Here is our list of Bruce Hornsby 2023 setlists. Please feel free to e-mail Si with any additions or amendments to this list. Thanks to those who have contributed below!
Setlists will be added as Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers hit the road and begin their 2023 tour. Also don’t forget to check our live concert archive for downloads!
01/20/23 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts – Scottsdale, AZ
Study #22 > Preacher in the Ring Part 1 > (Catenaires) – all piano and Chad Wright drum duo, Preacher in the Ring Part 2, Cast-Off, End of the Innocence, Days Ahead, Funhouse, JT organ intro > The Way It Is > Spider Fingers > The Way It Is, Bright Star Cast, Is This It*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I. > Dirty Water > MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Valley Road*, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, John Mailander fiddle/Chad Wright drum duo intro > Jacob’s Ladder**, Anything Can Happen, Tango King, Mandolin Rain
Encore: Nobody There But Me
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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01/22/23 Fox Tucson Theater – Tucson, AZ
See the Same Way, Cyclone, My Resolve, JT Organ Intro > The Way It Is, Long Tall Cool One, Meds, The Show Goes On, Every Little Kiss*, LIDAR*, Echolocation*, Over the Rise*, Pete & Manny**, On the Western Skyline**, Too Much Monkey Business, Look Out Any Window
Encore: Swan Song
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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03/23/23 Troy Savings Bank Music Hall – Troy, NY
My Resolve, The Road Not Taken, Sidelines, Every Little Kiss, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley > Twelve Tone Tune > (L’Escalier du Diable), Song C, Swan Song, The Way It Is > Changes (Tupac Shakur) > Valley Road, Continents Drift, Cyclone, Spider Fingers > Questions And Answers, End of the Innocence > Sun Bear Theme, White Noise > Country Doctor, Nobody There But Me
Notes: solo show.
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03/25/23 McCarter Theatre – Princeton, NJ
Sticks and Stones, Song F > Lost in the Snow, Days Ahead, Look Out Any Window, The Devil’s Staircase > (one line of Free Bird), (The Blinding Light Of Dreams), Hooray For Tom,. Shadow Hand, Shadowland, End of the Innocence > Song A > Sun Bear Theme, Preacher in the Ring Part 1 > Webern’s Variation #2 > (Catenaires), Fortunate Son, Valley Road, Shit’s Crazy Out Here, Mandolin Rain (minor key), The Way It Is > Goldberg Variation #3 > Sister Rosa > Changes (Shakur), Spider Fingers > Twelve Tone Tune
Notes: solo show.
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03/26/23 Tarrytown Music Hall – Tarrytown, NY
Harbor Waltz > Harbor Lights, Sidelines, Meds, The Way It Is, 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town, The Hound, End of the Innocence > Sun Bear Theme, Love Me Still, Cast-Off, Soon Enough, Mandolin Rain (minor key), Study #22 > Talk of the Town, Halcyon Days
Encore: I’ve Just Seen a Face, Fortunate Son
Notes: solo show.
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05/28/23 Dark Star Jubilee – Thornville, OH
Bright Star Cast, My Resolve, Little Sadie > White-Wheeled Limousine, The Way It Is, Stander on the Mountain, Cyclone, Valley Road*, Prairie Dog Town*, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Notes: * denotes dulcimer
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05/31/23 Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall – Munhall, PA
Cast-Off, The Chill, Funhouse, End Of The Innocence > Sun Bear Theme, Swing Street, Never in This House, Intro > Absolute Zero, Look Out Any Window, M.I.A. In M.I.A.M.I.*, Every Little Kiss*, Shadow Hand*, John/Chad duet Intro > Jacob’s Ladder**, The Old Kentucky Shore, Piano Intro > Bach Goldberg Variation #1 > The Way It Is, Cruise Control
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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06/01/23 Strand Theater – York, PA
Resting Place, Sneaking up on Boo Radley, Days Ahead, The Way It Is > (Super Freak), Meds, Tango King, Across The River, Tropical Cashmere Sweater*, Rehab Reunion*, Every Little Kiss*, LIDAR*, Valley Road, Halcyon Days, Down The Road Tonight
Encore: Fields of Gray, Mandolin Rain
Notes: * denotes dulcimer
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06/03/23 Town Hall – New York, NY
Bright Star Cast, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley > Twelve Tone Tune > (L’Escalier Du Diable) (Ligeti), Absolute Zero, End of the Innocence, Little Sadie > Steps > White-Wheeled Limousine > Just One More, Long Tall Cool One, Never in This House, Meds > I’ve Been Loving You Too Long, Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > Questions & Answers, Over the Rise, The Way It Is
Notes: Noisemakers show with Christian McBride, John Scofield and Kenny Garrett.
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06/04/23 Maryland Hall – Annapolis, MD
Red Plains, The Blinding Light Of Dreams > L’Escalier Du Diable, Cyclone, Walk in the Sun, Lost Soul, Swing Street, Mandolin Rain, Is This It*, Green, Green Rocky Road*, Valley Road*, Prairie Dog Town*, Pete and Manny**, piano intro > a Fractals-inspired version of The Way It Is, Hooray for Tom, Sunflower Cat > Woman to Woman
Encore: The Show Goes On
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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06/06/23 Meymandi Concert Hall – Raleigh, NC
Sidelines (solo piano), Cast-Off, Days Ahead, J.T. Intro > The Way It Is, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley > L’Escalier Du Diable, (Mandolin Wind), Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues, Funhouse, Bright Star Cast > Magic Mirror, End of the Innocence, Rehab Reunion*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.,* > Maggie May*, (Sidelines reprise*), Echolocation*, Valley Road*, Jacob’s Ladder**, Fortunate Son, My Resolve
Encore: Harbor Waltz, Harbor Lights
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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06/08/23 Coves Amphitheater – Union Hall, VA
My Resolve, Continents Drift, Cyclone, What a Time, The Dreaded Spoon, Mandolin Rain, Preacher in the Ring Part One > Preacher in the Ring Part Two, The Road Not Taken > Working in a Coal Mine > The Road Not Taken Jam, Every Little Kiss*, Black Rats of London*, Echolocation*, Prairie Dog Town*, JT Solo intro > Hymn in C > The Way It Is, Changes (Tupac), Chad Drum solo > The Way It Is, Country Doctor
Encore: What the Hell Happened to Me
Notes: * denotes dulcimer,
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06/10/23 The Caverns – Pelham, TN
New Circus piano intro > Circus on the Moon, John/Chad intro > Great Divide, Candy Mountain Run, Absolute Zero ,Lost Soul, Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues > The Way It Is, Anything Can Happen, LIDAR*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I. > I Truly Understand*, Valley Road*, Defenders of the Flag**, Mandolin Rain, Across the River, Halcyon Days
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06/21/23 Mayo Performing Arts Center – Morristown, NJ
Barren Ground, Cleopatra Drones, Days Ahead, Hey Ma (Bon Iver) . End of the Innocence > Sun Bear Theme, Fractals, White-Wheeled Limousine, Song H (solo piano), Hooray for Tom, Jacob’s Ladder**, Is This It*, MIA In M.I.A.M.I., Prairie Dog Town, Every Little Kiss (piano version), Funhouse > When in Rome > Got Yourself a Gun (Sopranos Theme), See the Same Way, The Show Goes On > (Mandolin Rain )
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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06/23/23 Tanglewood – Lenox, MA
Bright Star Cast, My Resolve, Mandolin Rain, See the Same Way, End of the Innocence, Over the Rise*, Prairie Dog Town*, Tanglewood modern classical piano intro > (L’Escalier du Diable) > (La Grive Musicienne), The Way It Is, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Notes: * denotes dulcimer. Opening for Steve Miller Band
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06/24/23 Groton Hill Music Center – Groton, MA
Absolute Zero, Cast-Off, Take You There-, Preacher in the Ring Part One > Webern Variation #2 > (Catenaires ), Preacher in the Ring, Part Two, (Sad Moon), Walk in the Sun, The Way It Is, Rat King, Tropical Cashmere Sweater*, Shadow Hand*, Valley Road*, Big Stick**, Too Much Monkey Business, Mandolin Rain, Invisible, Sunflower Cat
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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06/26/23 Ocean City Music Pier – Ocean City, NJ
John/Chad Intro > Great Divide, Bruce/Gibb Intro > Resting Place, Funhouse, Look Out Any Window, Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues, Maybe Now, Lost Soul, JT Organ Intro > Bruce piano intro > Shit’s Crazy Out Here > (L’Escalier Du Diable) > The Way It Is, Gibb sitar intro > Is This It*, The Good Life*, Rehab Reunion*,,. Celestial Railroad*, John/Chad Intro > Jacob’s Ladder**, The Show Goes On, Big Rumble
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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06/28/23 Rochester International Jazz Festival – Rochester, NY
See the Same Way, Sunflower Cat > Woman To Woman, Cyclone, JT organ intro > Bruce piano intro (Hymn in C) > The Way It Is, Life in the Psychotropics, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley> Twelve Tone Tune > (L’Escalier Du Diable), Love Me Still, End of the Innocence, Hey Kafka*, MIA In M.I.A.M.I.*, Is This It*, Jacob’s Ladder**, Mandolin Rain, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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06/30/23 State Theatre – Portland, ME
Sidelines (solo piano), 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town (Bruce/John Mailander duo), Absolute Zero, Every Little Kiss (piano version), Circus on the Moon, (Study #22) > Talk of the Town, Never in This House, Walk in the Sun, Anything Can Happen, Mirror on the Wall*, Soon Enough*, Valley Road*, Prairie Dog Town*, The Long Race**, The Way It Is (in waltz time), Swan Song, White-Wheeled Limousine, Nobody There But Me
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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09/06/23 Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
Gibb Droll/John Mainlander intro: variations on the theme of “Line in the Dust” > Line in the Dust, John/Chad Wright intro > Great Divide, See the Same Way, Intro based on an opening mistake > The Way It Is., Cast-Off, Days Ahead, End of the Innocence, The Show Goes On, Shadow Hand*, Rehab Reunion*, JT intro while fixing the iPad on the stand > MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Valley Road > Not Dark Yet*, Pete And Manny** > Jacob’s Ladder**, Every Little Kiss (on piano), King of the Hill
Encore: Mandolin Rain
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion
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09/08/23 Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion – Bristol, TN
Bright Star Cast, My Resolve, Sunflower Cat, The Way It Is, Funhouse, Go Back To Your Woods, End of the Innocence > Sun Bear Theme, Living in the Sunshine, Drunken Hiccups *, LIDAR*, Valley Road*, Prairie Dog Town*, Fortunate Son, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Swan Song
Notes: * denotes dulcimer. First time playing “Living in the Sunshine” (released that day)
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09/09/23 Lexington Opera House – Lexington, KY
Preacher in the Ring Part One > Variation #2 > (Catenaires) > Chad Wright/Bruce duo, Preacher in the Ring Part Two, Sneaking Up On Boo Radley > Twelve Tone Tune > L’Escalier Du Diable, Look Out Any Window, Walk in the Sun, Absolute Zero, Listen to the Silence, Is This It*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I*., Where’s the Bat (at the piano, an impromptu move inspired by the presence of a bat in the hall!), Every Little Kiss*, Pete and Manny**, Resting Place, Mandolin Rain
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion. First time playing “Listen to the Silence” after 25 years!
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09/12/23 Victory Theatre – Evansville, IN
Living in the Sunshine, Circus on the Moon, Country Doctor, Meds, Mandolin Rain, Song C > Sad Moon, Fortunate Son, Line in the Dust, JT organ intro > BH piano intro > (Hymn in C) > The Way It Is, Shadow Hand*, Echolocation*, Prairie Dog Town*, Jacob’s Ladder**, The Road Not Taken, Cruise Control, Swan Song
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion. First ever Sad Moon with the band.
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09/14/23 Peoples Bank Theatre – Marietta, OH
See the Same Way, Listen to the Silence, Old Kentucky Shore > Preacher In The Ring Part Two, JT organ intro > BH piano intro > The Way It Is, Fractals, Maybe Now, Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues, Crown of Jewels, End of the Innocence, Song C, Hooray For Tom Lost in the Snow, Never in This House, Too Much Monkey Business, Every Little Kiss*, Over The Rise*, Big Stick**, Come On in My Kitchen, Evening Sun, Little Sadie > White-Wheeled Limousine, Nobody There But Me
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion. Song C to Too Much Money Business were solo piano. First performance of Evening Sun.
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09/16/23 Sound Board Theatre – Detroit, MI
Line in the Dust, Living in the Sunshine, Long Tall Cool One, Look Out Any Window (with whole-tone scale chordal outro!), Lost Soul, Levitate, Love Me Still, The Show Goes On, Valley Road* > Not Dark Yet*, LIDAR*, Down the Road Tonight* > We’re Having a Party, The Long Race**, Concord Sonata movement 4 > (Thoreau) > The Way It Is, Spider Fingers, Mandolin Rain (minor key > major key) > The Grand Tour
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion. First time playing Down the Road Tonight on dulcimer.Hide Bruce's notes
09/17/23 Clyde Theatre – Fort Wayne, IN
Tipping*, Is This It*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Funhouse, Preacher in the Ring Part Two, Cleopatra Drones, Walk in the Sun, Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At, Jacob’s Ladder **> Cartoons and Candy** > Jacob’s Ladder**, (When In Rome*), Shadow Hand*, Big Stick*, Cyclone, Anything Can Happen, The Way It Is, Across the River
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion. Big Stick first time ever on dulcimer. First time opening on dulcimer.
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09/19/23 State Theatre of Ithaca – Ithaca, NY
Bright Star Cast, Song C > Sad Moon, Evening Sun, Living in the Sunshine, End of the Innocence, Talk of the Town > Ives Study #22, Sunlight Moon, The Show Goes On, Listen to the Silence, Gibb Droll intro > BH Pointillistic space intro > The Way It Is, Echolocation*, The Good Life*, Hey Kafka*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.* > Brother Trucker, Pete and Manny**, Mandolin Rain, Swan Song
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion. First ever Sunlight Moon with the band.
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09/21/23 Garde Arts Center – New London, CT
King of the Hill > Twelve Tone Tune > Mystery Train > Hallucinations, John Maiiander/Chad Wright intro > Great Divide, Cast-Off, Black Rats of London**, JT intro > BH intro > Concord Sonata fourth movement “Emerson”, The Way It Is, Life in the Psychotropics, Fields of Gray, White Noise, Red Plains, Every Little Kiss*, Tipping*, (TSA Man*), Is This It*, John/Chad intro > Super Washboard Freak** > Jacob’s Ladder**, Gibb intro > The Show Goes On, Valley Road*, Mighty Rainbow > Life of the Party > Mighty Rainbow
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion.
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09/22/23 The Cabot – Beverly. MA
Preacher in the Ring Part One > Variation 2 > (Catenaires) > Chad Wright/BH duo > Preacher in the Ring Part Two, Resting Place, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley > L’Escalier du Diable > (Etude 13), End of the Innocence, Fractals, Evening Sun, Absolute Zero, Crown of Jewels, Valley Road*, Over the Rise*, Prairie Dog Town*, Pete and Manny**, The Way It Is, Here We Are Again, Song C > Sad Moon
Notes: * denotes dulcimer, ** denotes accordion.
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09/24/23 XPN Fest – Camden, NJ
Bright Star Cast, My Resolve, Living in the Sunshine, L’Escalier du Diable > The Way It Is, Over the Rise*, Prairie Dog Town*
Notes: * denotes dulcimer.
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