, and ‘Golden Retriever’, before launching into other early tracks like ‘Hello Sunshine’, ‘Northern Nites’, ‘Play It Cool’ and more.
The 22-song setlist closed with ’90s b-side ‘The Man Don’t Give A Fuck’. Check out footage and more below.
Super Furry Animals setlist was:
1. ‘Wherever I Lay My Phone (That’s My Home)’
2. ‘(Drawing) Rings Around The World’
3. ‘Do Or Die’
4. ‘Golden Retriever’
5. ‘Something 4 The Weekend’
6. ‘Focus Pocus / Debiel’
7. ‘If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You’
8. ‘Ice Hockey Hair’
9. ‘Hello Sunshine’
10. ‘Northern Lites’
11. ‘Ymaelodi â’r Ymylon’
12. ‘Run! Christian, Run!’
13. ‘Juxtapozed With U’
14. ‘The Piccolo Snare’
15. ‘Fire In My Heart’
16. ‘Play It Coo
17. ‘Receptacle For The Respectable’
18. ‘God! Show Me Magic’
19. ‘Mountain People’
20. ‘Slow Life
21. ‘Night Vision’
22. ‘The Man Don’t Give A Fuck’
The tour continues tomorrow (Friday May 8) and Saturday (9) with shows at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, before heading to Llandudno, London, Manchester and Cardiff later in the month.
From there, Super Furry Animals have a one-off show in Bristol in late June, followed by a slot at London’s Alexandra Palace Park and the TK Maxx Presents Live at Llangollen Pavilion in July. Visit here for tickets.
In October, the band reissued their seventh studio album, ‘Love Kraft’, on Cardiff independent label Strangetown Records. It included the original 12 tracks remastered alongside rarities, including lost track ‘Rock N Roll Flu’ featuring lead vocals from drummer Daf Ieuan.
More recently, the Super Furry Animals explained why they turned down the chance to support Oasis and U2 on tour, as well as a slot on Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage. They also looked back on an infamous appearance on Late Night With David Letterman, in which the band “got into a row” with Bruce Springsteen’s drummer, Max Weinberg, who also worked as Letterman’s bandleader.
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