Before Shane Went to Bangkok: Live in the USA

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Before Shane Went to Bangkok: Live in the USA
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ReleasedDecember 17, 2013
Recorded2013
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Length34:02
Label Fueled by Ramen
Fun. chronology
Some Nights
(2012)
Before Shane Went to Bangkok: Live in the USA
(2013)

Before Shane Went to Bangkok: Live in the USA is the only live music EP by the band fun. It was recorded in 2013 during Fun's North American tour. The name of the EP refers to Fun's guitar tech and photographer Shane Timm. The EP was released December 17, 2013 as a digital download and also as a vinyl bundle including photographs taken during the tour, limited to 1,000 pressings, and was released primarily as a way of thanking the fans for attending the shows. Most notably, the EP contains a previously unreleased track called What the Fuck that was performed only in Fun's live sets. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Out on the Town" (4:35)
  2. "Barlights" (8:03)
  3. "Carry On" (4:51)
  4. "What the Fuck" (6:42)
  5. "The Gambler" (5:06)
  6. "Some Nights" (4:45)

Personnel

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References

  1. "Fun. Ask 'What the F*ck' on Free Live EP". Rolling Stone . 18 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.