By Jon Bream
The ever-clever Brad Paisley set the table for his American Saturday Night Tour on Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center by playing a few carefully themed songs on the PA: "Small Town Saturday Night" by Hal Ketchum, "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Elton John, among others.
Then Paisley and his band took the stage for nearly two hours. (For a review, click here.) They did not play "Whiskey Lullaby," one of his classics. Here's what Paisley did perform:
Start a Band (done solo, into a Grand Ole Opry mike)/ American Saturday Night/ Mud on the Tires/ Wrapped Around/ Celebrity/ Waitin' on a Woman/ You Do the Math/ I'm Still a Guy/ Catch All the Fish/ I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin Song)/ She's Everything/ instrumental/ The World/ Letter to Me/ When I Get Where I'm Going (solo acoustic, with photos honoring the late Dale Earnhardt, John Ritter and the 35W bridge collapse)/ Ticks/ Online/ Then ENCORE
Welcome to the Future/ Alcohol
Here is what Miranda Lambert played during her 55-minute set;
Only Prettier/ Kerosene/ Everybody Dies Famous in a Small Town/ Dry Town/ Dead Flowers/ Stay with Me (the Rod Stewart & the Faces song)/ Maintain the Pain / House That Built Me/ More Like Her/ Me and Charlie Talking/ Sin for a Sin/ White Liar/ Gunpowder and Lead
Here is what newcomer Justin Moore played to open the evening:
Back That Thing Up/Hank It/ Small Town USA/ I Could Kick Your Ass/ Backwoods
