Blue Oyster Cult Reunite for 40th Anniversary in NYC - Blue Oyster Cult reformed its original line-up on Monday night to perform a one-off show at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.
The 40th Anniversary show featured founders Eric Bloom (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (guitar) plus Allen Lanier (keyboards, guitar), Joe Bouchard (bass) and Albert Bouchard (drums, percussion) performing together for the first time in 25 years. Asides from the anniversary celebrations the show was also to promote the release of a 17-disc box-set compiling of the bands entire Columbia Records back-catalogue. The set-list for the show was as follows:
Set 1
01. This Ain't The Summer Of Love 02. Golden Age Of Leather 03. Burnin' For You 04. Harvest Moon 05. Me 262 06. Then Came The Last Days Of May 07. Lips In The Hills 08. Shooting Shark (with Bruce Kapler - saxophone) 09. Godzilla 10. I Love The Night
Set 2
01. Harvester Of Eyes (acoustic) 02. Astronomy (acoustic) 03. Gil Blanco County (acoustic) 04. Death Valley Nights (with Albert Bouchard vocals, acoustic) 05. In Thee (with Allen Lanier guitar, acoustic) 06. Summa Cum Laude 07. Arthur Comics 08. Black Blade 09. OD'd On Life Itself (with Allen Lanier, Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard) 10. Career Of Evil (with Allen Lanier, Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard) 11. The Red & The Black (with Allen Lanier, Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard) 12. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (everyone)
Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below.
Blue Oyster Cult - 'Dont Fear The Reaper' Live 11/5/12 New York City