Concert: Wilco

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Venue: Midland Theater in Kansas City, MO

Opening Act: Creamer

I didn’t know a lot about Wilco, other than a handful of songs and their alt-country roots. I was surprised that the performance was much more electric and genre-bending than I expected. It definitely will get me exploring their catalog more.

Set 1:

1. Ashes of American Flags
2. If I Ever Was a Child
3. Cry All Day
4. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
5. Art of Almost
6. Pickled Ginger
7. Side with the Seeds
8. Passenger Side
9. Someone to Lose
10. Via Chicago
11. Bull Black Nova
12. Reservations
13. Impossible Germany
14. Whole Love
15. California Stars
16. Christ for President
17. Heavy Metal Drummer
18. I’m the Man Who Loves You
19. Casino Queen
20. Hummingbird

Encore:

21. Random Name Generator
22. Jesus Etc.
23. Locator
24. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

Encore 2:

25. Monday
26. Outtaside (Outta Mind)

In Concert: Mark Knopfler

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Venue: Midland Theater; Kansas City, MO
The Players: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar), Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Richard Bennett (guitar), Glenn Worf (bass), Jim Cox (piano, organ, accordion), Ian Thomas (drums), John McCusker (violin, Cittern), Michael McGoldrick (whistles, uilleann pipes), Nigel Hitchcock (saxophone)
Opening Act: none

The Set List:

1. Broken Bones ²⁵
2. Corned Beef City ²⁴
3. Privateering ²⁴
4. Father and Son ⁶
5. Hill Farmer’s Blues ¹⁹
6. Skydiver ²⁵
7. She’s Gone ¹⁶
8. Your Latest Trick ⁸
9. Romeo and Juliet ³
10. Sultans of Swing ¹
11. Haul Away ²⁴
12. Postcards from Paraguay ²⁰
13. Marbletown ¹⁹
14. Speedway at Nazareth ¹⁷
15. Telegraph Road ⁴

Encore:

16. So Far Away ⁸
17. Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) ⁵

Album Discography:

¹ Dire Straits (with Dire Straits, 1978)
² Communiqué (with Dire Straits, 1979)
³ Making Movies (with Dire Straits, 1980)
⁴ Love Over Gold (with Dire Straits, 1982)
⁵ Local Hero (soundtrack, 1983)
⁶ Cal (soundtrack, 1984)
⁷ Comfort and Joy (soundtrack,1984 )
⁸ Brothers in Arms (with Dire Straits, 1985)
⁹ The Princess Bride (soundtrack, 1987)
¹⁰ Last Exit to Brooklyn (soundtrack, 1989)
¹¹ Missing…Presumed Having a Good Time (with the Notting Hillbillies, 1990)
¹² Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins, 1990)
¹³ On Every Street (with Dire Straits, 1991)
¹⁴ Golden Heart (1996)
¹⁵ Wag the Dog (soundtrack, 1998)
¹⁶ Metroland (soundtrack, 1999)
¹⁷ Sailing to Philadelphia (2000)
¹⁸ A Shot at Glory (soundtrack, 2002)
¹⁹ The Ragpicker’s Dream (2002)
²⁰ Shangri-La (2004)
²¹ All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris, 2006)
²² Kill to Get Crimson (2007)
²³ Get Lucky (2009)
²⁴ Privateering (2012)
²⁵ Tracker (2015)

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In Concert: John Mellencamp

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Venue: Midland Theater; Kansas City, MO

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The Set List:

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1. Authority Song
2. No One Cares about Me
3. Deep Blue Heart
4. Death Letter
5. Walk Tall
6. The West End
7. Check It Out
8. Save Some Time to Dream
9. Cherry Bomb
10. Don’t Need This Body
11. Right Behind Me
12. Jackie Brown

13. Longest Days
14. Easter Eve
15. Jack and Diane
16. Small Town
17. Rain on the Scarecrow
18. Paper in Fire
19. The Real Life
20. Human Wheels
21. If I Die Sudden
22. No Better Than This
23. Pink Houses
24. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.

In Concert: Lyle Lovett

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Venue: Midland Theater; Kansas City, MO

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The Set List:

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1. Instrumental
2. Election Day *
3. The Truck Song *
4. Cute As a Bug *
5. My Baby Don't Tolerate *
6. In My Own Mind *
7. Big Dog *
8. Working Too Hard *
9. Nothing But a Good Ride *
10. You Were Always There *
11. Pontiac
12. Her First Mistake

13. If I Had a Boat
14. Give Back My Heart
15. Walk Through the Bottomlands
16. I've Been to Memphis
17. That's Right, You're Not from Texas
18. Good Intentions
19. San Antonio Girl *
20. Wallisville Road *
21. I'm Going to Wait *
22. I'm Going to the Place *
23. Church (encore)

* From the album My Baby Don't Tolerate (2003). "On Saturday Night" was the only song from the album that wasn't played.