The raves, however misinformed, weren't unwarranted. As the day progressed and attendees across the park nonchalantly discussed the shows they'd caught, more than a few were overheard raving about The Raveonettes' performance from earlier in the day. Though introduced to the crowd at set's start, frontman Alan Palomo never really addressed his audience-and late arrivers to the show, unaware of the lineup change, were never updated on whom they were seeing. Onstage, though, Neon Indian could've done more to capitalize on its appearance.
Not surprising, when asked on Saturday if his band was excited about getting the call, drummer Jason Faries offered a quick response with more vigor than seen in his usual deadpan demeanor: "Are you freakin' kidding me?" Even so, it was an opportunity the band couldn't pass up. In Austin already to play one of the many festival after-parties scheduled over the weekend, the band had less than 24 hours to prepare for its ACL debut. So the locally based outfit Neon Indian (even though it was announced onstage as an Austin product) was asked to fill in the band's time slot.įor the blog-buzzing Neon Indian, it was an aligning-of-the-stars-type moment. Members of the outfit's touring lineup were stuck in Copenhagen because the city's American Embassy was overwhelmed with the likes of Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey coming to town for Olympic Committee meetings. Originally, the day's schedule held just two sets from Dallas-based acts, but things changed when Danish duo The Raveonettes canceled its ACL appearance. Because, sure, while Dallas native Ben Curtis and his School of Seven Bells outfit served as one of the big draws of Friday afternoon, and while Sunday saw a set from former Dallasite David Garza and a massive audience packed in for a main stage performance from The Toadies, Saturday saw three of the region's most promising up-and-coming outfits making their ACL debut. Even if Friday's headlining pair of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kings of Leon served as the most exciting competing showcases of the weekend and Sunday's closing set from Pearl Jam offered the tumultuous weekend a fitting end, Saturday was its defining moment.Īs much could also be said for the metroplex's contributions to the festival. That was the day on which the rains came crashing down on the festival-goers at Austin's Zilker Park, creating an abrupt roundabout from Friday's ideal conditions and setting the stage for Sunday's muddy mess. The episode as part of the long-running show's 47th season and will also be available via streaming beginning January 23 ET at pbs.org/austincitylimits.Īside from "Tonight United", the band played their current single "INVISIBLE," and some of their classic hits "Save A Prayer," "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Ordinary World", "A View To A Kill", "Planet Earth," "Girls on Film", and more.If years from now people talk about the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival, they'll, without a doubt, start with Saturday.
The video features the band performing the song "Tonight United", which is one of the ten tracks that the iconic group performed for the episode that premieres tonight (January 22) at 9pm ET/8pm CT Duran Duran's debut performance on Austin City Limits (ACL) will be premiering tonight, January 22nd, and the show has shared a preview video from their performance.
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