SAIGON KICK Kicks Off Reunion Tour In St. Petersburg; Video Available

Reunited acclaimed 1990s rock band SAIGON KICK played its first official comeback concert last night (Friday, March 22) at the St. Petersburg, Florida.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. New World
02. Suzy
03. Coming Home
04. Peppermint Tribe
05. Down By The Ocean
06. The Lizard
07. Dear Prudence (THE BEATLES cover)
08. Colors
09. God Of 42nd Street
10. All I Want
11. Ugly
12. World Goes Round
13. What You Say
14. All Alright
15. Hostile Youth
16. My Dog
17. Month Of Sundays
18. My Life
19. Love Is On The Way
20. What Do You Do

Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below.

As previously reported, SAIGON KICK has parted ways with bassist Tom DeFile. According to Tom, the split happened because of "personalities and other reasons." The remaining members of the band said in a statement: "Tom and SAIGON KICK amicably decided this is best for both parties and we wish him nothing but success in his future endeavors."

Chris McLernon, who was not a part of the original SAIGON KICK lineup, but came aboard as the band's bassist for the "Water" album in 1993 and remained with the group until they unofficially called it quits in 1999, is playing bass on SAIGON KICK's reunion tour.

Guitarist Jason Bieler, who last year launched a new project called OWL STRETCHING, stated in a 2012 interview about the prospect of a SAIGON KICK reunion, "My only thing about SAIGON KICK is that I wouldn't want it to be a 'will-work-for-food' tour. I hate that, and I expressed to the guys that whatever and if ever we do something, I want to do it at a level that's higher and better than it was. You tend to remember the best things about a band when they're younger, and when you see them when you're older you think 'Oh, man, they suck! Maybe they're still the same band and just never got any better.' I'd want to go out there and capture something, do something great. If we're going to do some shows, I don't want to show up with one flashlight and rip off the fans to make an extra $200. That's not what I'm interested in."

SAIGON KICK is perhaps best remembered for its second album, 1992's "The Lizard", which spawned the band's biggest hit single, "Love Is On The Way". The track reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and its accompanying video was in the top 10 MTV countdown for many weeks. Just before touring for the LP commenced, DeFile was fired and was replaced by ex-COLD SWEAT bassist Chris McLernon. They toured from summer 1992 to spring 1993 and "The Lizard" was eventually certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for sales in excess of 500,000 copies.