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Ed O'Brien dedicates “Incantations” to a fan from Indiana in Paris
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Photo: Steve Gullick · press photo, TransgressiveEd O'Brien dedicated the full-band “Incantations” at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on Thursday 8 October to Adam, a fan who had come from Indiana for the show, and played it face to face with Dave Okumu, both on guitar. Before “Single File” he greeted the hall in French, Bonsoir Paris. Merci. C'est jeudi, c'est le week-end, on y va !
1 (“Good evening Paris. Thank you. It's Thursday, it's the weekend, let's go!”, in our translation).
Emmanuel Stranadica, reviewing in French for Sound Of Violence, found the hall not sold out but well filled. ESKA opened the night. The set closed with “Brasil”, which got the hall dancing, and “Obrigado”. Introducing “Sail On”, O'Brien said he had felt a little ill that morning and had been lifted by the spirit of resistance he saw outside a school that day. In a break he told the hall that, for all his years in a band, he was not used to being out front.
Setlist, Salle Pleyel, Paris, 8 October 2026
| # | Song | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thin Places | started by ESKA and a keyboardist |
| 2 | Incantations | pared back, O'Brien without a guitar |
| 3 | Teachers | O'Brien picks up a guitar |
| 4 | Single File | not kept for Blue Morpho; French greeting before it |
| 5 | Solfeggio | – |
| 6 | Sweet Spot | – |
| 7 | Sail On | the morning and the school, before it |
| 8 | Blue Morpho | – |
| 9 | Cloak of the Night | acoustic guitar |
| 10 | Incantations | full band; dedicated to Adam from Indiana |
| 11 | Deep Days | from the stage edge |
| 12 | Brasil | – |
| 13 | Obrigado | – |
Setlist as printed by Sound Of Violence. The concert ran 1 hour 35 minutes.