The Offspring Debut in Tel Aviv

The Offspring play Tel Aviv, July 11, 2023. (David Goldblatt)

The Offspring played a wild mix of their old hits and new songs at the Tel Aviv Expo Center on Tuesday night. The band was especially gracious and excited about coming to Israel for the first time, even inserting Hebrew words like “Shalom”, “L’chaim” and “Sababa” into the performance

photo Daniel Lester

The band appreciated the crowd singing along. Lead man, Dexter Holland, and lead guitarist Kevin Wasserman (aka Noodles), paused Bad Habit in the middle and messed with the crowd and warned them they were going to curse.

photo Daniel Lester

Balloons and confetti were thrown into the crowd and the stage was “decorated” with dancing man inflatables.

  1. Come Out and Play
  2. All I Want
  3. Want You Bad
  4. Staring at the Sun
  5. Hit That
  6. Hammerhead
  7. Bad Habit
  8. Iron Man / The Trooper / Sweet Child o’ Mine / In the Hall of the Mountain King
  9. Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover)
  10. Gotta Get Away
  11. Why Don’t You Get a Job?
  12. (Can’t Get My) Head Around You
  13. Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)
  14. The Kids Aren’t Alright

Encore:

  1. You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid
  2. Self Esteem

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