Role Model Closes 'Chuck on Tour' at Greek Theatre — SkimNews
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- Role Model closed his "Chuck on Tour" at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday after canceling the final Berkeley stop due to illness, turning the scheduled second-to-last show into the actual North American finale.
- Pillsbury performed in his Chuck Timely time-traveler persona — a character he described as someone who "seems to grab little pieces from each" era — across a 90-minute set before roughly 6,000 attendees.
- The setlist dipped into Role Model's pre-Chuck catalog with "Writing's on the Wall," "Slipfast," "Old Recliners" and the fan-favorite closer "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out."
- "Love I You" — a track featuring Role Model's now-ex Dakota Johnson on the studio version — is reworked live, with Pillsbury inviting an audience member each night to recite Johnson's back-and-forth part.
- Pillsbury told the crowd his friend Jake Shane attended Thursday's show rather than Friday's because Shane "knew Renee would take all the attention from him," with Reneé Rapp visible in Friday's crowd.
- The stage was kept minimal, with comical placement cards for each band member — "Bass God," "Piano Man," "Chuck" — plus a back-of-stage marker reading "Stand here for the drama."
Why it matters: The Berkeley illness cancelation made Friday's Greek Theatre show Role Model's actual tour finale, and the 90-minute, persona-driven set leaned on audience-participation rituals — like the nightly fan vocalist filling in for ex Dakota Johnson on "Love I You" — rather than visual spectacle, with celebrity attendees Jake Shane and Reneé Rapp turned into run-of-show comedy material.
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