{"id":61712,"date":"2026-04-05T18:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/heres-what-happened-at-the-xxs-first-show-in-eight-years\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:44:43","slug":"heres-what-happened-at-the-xxs-first-show-in-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/heres-what-happened-at-the-xxs-first-show-in-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What Happened at the xx\u2019s First Show in Eight Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/28060-the-xx\/\">The xx<\/a> returned to the stage on Friday (April 3), playing their first show as a trio in eight years at Mexico City\u2019s Pepsi Center WTC. <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/romy\/\">Romy<\/a>,  <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/29228-jamie-xx\/\">Jamie xx<\/a>, and Oliver Sims played 19 songs from across their group and individual catalogs, performing hits like \u201cIntro\u201d and \u201cAngels\u201d alongside deeper cuts, collaborations, and remixes. Find the full setlist, as well as footage and photos from the show, below.<\/p>\n<p>Although the xx teased the concert as a \u201c<a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVJYz5EiDts\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVJYz5EiDts\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVJYz5EiDts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">next chapter<\/a>\u201d for the group, they made sure to reach far back in their catalog to craft a career-surveying list. Positioned backlit in front of a hazy, dark backdrop, the trio played music from across all three of their studio albums: 2009\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/13400-xx\/\">xx<\/a>, 2012\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/17022-coexist\/\"><em>Coexist<\/em><\/a>, and 2018\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/22727-i-see-you\/\"><em>I See You<\/em><\/a>. They opened with \u201cCrystalised,\u201d closed things out with \u201dInfinity;\u201d an encore included the first-ever live performance of \u201cSeason\u2019s Run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band also covered songs from all three members\u2019 solo repertoires, including Romy\u2019s \u201dEnjoy Your Life,\u201d Sim\u2019s \u201cGMT,\u201d and Jamie xx\u2019s \u201dLoud Places.\u201d Jamie\u2019s solo catalog got the most love this time around, as the group played his <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/28552-gil-scott-heron\/\">Gil Scott-Heron<\/a> collab \u201cI\u2019ll Take Care Of U\u201d and\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/jamie-xx-enlists-romy-and-oliver-sim-for-new-song-waited-all-night-listen\/\">Waited All Night<\/a>,\u201d which features both his xx bandmates and appeared on his 2025 album <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/jamie-xx-in-waves\/\"><em>In Waves<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s performance was the first of three shows the band will play in Mexico City. After that, the trio has a number of festival slots lined up, including headlining spots at <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/lollapalooza-2026-lineup-the-smashing-pumpkins-charli-xcx-the-xx-and-lorde\/\">Lollapalooza<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/the-cure-my-bloody-valentine-the-xx-to-play-primavera-sound-barcelona-2026\/\">Primavera Sound<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/charli-xcx-the-strokes-the-xx-and-more-performing-at-outside-lands-2026\/\">Outside Lands<\/a>, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/coachella-2026-lineup-sabrina-carpenter-justin-bieber-karol-g-the-strokes-and-more\/\">Coachella<\/a> show. Although they have yet to officially announce a follow up to <em>I See You<\/em>, the band has reportedly been working on a follow-up since 2023, and posted new footage of them in the studio earlier this year. Last year, they also released a deluxe version of their debut album, which included new bonus tracks, a cover of Aaliyah\u2019s \u201cHot Like Fire,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the xx in the 2021 feature <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/most-important-artists\/\">The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork\u2019s First 25 Years<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Setlist:<\/strong><br \/>01 \u201cCrystalised\u201d<br \/>02 \u201cSay Something Loving\u201d<br \/>03 \u201cIslands\u201d<br \/>04 \u201cAngels\u201d<br \/>05 \u201cFiction\u201d<br \/>06 Gil Scott\u2010Heron &amp; Jamie xx &#8211; \u201cI&#8217;ll Take Care Of U\u201d\u00a0<br \/>07 \u201cShelter\u201d<br \/>08 \u201cVCR\u201d<br \/>09 Jamie xx -\u201cLoud Places\u201d<br \/>10 Oliver Sim &#8211; \u201cGMT\u201d<br \/>11 Romy &#8211; \u201cEnjoy Your Life\u201d<br \/>12 \u201cWanna\u201d<br \/>13 \u201cWaited All Night \/ On Hold (Remix)\u201d<br \/>14 \u201cOn Hold\u201d<br \/>15 \u201cI Dare You\u201d<br \/>16 \u201cIntro\u201d<br \/>17 \u201cNight Time\u201d<br \/>18 \u201cSunset\u201d<br \/>19 \u201cInfinity&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/heres-what-happened-at-the-xxs-first-show-in-eight-years\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The xx returned to the stage on Friday (April 3), playing their first show as a trio in eight years at Mexico City\u2019s Pepsi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}