a "christening" show for media and friends featuring the Fleshtones and Too Much Joy. On January 5, 1996, the new 9:30 Club opened to the public with a show that included the Smashing Pumpkins. NPR's online music show All Songs Considered broadcast some concerts at the venue. There is an archive of these shows. D.C. acts that played at the 9:30 Club include: Good Charlotte and Vertical Horizon in 2004, Joan Jett (who lived in Maryland) in 2006, Mýa in 2007, Wale in 2010, and SHAED in 2019. Significant moments Popular local band Emmet Swimming played one of the first shows at the new 9:30 on a snowy night and recorded part of their live concert CD Earplugs 50¢ at the venue. Bob Dylan played shows on December 4 and 5, 1997, when he was in Washington, D.C., to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. Dylan returned for an unannounced show on April 2, 2004, before scheduled dates at the Bender Arena and the Warner Theatre. On June 12, 1998, the Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a surprise eleven-song set at the club. Money Mark and the Propellerheads were the opening acts. The show, which was the band's first at the new venue (they had previously performed at the old 9:30 Club five times from 1985 to 1987), was their first public performance since reuniting with guitarist John Frusciante, who had quit the band in 1992; although the band had performed a short in-studio acoustic set of mostly cover songs a week early for a radio show in Los Angeles. The 9:30 Club show was seen as a warm-up for their performance the next day at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, which was held at the RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.; when bad weather cancelled their set at the concert, Pearl Jam shortened their own set so the Chili Peppers could perform a few songs. O.A.R., whose members grew up in nearby Rockville, Maryland, recorded the live album Any Time Now at the 9:30 Club on November 23 and 24, 2001. The venue also hosted the band's first four shows on their 2012 Extended Stay tour. Gorillaz performed their 2nd concert in the U.S.A. ever at The 9:30 Club on February 26, 2002 (their 1st in the U.S.A. being in Boston, Massachusetts at Avalon Ballroom on 25 February 2002); which also served as their 3rd concert in North America ever (their first