Kill the King

Composer

Matthews (2006)

Song Category

Unreleased

Releases

Live Albums: 1

Warehouse Discs: 1

Song History

This song debuted a few shows into the 2006 tour but fell out of play within a month. After being seemingly forgotten, it made a surprising comeback at the first stop of the 2011 Caravan tour but didn't get played again until the fall 2018 tour.

On two occasions (6.9 and 6.24) in 2006, Dave opened the song with a paraphrase of the "I've got some bad news for you, sunshine" line from Pink Floyd's "In the Flesh" (changing "bad" to "awful" both times).

06.06.06

live debut

13 Known Plays

over 13 years

2,113 Days Since

last fully played (12.08.18)

57:02

total song time

Stats By Show Artist

Artist	First Show	Last Show	Avg Length	Play Count	% Total Plays	% Total Shows
Dave Matthews Band	6/6/2006	12/8/2018	4:23	13	100.0%	1.2%

Plays By Year

Slot Count By Year

Song Length Over Time

Slots and Types

Midset	12 (92.3%)
Encore	1 (7.7%)

Longest Full Versions

#	Length	Date	Location
1	4:43	12/2/2018	Uncasville, CT
2	4:42	12/8/2018	Montreal, QC, CAN
3	4:40	12/5/2018	Albany, NY
4	4:29	11/29/2018	New York, NY
5	4:27	6/9/2006	Burgettstown, PA
6	4:17	6/17/2006	Saratoga Springs, NY
7	4:17	6/24/2006	Bristow, VA
8	4:17	6/26/2011	Atlantic City, NJ
9	4:17	11/27/2018	Columbus, OH
10	4:15	6/7/2006	Columbus, OH

Shortest Full Versions

#	Length	Date	Location
1	4:12	6/6/2006	Clarkston, MI
2	4:12	7/1/2006	East Troy, WI
3	4:14	6/14/2006	Corfu, NY
4	4:15	6/7/2006	Columbus, OH
5	4:17	6/17/2006	Saratoga Springs, NY

Liberated 2 Times

#	Missing Since	Date Liberated	Days Since	Shows Since
1	7.1.06	6.26.11	1821	344
2	6.26.11	11.27.18	2711	352

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