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 The Wang Theater Boston MA
Authority Song
No One Cares About Me
Death Letter
John Cockers
Walk Tall
The West End
Check It Out
Save Some Time To Dream
Jack and Diane
A Ride Back Home
Easter Eve
Jackie Brown
Longest Days
Small Town
Rain On The Scarecrow
Paper In Fire
Circling Around The Moon
If I Die Sudden
I Saw You First
Pink Houses
Rock In The USA
Cherry Bomb

Thanks Sharon.....wish I could make one of these shows this time around! 

do we know what time he took the stage and ended?

thanks!

Started at 8:30 and ended right around 10:30

Circling around the Moon?  How cool is that?  Please post video..... For those of us who can't make a show this leg!  I saw you first?  Cherry Bomb?  Nice to see a change in the lineup.
Ride Back Home and Easter Eve are masterpieces......

Amazing show last night. So happy I found a setlist posted somewhere. Just out of curiosity, does anyone remember when Amazing Grace/the accordion and violin solo spot was played. I'm pretty sure it was before Rain On The Scarecrow but I could be wrong. Also, would someone be able to point out which songs were acoustic? I remember some but not all of them and I know they were scattered. Thanks in advance!

EXCITED! 2 AND A HALF WEEKS... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Amazing show last night!  Wish I could make some more shows on this tour.  Loved the stripped down songs the most, especially Easter Eve and Save Some Time for Dreaming.  And seeing Jackie Brown live was pretty amazing in itself.  Of course the band is great, but there's something special about hearing things so raw, especially in such an intimate theater environment

They were AWESOME as usual.
A lot of older songs played differently.
Different then Lowell in February.
Liked hearing Easter Eve (you can't make this stuff up) & Key West.

What I wouldn't give to make it to one of  these shows.......sigh :(

Nice way to shake up the set list! Circling Around The Moon?!! I Saw You First?! Cherry Bomb!!

I hope John keeps these songs in the set list. It's nice to get a rarity, i.e. Circling Around The Moon and brings back a fan favorite with Cherry Bomb.

Does he still sing CB acapella and tell the story about the guy coming up to him on the street.?

No, he plays it with the full band and ends the show with it. See below the performance of the song from Tuesday night's show:

http://www.youtube.com/v/FQwwWJqMRlU?fs=1&hl=en_US

This put the biggest smile on face ever!  Thanks John for bringing back LIVE.... one of the favorites!  You are awesome!  Thanks for posting it.  Can't wait to see more!

Easter Eve has to be one of my favorites from the past performances on this tour.  The whole feel of the song from the lighting to the backdrop and orchestration are pure magic!

Saw the show Tuesday night....
Mellencamp & Band were great!
An underrated artist in his time...His music & words will live on past all of us.
Not only did the show touch you but we also had a rocking good time too.

THANK YOU J. M. & Band

I totally agree.  I LOVE Easter Eve and this arrangement.

Does anyone have the set lists from the other shows? I'm going Saturday!!!!

As of today it looks like John has kept the set list from the opening show in Boston

Authority Song
No One Cares About Me
Death Letter
John Cockers
Walk Tall
The West End
Check It Out
Save Some Time To Dream
Jack and Diane
A Ride Back Home
Easter Eve
Jackie Brown
Longest Days
Small Town
Rain On The Scarecrow
Paper In Fire
Circling Around The Moon
If I Die Sudden
I Saw You First
Pink Houses
Rock In The USA
Cherry Bomb

I'm not sure he played Walk Tall in Hamilton. He might have but I don't recall hearing it (and I saw the whole show). Early on he went around to talk to each member of the band and it seemed like he was making a change or two. I think he cut Walk Tall for whatever reason because pre-show his tour manager said he'd be on until 10:30 "on the dot" and he ended about 10:15. It was still an amazing show, but for whatever reason he cut at least one song I think.

He added "Crumblin' Down" in Hamilton -- not sure what he dropped to make room for it, perhaps it was "Walk Tall." See below:

http://www.youtube.com/v/y3gWwTraKUM?fs=1&hl=en_US

Walk Tall & West End were dropped from the setlist in Hamilton and replaced by Crumblin' Down.  I believe the other songs from the setlist were played...

I thought "The West End" was missing as well. And was surprised he added "Crumblin Down". He must have decided a couple songs in to make the changes because he went around and talked to each member of the band. Great show!

As much as I love Crumbling Down, I've seen it at almost every show.  The West End is really, really awesome live and I hope it is back by Columbus.

Of course Crumblin' Down was the only song that I didn't hear and wanted to in Boston. I'd include Hurts So Good also but he doesn't seem to ever play that one anymore.

He did drag out "Hurts So Good" for one show in Ames, Iowa in on April 28 of this year (see video below, you gotta scroll to the 2:10 mark, past "ROCK in the USA," to see it), but he doesn't play it much anymore because he's seemingly lost interest in singing these more "juvenile" songs now that he's trying to portray himself as a socially-conscious, folk troubadour.  

http://www.youtube.com/v/HWKp6Hotugo?fs=1&hl=en_US

Thanks for the link! Yeah, thats always been one of my favorites even though it is pretty juvenile. But that to me is just good old fashion rock and roll. Didn't know he had pulled it out recently, based on my research I didn't see it played since 2007 or maybe 2005.