Sign o' the Times (live)
This page contains a list of all known performances of Sign o' the Times.
Analysis and Explanation
Cover of a Prince song that was done at two promotional gigs in 2012 which required the band do a cover song. The band performed it at an actual concert once in 2013, though no footage remains from this performance. Prince has a notoriously uncooperative management team and any footage shot of the song was almost immediately taken down off the internet. Because of this, there is no known remaining footage of its 2013 performance. A similar event happened when Prince played Radiohead's Creep live and then prevented fans from uploading the footage, causing minor outrage and even having members of Radiohead speaking about the incident.
Once Prince died it was expected that the band would perform this live as a tribute, but no such performance took place; instead, the band released footage of the 09/28/2012 performance in greyscale as tribute to Prince. While it would be nice to see this cover's return to live setlists, it is likely that all footage shot by fans would be immediately taken down, so this song's absence is not much of a loss.
The 2nd Law era
2013
| # | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013-01-24 | Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2012
| # | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2012-09-28 | Air Studios (Live Lounge) | London, UK | |
| 1 | 2012-09-19 | Air Productions studios (Taratata) | Paris, France |
See also
This is a table of jams and unreleased covers live performances.
Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.
Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.
Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.
Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.
Black indicates no known performance that year.
Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.
All years with unknown setlists (1994-2004) are indicated with small font.
Last updated: November 25, 2019.
| Song Title | Era | 2000 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Jam | Black Holes and Revelations | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Helsinki Jam | The Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 |
| Glasgow Jam | The Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MK Jam | The Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Montpellier Jam | The 2nd Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Munich Jam | Drones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 81 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 163 |
| Houston Jam | Simulation Theory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| Dracula Mountain | Absolution | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| America | The Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Back in Black | The Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Where the Streets Have No Name |
The Resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sign o' the Times | The 2nd Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lithium | The 2nd Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lies | Drones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Kind of Kick | Drones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
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