Umphrey's McGee > Songs > The Stranger > Performances


The Stranger was originally performed by Billy Joel. It has been performed by Umphrey's McGee in 42 shows. It was last played 2019-08-16, which was 264 shows ago.

Date Played Venue Show Gap Footnote
2001-12-31 The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL378
2002-02-09 Kalamazoo State Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI13
2002-02-21 Peasant's, Greenville, NC6
2002-03-07 Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL12with Hope Clayburn on saxophone; with Well, You Needn't (Thelonious Monk) tease, Hope freestyling, and quotes of Rapper's Delight (The Sugarhill Gang), Good Times (Chic), and The Next Movement (The Roots); ending of The Stranger featured only Joel
2002-03-19 12th & Porter, Nashville, TN7
2002-04-05 The Aggie Theatre, Fort Collins, CO7
2002-04-22 Blue Heron Club, Missoula, MT14
2002-05-17 Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL8
2002-06-07 Knitting Factory, New York, NY10with Fareed Haque on guitar; with Flight of the Bumblebee (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) section
2002-06-14 The Southgate House, Newport, KY3
2002-07-12 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA13with Tim Palmieri on guitar, taking Jake's place
2002-08-21 The Middle East, Cambridge, MA14
2002-09-25 Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO18
2002-11-15 20th Century Theatre, Cincinnati, OH22unfinished
2003-03-19 Clearwater Theater, West Dundee, IL41
2003-04-11 The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC15
2003-06-19 The Terrace, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI28
2003-07-14 Bash on Ash, Tempe, AZ18
2003-09-26 The Granada Theater, Lawrence, KS27
2003-10-19 Ryan Auditorium, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL12unfinished
2003-11-20 The Middle East, Cambridge, MA13
2004-01-10 Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL18
2004-02-04 The Starlight, Fort Collins, CO3with Milestones (Miles Davis) tease
2004-04-14 Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO32with Push the Pig and Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi) teases
2004-07-20 Marrz Theatre, Wilmington, NC40
2004-09-09 Gypsy Tea Room, Deep Ellum, TX19
2004-10-25 Soho Restaurant and Music Club, Santa Barbara, CA21
2005-03-09 Workplay Theatre, Birmingham, AL43
2005-04-14 Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH18with The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) and The Fuzz teases
2005-09-30 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO71
2007-04-05 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO193
2007-10-19 Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY68
2008-04-18 Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, PA58
2009-09-16 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV163
2010-08-07 Stone Pony Summerstage, Asbury Park, NJ106
2010-10-29 The Canopy Club, Urbana, IL27
2014-03-21 Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas, NV372
2015-05-22 Three Sisters Park, Chillicothe, IL125with Gene Ween
2016-08-25 Oak Ridge Estate, Arrington, VA122with Aaron "Gene Ween" Freeman on vocals
2019-01-18 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH208
2019-03-07 Midtown Ballroom, Bend, OR20with Regulate (Warren G and Nate Dogg) teases
2019-08-16 The Fillmore Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL40


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