If you were worth nearly $9 billion, who would you hire to play your company holiday party? For Eldridge Industries chairman Todd Boehly, the answer was apparently anyone who said yes. On Thursday night, Boehly threw a ridiculous bash headlined by Slash, who was joined by a rotating cast of A-listers including Eddie Vedder, Anthony Kiedis, YUNGBLUD, Brandi Carlile, and Bruno Mars.
The private event was held at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, where Slash’s all-star house band featured Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, and super producer Andrew Watt on guitar. They reportedly performed under the name “The Dirty Bats.”
Per setlist.fm, the performance began with YUNGBLUD joining Slash and co. to cover Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and The Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up.” Carlile was up next, for renditions of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” and her own “The Story.” Kiedis then stepped in for Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” and Iggy and the Stooges’ “Search and Destroy.”
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Vedder took the stage next for five songs, including Pearl Jam classics like “Corduroy” and “Better Man,” as well as a cover of Dead Boys’ “Sonic Reducer.” Finally, Bruno Mars took over for a five-song run that included Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love,” The Police’s “Roxanne,” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” before the whole crew returned to the stage to close out the evening with Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode.”
See videos from the event and the full setlist below.
For context, Boehly co-founded Eldridge Industries in 2015. It’s a holding company with stakes in DraftKings, Vivid Seats, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fanatics, and more. On the media side, it owns Dick Clark Productions and the rights to the Golden Globes. Boehly himself is a co-controlling owner of Chelsea F.C. and Ligue 1 football club RC Strasbourg.
In short, paying for what amounted to a private festival lineup was likely just a drop in the bucket.
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Setlist
War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover with Yungblud)
Start Me Up (The Rolling Stones cover with Yungblud)
Black Dog (Led Zeppelin cover with Brandi Carlile)
The Story (Brandi Carlile cover with Brandi Carlile)
Ace of Spades (Motorhead cover with Anthony Kiedis)
Search and Destroy (Iggy and the Stooges cover with Anthony Kiedis)
Unknown song (with Eddie Vedder)
Corduroy (Pearl Jam cover with Eddie Vedder)
Better Man (Pearl Jam cover with Eddie Vedder)
Wishlist (Pearl Jam cover with Eddie Vedder)
Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover with Eddie Vedder)
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin cover with Bruno Mars)
Roxanne (The Police cover with Bruno Mars)
Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover with Bruno Mars)
Dirty Diana (Michael Jackson cover with Bruno Mars)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover with Bruno Mars)
Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover with Eddie Vedder, Yungblud, Anthony Kiedis, Brandi Carlile and Bruno Mars)
