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October 19

Jesse Welles – The Salt Shed

Jesse Welles – The Salt Shed

Venue

Salt Shed

Location

41.8832° N 87.6324° W

classification

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author

carissa coughlin

OBSERVATIONS

OBSERVATIONS

Jesse Welles brought his Red tour to Chicago’s Salt Shed for a 29 song set featuring his signature biting political satire and a few surprise covers.

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setlist

Setlist

  • 1
    The Nerd Reich (Solo Acoustic)
  • 2
    Join Ice
  • 3
    The Ballad of Big Balls
  • 4
    Red
  • 5
    The Poor
  • 6
    War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)
  • 7
    Masks Off
  • 8
    Whistle Boeing (Not full song)
  • 9
    Come as You Are (Nirvana cover)
  • 10
    Piano Solo
  • 11
    Hard Power
  • 12
    Whirlwind
  • 13
    Horses
  • 14
    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles cover)
  • 15
    Malaise
  • 16
    Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover) (Solo Acoustic)
  • 17
    Saint Steve Irwin (Solo Acoustic)
  • 18
    Walmart (Solo Acoustic)
  • 19
    Turtles (Solo Acoustic)
  • 20
    This and Not Some Other Way
  • 21
    Siddhartha
  • 22
    Change Is in the Air
  • 23
    Rise and Shine
  • 24
    I Won’t Back Down (Tom Petty cover)
  • 25
    Wheel
  • 26
    Encore:
  • 27
    Fear is the Mind Killer
  • 28
    Bugs
  • 29
    Good Morning America (Solo Acoustic)
  • 30
    War Isn’t Murder