Matchbox Twenty is back on the road. See photos from ‘Slow Dream Tour’ in Raleigh

Scott Sharpe

Matchbox Twenty rolled into Raleigh Wednesday night for a two-hour show of fan favorites and new material.

The band, with Rob Thomas, Brian Yale, Paul Doucette and Kyle Cook, is on the road for the first time since 2017’s “A Brief History of Everything” tour. The setlist included hits from the late ‘90s and early 2000s, including “Real World,” “Push” “3AM,” “Bent” and “How Far We’ve Come.”

This year, Thomas and company released their first new album in over a decade, “Where the Light Goes,” with the single, “Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream).”

That single joined the lineup of the Slow Dream Tour, which stopped at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek in Raleigh Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

Here are photos from the concert.

Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20 bring their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20 bring their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20 bassist Brian Yale salutes the crowd at Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20 bassist Brian Yale salutes the crowd at Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20 bring their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20 bring their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Drenched in sweat, Rob Thomas performs with Matchbox 20 on their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Drenched in sweat, Rob Thomas performs with Matchbox 20 on their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20 brings their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20 brings their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20’s Kyle Cook at Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20’s Kyle Cook at Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20’s Brian Yale (left) and Paul Doucette jam together during the band’s set at Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Matchbox 20’s Brian Yale (left) and Paul Doucette jam together during the band’s set at Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Rob Thomas embraces the crowd as Matchbox 20 brings their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.
Rob Thomas embraces the crowd as Matchbox 20 brings their “Slow Dream Tour” to Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, July 12, 2023.

Matchbox 20 Setlist, Raleigh, NC, July 12, 2023

1. Friends

2. How Far We’ve Come

3. Real World

4. Disease

5. Wild Dogs

6. She’s So Mean

7. All I Need

8. Queen of New York City

9. Hand Me Down

10. If You’re Gone

11. Mad Season

12. Don’t Get Me Wrong

13. These Hard Times

14. The Way

15. Parade

16. Bent

17. Back 2 Good

18. Long Day

19. Rebels

20. 3 A.M.

21. Unwell

22. Push

23. Bright Lights

24. Don’t You (Forget About Me)

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