Anthrax helped usher in a new era for Saint Vitus on Friday night (September 4), performing an intimate show to celebrate the grand reopening of the beloved Brooklyn venue.
The concert marked the first show at Saint Vitus’ new home at 428 Troutman Street in Bushwick, following the closure of its longtime Greenpoint location in 2024. As previously reported, Anthrax also filmed the entire performance.
The 16-song performance mixed Anthrax staples with rarities, new material and a few surprises. The band opened with “It’s for the Kids” before moving into their cover of Joe Jackson’s “Got the Time,” followed by “Madhouse” and “Metal Thrashing Mad.”
Among the rarities were “Now It’s Dark” and “Lone Justice,” both performed for the first time since 2021. Anthrax also delivered the live debuts of “The Edge of Perfection” and “Clobberin’ Time,” their cover of Sick of It All, which they performed as a tribute to late Sick of It All frontman Lou Koller.
Another new song, “Everybody’s Got a Plan,” was played live in full for the first time. The set also included longtime favorites “Caught in a Mosh,” “Antisocial” and “Indians,” with the latter featuring an outro of KISS’ “Love Gun.”
Toward the end of the night, Anthrax performed “NYC 93” while playing along to the album version of the song as part of a music video shoot, repeating it a second time for filming.
Fan-filmed footage from the show has since surfaced online, including performances of “It’s for the Kids,” “Lone Justice,” “Antisocial,” “Metal Thrashing Mad,” “Madhouse” and “Indians.” Check out the clips below.
Anthrax previously played two intimate concerts at Saint Vitus’ original location in 2016, making the band a fitting choice to headline the first show at the venue’s new Bushwick home.
The grand reopening also kicks off a packed schedule at Saint Vitus over the coming months. As previously reported, upcoming shows at the new location include Converge, The Callous Daoboys, Terror, Immolation, Rivers of Nihil, All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Incendiary, Overkill, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Blackbraid, Forbidden, Torche, Ho99o9 and Pig Destroyer, among many others.
Anthrax’s Saint Vitus setlist:
01. It’s for the Kids
02. Got the Time (Joe Jackson cover)
03. Madhouse
04. Metal Thrashing Mad
05. Keep It in the Family
06. Now It’s Dark (first time since 2021)
07. The Edge of Perfection (live debut)
08. Caught in a Mosh
09. Lone Justice (first time since 2021)
10. Everybody’s Got a Plan (live debut; first time played in full)
11. Antisocial (Trust cover; with excerpt of Iron Maiden’s “Run to the Hills”)
12. Clobberin’ Time (Sick of It All cover; Anthrax live debut)
13. Indians (with KISS’ “Love Gun” outro)
14. NYC 93 (live debut; performed along to the album version for music video shoot)
15. NYC 93 (performed again for music video shoot)
Featured photo by Marc Jaeger on YouTube
