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The Current's 20th Anniversary

Photos: Frank Black revives 'Teenager of the Year' at First Avenue

Frank Black performed at The Current's 20th Anniversary at First Avenue on Friday, January 24.
Frank Black performed at The Current's 20th Anniversary at First Avenue on Friday, January 24. Darin Kamnetz for MPR

by Darin Kamnetz

January 27, 2025

Pixies frontman Black Francis took on his solo moniker Frank Black for a 30th anniversary performance of his 1994 album, Teenager of the Year. The show was night one of The Current’s 20th Anniversary at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 24. Minneapolis shoegaze band she’s green opened up following a set by Transmission DJ Jake Rudh.

Setlist (via setlist.fm)

Czar

Ten Percenter

Teenager of the Year:

Whatever Happened to Pong?

Thalassocracy

(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain

Calistan

The Vanishing Spies

Speedy Marie

Headache

Sir Rockaby

Freedom Rock

Two Reelers

Fiddle Riddle

Olé Mulholland

Fazer Eyes

I Could Stay Here Forever

The Hostess With the Mostest

Superabound

Big Red

Space Is Gonna Do Me Good

White Noise Maker

Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band

Bad, Wicked World

Pie in the Sky

Encore:

Los Angeles

Every Time I Go Around Here

I Heard Ramona Sing