Setlists featuring What Is a Shooting Star?
16 Apr 2016 - They Might Be Giants at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA
Main 1: Clap Your Hands, Particle Man, The Famous Polka, Meet the Elements, What Is a Shooting Star?, Science Is Real, Electric Car, Minimum Wage, They Might Be Giants, Mammal, Doctor Worm, Alphabet of Nations, Roy G. Biv, I Am a Paleontologist, Birdhouse in Your Soul
Main 2: Robot Parade, Meet the Elements, I Am a Paleontologist, The Mesopotamians, Particle Man, It's Not My Birthday, Older, Damn Good Times, Why Does the Sun Shine?, Why Does the Sun Really Shine?, Electric Car, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
20 Mar 2016 - They Might Be Giants at Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
Main: Fibber Island, The Famous Polka, Apartment Four, Pirate Girls Nine, Clap Your Hands, Meet the Elements, Omnicorn, Alphabet Lost and Found, Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip, What Is a Shooting Star?, Where Do They Make Balloons?, I Am a Paleontologist, Robot Parade, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Older, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), Particle Man, Oh You Did, In the Middle, in the Middle, in the Middle, Doctor Worm
Encore: Alphabet of Nations, Science Is Real
30 Jul 2011 - They Might Be Giants at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
Main: Cloisonné, You Probably Get That a Lot, The Guitar, Asbury Park, Turn Around, Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, Birdhouse in Your Soul, Spy, Spoiler Alert, Meet James Ensor, Old Pine Box, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Never Knew Love, Cyclops Rock, She's an Angel, Particle Man, Drink!, Damn Good Times, Can't Keep Johnny Down
Encore 1: What Is a Shooting Star?, Judy Is Your Viet Nam, Fingertips
Encore 2: Battle for the Planet of the Apes, New York City by cub
15 Jul 2011 - They Might Be Giants at Koko, London, England
Main: Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, Particle Man, Clap Your Hands, Turn Around, Twisting, Never Knew Love, The Mesopotamians, Can't Keep Johnny Down, Alphabet of Nations, Shoehorn With Teeth, Doctor Worm, Memo to Human Resources, We're the Replacements, Judy Is Your Viet Nam, Drink!, She's an Angel, Meet the Elements, Cyclops Rock, Ana Ng, Damn Good Times, Graveyard, Birdhouse in Your Soul, No One Knows My Plan
Encore 1: What Is a Shooting Star?, Free Ride by The Edgar Winter Group, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
Encore 2: You Probably Get That a Lot, Fingertips
Encore 3: Whistling in the Dark
11 Jun 2011 - They Might Be Giants at Luminato Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
Main: Alphabet of Nations, Ana Ng, Birdhouse in Your Soul, Clap Your Hands, Damn Good Times, Doctor Worm, Don't Let's Start, The Guitar, I Am a Paleontologist, Meet the Elements, The Mesopotamians, New York City by cub, Particle Man + I Love to Sing by Bob Lind, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), What Is a Shooting Star?, We Live in a Dump, Whistling in the Dark, Graveyard, Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip
Encore: Twisting, Fingertips
17 Oct 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, Morristown, NJ, USA
Main: Bed Bed Bed, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), Doctor Worm, Pirate Girls Nine, Particle Man, The Famous Polka, Nonagon, High Five!, Roy G. Biv, Meet the Elements, Older, Seven, What Is a Shooting Star?, Clap Your Hands, I Am a Paleontologist, Cowtown, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Graveyard, Alphabet of Nations
Encore: Stalk of Wheat, Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip
16 Oct 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington, NY, USA
Main: She's an Angel, Cowtown, Memo to Human Resources, Dead, Canajoharie, New York City by cub, Nonagon, Meet the Elements, We Live in a Dump, Whistling in the Dark, What Is a Shooting Star?, Clap Your Hands, Birdhouse in Your Soul, The Guitar, Withered Hope, Doctor Worm, Damn Good Times, Ana Ng, Graveyard, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
Encore 1: Drink!, Alphabet of Nations
Encore 2: Stalk of Wheat, Where Your Eyes Don't Go, Why Does the Sun Shine?
16 Oct 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington, NY, USA
Main: Bed Bed Bed, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), Clap Your Hands, Kids Go!, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Doctor Worm, The Famous Polka, High Five!, Pirate Girls Nine, Meet the Elements, What Is a Shooting Star?, Seven, I Am a Paleontologist, Older, Cowtown, Nonagon, Alphabet of Nations
Encore: Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip, Sleepwalkers
2 Oct 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, USA
Main: She's an Angel, Clap Your Hands, The Guitar, Nonagon, Birdhouse in Your Soul, Fingertips, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), Particle Man, Your Racist Friend, Canajoharie, I Am a Paleontologist, Pirate Girls Nine, James K. Polk, Older, Doctor Worm, Damn Good Times, The Mesopotamians
Encore: Alphabet of Nations, What Is a Shooting Star?, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
26 Sep 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Town Hall, New York, NY, USA
Main: How Many Planets?, Particle Man, Pirate Girls Nine, In the Middle, in the Middle, in the Middle, Electric Car, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), Clap Your Hands, Kids Go!, What Is a Shooting Star?, Stalk of Wheat, Whistling in the Dark, Older, Seven, Doctor Worm, High Five!, Fibber Island + Zilch by The Monkees, I Am a Paleontologist, Nonagon, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
25 Sep 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Wolf Den, Uncasville, CT, USA
Main: Frankenstein by The Edgar Winter Group, She's an Angel, Clap Your Hands, The Guitar, Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal, Birdhouse in Your Soul, Fingertips, Alphabet of Nations, Particle Man, What Is a Shooting Star?, Whistling in the Dark, We Live in a Dump, Canajoharie, Memo to Human Resources, Withered Hope, Three Might Be Duende, Purple Toupee, Your Racist Friend, Doctor Worm, Ana Ng, Damn Good Times, Nonagon, The Mesopotamians
Encore: Stalk of Wheat, Frankenstein by The Edgar Winter Group, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
24 Sep 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI, USA
Main: She's an Angel, Damn Good Times, Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal, Three Might Be Duende, Museum of Idiots, Asbury Park, Meet the Elements, Nonagon, Doctor Worm, The Guitar, What Is a Shooting Star?, Whistling in the Dark, How Many Planets?, We Live in a Dump, Au Contraire, Canajoharie, Memo to Human Resources, Withered Hope, Bee of the Bird of the Moth, With the Dark, Purple Toupee, Your Racist Friend, Birdhouse in Your Soul
Encore 1: Stalk of Wheat, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
Encore 2: Alphabet of Nations, Twisting, The Mesopotamians
20 Aug 2010 - They Might Be Giants at The Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Main: She's an Angel, Doctor Worm, We're the Replacements, The Guitar, Asbury Park, Memo to Human Resources, Meet the Elements, Your Racist Friend, Spider, Birdhouse in Your Soul, Withered Hope, Clap Your Hands, Why Does the Sun Shine?, Ana Ng, What Is a Shooting Star?, Whistling in the Dark, We Live in a Dump, Upside Down Frown, Twisting, Older, Letterbox, The Mesopotamians
Encore 1: Stalk of Wheat, Damn Good Times
Encore 2: Dead, New York City by cub, Particle Man + I Love to Sing by Bob Lind
26 Jun 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Main: Fibber Island + Zilch by The Monkees, Meet the Elements, Bed Bed Bed, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), Clap Your Hands, Kids Go!, Electric Car, Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip, Doctor Worm, The Famous Polka, High Five!, Pirate Girls Nine, Why Does the Sun Shine?, What Is a Shooting Star?, Seven, I Am a Paleontologist, Older, Particle Man + I Love to Sing by Bob Lind, Graveyard, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
Encore: Stalk of Wheat, Alphabet of Nations
26 Jun 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Main: Cowtown, Meet the Elements, We Live in a Dump, Where Your Eyes Don't Go, Birdhouse in Your Soul, Your Racist Friend, Why Does the Sun Shine?, Why Does the Sun Really Shine?, Upside Down Frown, Meet James Ensor, Damn Good Times, Clap Your Hands, Withered Hope, Older, Ana Ng, Memo to Human Resources, What Is a Shooting Star?, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Doctor Worm, The Guitar
Encore 1: Don't Let's Start, Dead, New York City by cub
Encore 2: Stalk of Wheat, The Mesopotamians
Encore 3: Particle Man
13 Jun 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Bonnaroo 2010
Main: Alphabet of Nations, Birdhouse in Your Soul, Damn Good Times, Meet the Elements, Memo to Human Resources, Upside Down Frown, Particle Man, Boss of Me, Your Racist Friend, Doctor Worm, Clap Your Hands, What Is a Shooting Star?, Older, We Live in a Dump, The Mesopotamians, Graveyard, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
Encore: Ana Ng
12 Jun 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, MD, USA
Main: Fibber Island + Zilch by The Monkees, Meet the Elements, Bed Bed Bed, Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work), Clap Your Hands, Kids Go!, Electric Car, Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip, Doctor Worm, The Famous Polka, Pirate Girls Nine, Why Does the Sun Shine?, High Five!, What Is a Shooting Star?, Stalk of Wheat, Seven, I Am a Paleontologist, Older, Particle Man, Graveyard, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads
Encore: Alphabet of Nations
11 Jun 2010 - They Might Be Giants at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
Main: Asbury Park, The Mesopotamians, We Live in a Dump, Meet the Elements, Damn Good Times, Alphabet of Nations, Doctor Worm, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, James K. Polk, Why Does the Sun Shine?, Why Does the Sun Really Shine?, Upside Down Frown, Your Racist Friend, Museum of Idiots, Clap Your Hands, Withered Hope, Dead, Memo to Human Resources, What Is a Shooting Star?, Stalk of Wheat, Graveyard, Spider, Birdhouse in Your Soul
Encore 1: New York City by cub, Ana Ng
Encore 2: Older, Where Your Eyes Don't Go
Encore 3: Particle Man + I Love to Sing by Bob Lind
22 Apr 2010 - They Might Be Giants at Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA, USA
Main: Upside Down Frown, Your Racist Friend, Ana Ng, The Mesopotamians, Alphabet of Nations, Why Does the Sun Shine?, Why Does the Sun Really Shine?, Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by The Four Lads, Meet the Elements, Memo to Human Resources, Asbury Park, Doctor Worm, The Guitar, Clap Your Hands, Where Your Eyes Don't Go, New York City by cub, Drink!, We Want a Rock, She's an Angel, Damn Good Times, Graveyard, Eight Hundred and Thirteen Mile Car Trip
Encore: We Live in a Dump, What Is a Shooting Star?, Birdhouse in Your Soul