Deftones dropped into a rarity for their Australian fans over the weekend, bringing a cover of the Smiths’ “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” back into the setlist after a two-year absence.
Lord knows it wasn’t the first time Deftones have performed the Moz-and-Marr-penned classic out in public — they hit it four times in 2024, including their back-to-back Coachella appearances. But considering these handsome devils first delivered their Smiths salute over 20 years ago — the cut having appeared on 2005’s B-Sides and Rarities comp, and later on the 2011 Covers collection — it was still a big deal for the group to have performed the piece at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena.
The night also brought a number of recent private music tracks to the stage, as well as a clutch of hits from the rest of the catalogue.
You’ll find fan-shot video of the Smiths cover up above (at the 1:02:20 mark) and down below, where you’ll likewise find the Sydney show’s setlist details (per setlist.fm).
Deftones’ current Australian tour has been pretty sweet for the fans so far — the band and Melbourne sandwich shop Hector’s Deli have teamed-up to deliver the “milk of the madonna” tres leches donut, a punfully-titled pastry available locally between May 4th-10th.
Deftones’ Down Under tour continues Wednesday (May 6th) at the Entertainment Centre in Brisbane. The rest of the show schedule is here.
Deftones setlist 5/3/26:
my mind is a mountain
locked club
ecdysis
Swerve City
Knife Prty
Needles and Pins
Rosemary
Rocket Skates
Entombed
Rx Queen
cut hands
souvenir
infinite source
Change (In the House of Flies)
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
i think about you all the time
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Lotion
7 Words