Cameron Winter played a secret set at a charity show under the alias Chet Chomsky this week – check out footage of the moment below.
The set took place on Monday night (January 19) at the TV Eye venue in Queens. It was held in support of the Olive Grove Initiative, which is a mutual aid group based in New York and provides support and aid to families from Gaza.
For the gig, a portion of the proceeds raised were donated towards the non-profit organisation, and performers billed on the night included another member of Geese, and an unknown headliner called Chet Chomsky.
@erica_petrop chet chomsky (aka cameron winter) performing it all fell in the river at tv eye, 1/19/26 #cameronwinter
♬ [Raw recording] Record playback noise 01 (3 minutes) – Icy Light
Kicking off the night was Geese guitarist Emily Green, and this was followed by sets from Leo Paternity, Fantasy Of A Broken Heart, and @. From there, the headliner was revealed to be Geese frontman and soloist Cameron Winter, who was introduced to the stage as the “newly discovered southwestern master of song”.
According to Setlist.fm, Winter broke out seven songs at the show, kicking off with his solo tracks ‘It All Fell in the River’, ‘The Rolling Stones’ and ‘Serious World’.
From there, he broke out ‘Emperor XIII in Shades’, ‘Love Takes Miles’, and ‘If You Turn Back Now’, before closing with ‘$0’. Check out the setlist and fan footage below.
@gettinggeesed HEAVIER METAL !!! #fypシ #foryou #cameronwinter #geese #chetchomsky
♬ original sound – GEESEPOSTING
@mollsyvl ily Chet Chomsky @Geese #geese #cameronwinter #nyc
♬ original sound – 🥨Molly
@fartsplosion__69 #cameronwinter
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@globalgiggirly Cameron Winter secret headline set under the name “Chet Chomsky” at the Olive Grove Initiative benefit at TV Eye in Brooklyn 1.19.2026. Lineup also included fellow Geese bandmate Emily Green. #geese #cameronwinter #geeseband #livemusic #brooklyn
♬ original sound – globalgiggirly
@tia_ho__ Chet Chomsky #cameronwinter #newyork #nycmusic
♬ original sound – Tia 🎧
Cameron Winter’s setlist was:
‘It All Fell in the River’
‘The Rolling Stones’
‘Serious World’
‘Emperor XIII in Shades’
‘Love Takes Miles’
‘If You Turn Back Now’
‘$0’
The slot comes just days ahead of Geese making their first ever appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend.
The former NME Cover stars are still riding high thanks to huge praise for their latest album, ‘Getting Killed’ – which was given a five-star review from NME, and later landed at the prestigious Number One on our 50 best albums of 2025 list.
Their track ‘Taxes’ from the record also came in at Number Two in NME‘s round-up of the 50 best songs of 2025, and others sharing praise for the band included Nick Cave and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
They show no signs of slowing down either, and already this year the band have been longlisted for the BBC Radio 1 Sound Of 2026, and confirmed for Reading & Leeds, too.
As for his work outside the group, last year Cameron Winder made a solo appearance at London’s Roundhouse last year, and NME gave it a glowing five-star review, writing: “Cameron Winter has the power, talent and magnetism of a future great – a star to go the distance with just that voice, a piano and a whole world quite literally at his fingertips.”
At his hometown stop at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium later in the run, the performance was seen being recorded by director Paul Thomas Anderson, who sat in the audience.
