Photos: Pixies play 'Bossanova' and 'Trompe le Monde' at the Palace
by Tony Nelson
August 01, 2025

Alt-rock legends Pixies performed a throwback set featuring two classic albums on Thursday evening at Palace Theatre in St. Paul. The show included a track-by-track dig into the band’s 1990 album Bossanova followed by 1991’s Trompe le Monde in its entirety. Kurt Vile + The Violators opened up.
Setlist (via setlist.fm)
Bossanova
Cecilia Ann (The Surftones cover)
Rock Music
Velouria
Allison
Is She Weird
Ana
All Over the World
Dig for Fire
Down to the Well
The Happening
Blown Away
Hang Wire
Stormy Weather
Havalina
Trompe le Monde
Trompe le Monde
Planet of Sound
Alec Eiffel
The Sad Punk
Head On (The Jesus and Mary Chain cover)
U-Mass
Palace of the Brine
Letter to Memphis
Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
Space (I Believe In)
Subbacultcha
Distance Equals Rate Times Time
Lovely Day
Motorway to Roswell
The Navajo Know
In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (Peter Ivers & David Lynch cover)
Here Comes Your Man
Where Is My Mind?
Into the White






