june

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The Wallflowers begin their Back to Californa tour at the El Cajon Performing Arts Center outside of San Diego, California. They played a mix of songs, including a brand new song and a new cover song. Here's the full setlist:

  • Sleepwalker
  • Everything I Need
  • How Good It Can Get
  • After The Blackbird Sings
  • Closer to You
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • Bleeders
  • Letters From The Wasteland
  • For The Life Of Me
  • Invisible City
  • Drunken Marionette** (New song! Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • One Headlight (1/2 and 1/2 version)
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Heroes
  • Three Marlenas
    Encores:
  • Up From Under (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • Lawyers, Guns & Money*** (Warren Zevon cover)
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • The Difference


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The Wallflowers were at the beach at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Friday night. They performed two covers played infrequently in the past ("Into the Mystic" and "Kids Are Alright"), and were sure to include "Everybody Out of the Water," an appropriate song for the setting. Here's the set full set list:

  • Three Marlenas
  • The Difference
  • How Good It Can Get
  • Everybody Out Of The Water
  • After the Blackbird Sings*
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • Into The Mystic
  • Empire In My Mind
  • Bleeders
  • Invisible City
  • Sleepwalker
  • Letters From The Wasteland
  • Heroes (dedicated to lifeguards on the Mandalay Beach)
  • Everything I Need
  • One Headlight
    Encores:
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • Kids Are Alright (The Who cover)
  • Peace, Love and Understanding


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The Wallflowers played McCallum Theatre in Palm Springs and continued to mix up their set list. They played 2 songs from the first album, added "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" and "Angel On My Bike" for the first time this tour, and played the Zevon cover and a Sam Cooke cover. Here's the full set list:

  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Everything I Need
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • Closer To You
  • For the Life of Me
  • Empire of My Mind
  • Invisible City
  • Drunken Marionette (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys, Fred on shaker and background vox)
  • Angel on My Bike (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • Sleepwalker (1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band)
  • One Headlight
  • Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke cover)
  • Three Marlenas
    Encores:
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls
  • Lawyers, Guns and Money 
  • The Difference

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The Wallflowers played their first of two shows at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Monday night. They played "Up From Under" and covered "Brand New Cadillac" for the first time on this tour. The band and the audience got a special treat when Yogi joined the encore and played "Brand New Cadillac" with the band. The set list:

  • Sleepwalker
  • Everything I Need
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • How Good It Can Get
  • Bleeders
  • For the Life of Me
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Empire of My Mind
  • Hand Me Down (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys, Fred on shaker)
  • Drunken Marionette (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys, Fred on shaker)
  • One Headlight (1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band)
  • Heroes
  • Bring It On Home To Me
  • The Difference
    Encores:
  • Up From Under (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls
  • Three Marlenas
  • Brand New Cadillac (joined by Yogi)

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The Wallflowers played a varied set list at the Anaheim House of Blues on Tuesday night including "Invisible City," acoustic "Mourning Train" & "Angel On My Bike," and covers of "Into the Mystic" and Warren Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns & Money." Jakob announced that that band has covered Zevon's song for an upcoming Warren Zevon tribute album.

  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Everything I Need
  • Letters From the Wasteland
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • Bleeders
  • Closer to You
  • Into the Mystic
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • Invisible City
  • Mourning Train [Rami on keys and Jakob on acoustic]
  • Drunken Marionette [Rami on keys, Jakob on acoustic, Fred on shaker/bg vox]
  • Sleepwalker [1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band]
  • One Headlight
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • Three Marlenas
    Encores:
  • Angel On My Bike [Rami on keys, Jakob on acoustic]
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls
  • Lawyers, Guns, and Money
  • The Difference

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The band was at The Catalyst Club in Santa Cruz on Thursday night. They played "Shy of the Moon" for the first time on this tour. They also played the acoustic version of "Everything I Need" for the first time this summer. They covered "Into the Mystic" and Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me." The full list:

  • Sleepwalker
  • The Difference
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • Closer To You
  • Into the Mystic
  • Empire In My Mind
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • 6th Avenue
  • Invisible City
  • Everything I Need (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • One Headlight (1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band)
  • Heroes
  • Bring It On Home
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls
    Encores:
  • Letters from Wasteland
  • Shy of the Moon
  • Three Marlenas


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The Wallflowers were in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall on Friday, June 18th. In addition to playing "Shy of the Moon" (in the encore) they premiered an acoustic version of "Here in Pleasantville" on this tour. They also played "Drunken Marionette," now known as "the new song" and played the ever-popular "Half and half One Headlight." The full set list:

  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Everything I Need
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • Bleeders
  • Closer To You
  • Empire In My Mind
  • The Difference
  • Invisible City
  • Here in Pleasantville (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys, Fred on shaker and background vox)
  • Drunken Marionette ((Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys, Fred on shaker and background vox)
  • One Headlight (1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band)
  • Sleepwalker
  • Bring It On Home To Me
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls
    Encores:
  • Shy of the Moon
  • Lawyers, Guns & Money
  • Three Marlenas

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The Wallflowers played Slims in San Francisco on Saturday. They mixed things up again, starting out with "The Difference" and ending with "God Don't Make Lonely Girls." Their 5th song (for contest participants) was the first album gem "For the Life of Me." They did a "1/2 and 1/2 version" of "Sleepwalker", and covered "Into the Mystic ." The full setlist:

  • The Difference
  • Everything I Need
  • How Good It Can Get
  • After The Blackbird Sings
  • For The Life Of Me**
  • Letters From The Wasteland
  • Into The Mystic
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Invisible City (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • Drunken Marionette (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys, Fred on shaker, background vox)
  • Sleepwalker (1/2 acoustic & 1/2 full band)
  • One Headlight
  • Heroes
  • Three Marlenas
    Encores:
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • Shy Of The Moon
  • God Don’t Make Lonely Girls


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The Wallflowers played at Eugene's The Jungle on Monday night. Some song highlights: "Everybody Out of the Water," "For the Life of Me," "Invisible City," and an acoustic "Angel On My Bike." They covered Sam Cooke and The Who (in the encore). The full set list:

  • Three Marlenas
  • Everything I Need
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Bleeders
  • Everybody Out Of The Water
  • For the Life Of Me
  • Invisible City
  • Angel On My Bike (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • Sleepwalker (1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band)
  • Letters From The Wasteland
  • Heroes
  • Bring It On Home To Me
  • One Headlight
    Encores:
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls
  • Kids Are Alright
  • The Difference


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Tuesday night the band was in Spokane at the Big Easy. They played an acoustic Josephine for the first time this tour. Here's the full setlist:

  • Three Marlenas
  • Everything I Need
  • After The Blackbird Sings
  • How Good It Can Get
  • Bleeders
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • Into The Mystic
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Invisible City
  • Josephine (Jakob on acoustic, Rami on keys)
  • Sleepwalker (1/2 acoustic and 1/2 full band)
  • Heroes
  • One Headlight
  • The Difference
    Encores:
  • Kids Are Alright
  • Letters From The Wasteland
  • Bring It On Home To Me
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls

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The Wallflowers played the Showbox in Seattle on Wednesday, June 23rd. They played "the new song" ("Drunken Marionette") for the first time in several shows, and--for the first time this tour--played "Peace, Love, & Understanding" in the encore. Special guest Mike McCready joined the band for the encore songs. The full set list:

  • Three Marlenas
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • Bleeders
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • For the Life of Me (on the setlist, but they played Into the Mystic)
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Invisible City
  • Drunken Marionette (Jakob on Acoustic, Rami on keys, Fred on shaker & background vox)
  • Sleepwalker (1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band)
  • Letters From the Wasteland
  • One Headlight
  • The Difference
    Encores:
  • Everything I Need
  • Kids Are Alright
  • Bring It On Home To Me
  • Peace, Love, & Understanding


Earlier in the day, Jakob, Rami, and Fred visited Seattle's 103.7: The Mountain (KMTT) Music Lounge. They answered some questions and performed "Three Marlenas" and "How Good It Can Get."


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The Wallflowers closed their "Back To California" tour at the intimiate Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, California. They played a dynamic set including, for the first time on this tour, an acoustic version of "Feels Like Summer Again." They also played a 5-song encore with Minibar guesting on two of the encore songs. The full set:

  • Three Marlenas
  • Everything I Need
  • After the Blackbird Sings
  • Bleeders
  • Some Flowers Bloom Dead
  • For the Life of Me
  • If You Never Got Sick
  • 6th Avenue Heartache
  • Invisible City
  • Hand Me Down (Jakob, Rami, Fred)
  • Josephine (Jakob, Rami, Fred)
  • Feels Like Summer Again (Jakob, Rami, Fred)
  • Sleepwalker (1/2 acoustic, 1/2 full band)
  • God Don't Make Lonely Girls
  • One Headlght
  • The Difference
    Encores:
  • Heroes
  • Kids Are Alright
  • Bring It On Home
  • Into the Mystic (with Minibar)
  • Peace, Love & Understanding (with Minibar)