Yoko Ono has star pulling power. When she performed her first show with the Plastic Ono Band in New York this week, Eric Clapton, Bette Midler and Paul Simon came out to play.
Yoko turns 77 this week but the house was rocking when she came a-knocking.Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Jim Keltner together with Yoko were members of that first Plastic Ono Band live album. The reunion was historic.
Paul Simon and his son Harper joined them for two songs. Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth performed with Yoko. The Scissor Sisters were there as was Gene Ween singing with Sean Lennon on John’s ‘Oh Yoko’.
Here is the setlist from the Plastic Ono Band at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 16:
Set One: Plastic Ono Band
It Happened
Waiting for the D Train/Why - Mark Ronson
Between My Head and the Sky
Rising
Walking on Thin Ice
Moving Mountains
Calling
Mind Train / Ask the Elephant
Higa Noburu
Set Two: With Guests
The Sun is Down - Scissor Sisters
What a Bastard the World Is - Justin Bond
Oh Yoko - Gene Ween & Sean Lennon
Mulberry - Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore
Yes, I'm Your Angel - Bette Midler
Silverhorse - Paul Simon & Harper Simon
Hold On - Paul Simon & Harper Simon
Yer Blues - Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann & Jim Keltner
Death of Samantha - Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann & Jim Keltner
Don't Worry Kyoko - Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann & Jim Keltner
Encore:
Give Peace a Chance - All except for Eric Clapton
