Watch MJ Lenderman cover Pink Floyd and Neil Young to open Night Club 101 in New York

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MJ Lenderman performed a surprise set at the opening of New York City’s new Night Club 101 on New Year’s Eve. Check out the footage below.The venue, named after its address at 101 Avenue A, is located on the site of New York’s iconic Pyramid Club, which closed permanently in 2021 after shutting its doors during the COVID pandemic.Opened in 1981, Pyramid Club held early performances from Madonna, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Nirvana.

It is also where LGBTQIA+ icons such as drag queen RuPaul first took the stage in New York City.Night Club 101, operated the team behind Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right, rang in the new year with their first show, dubbed their ‘New Year’s Rocking Eve’.

The set was billed as Water From Your Eyes “+all our friends live and DJ (TBA)”, which was later confirmed to be Lenderman, Voyeur, Amiture, and Toast.Lenderman’s set saw him play a string of covers, including Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’, George Strait’s ‘Amarillo By Morning’, Neil Young’s ‘Lotta Love’, and America’s ‘Sister Golden Hair’.