It’s just before midnight on Wednesday, and The Fray frontman Isaac Slade approaches the stage at the Bob Woodruff Foundation benefit at B.B. King Blues Club in New York.
“Congratulations, the New York Yankees have won the World Series,” he says.
Slades then sets his MacBook down on the piano in front of him and dives into a song, while broadcasting victory clips of the win on his laptop for the audience.
The Fray’s set was part of Woodruff’s benefit to support injured war veterans and their families – planned by Bloc Group philanthropist Matthew Isaacs and attended by celebrity guests like Wilmer Valderrama and DJ Grandmaster Flash (bottom photo).
The Fray played a 10-song set that included hits “Over My Head (Cable Car),” “How To Save a Life,” “She,” and “You Found Me,” but also included one unexpected jam – a Kris Allen-esque cover of Kanye West‘s “Heartless.”
Check out the fantastic cover, and Slade’s Yankees broadcast, below.
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