James Murphy pays tribute to friend and business partner during LCD Soundsystem All Points East performance

26 August, 2024

James Murphy of US band LCD Soundsystem performs on stage during the 20th edition of the Rock en Seine music festival in Saint-Cloud, outside Paris, on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Anna KURTH / AFP) (Photo by ANNA KURTH/AFP via Getty Images)

James Murphy paid tribute to his late business partner and friend during LCD Soundsystem‘s All Points East headlining set.

The New York electro band took over the annual London festival at Victoria Park on Friday (August 23). They kicked off their set with ‘Us v Them’, ‘You Wanted A Hit’, ‘Tribulations’, ‘Tonite’, ‘Oh Baby’ and ‘I Can Change’.

During the middle of their performance, the frontman took the time to share how hard playing the show was for them as they had just recently lost a dear friend. Before jumping into their 2007 song ‘Someone Great’, Murphy told the crowd via The Line Of Best Fit: “Yesterday, we lost a very dear friend of ours, Justin Chearno. We’re all fucking destroyed. We’re trying our best. We love him and miss him. This sucks. Thank you for being here and being a part of it,”

The group also dedicated ‘New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down” to Chearno. Murphy and Chearno co-founded The Four Horsemen – a restaurant and wine bar in New York’s Williamsburg area.

Others who headlined All Points East 2024 festival included Loyle Carner, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, Mitski and Kaytranada. Other artists who were on the line-up included Thundercat, Nas, Jai Paul, Phoenix, Gossip, and Sleater-Kinney.

Elsewhere, the band performed at this year’s edition of Glastonbury Festival earlier this summer. In a five-star review of the show, NME wrote: “The packed-out Pyramid field hold each other tight and reach for the sky as LCD’s 10 song masterclass naturally ends with ‘All My Friends’.

“This song and this moment are the manifestation of Glastonbury at its best, the memories in the making and the good times still to come.”

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