Openers & Closers
Where songs land in the show — which ones open the night, close the main set, close the whole show, and turn up in the encore, plus how encore length has moved over time. The opener is the first song; the main-set closer is the last song before the encore; the show closer is the very last song of the night.
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- 1 Misunderstood 99
- 2 Handshake Drugs 89
- 3 I Am Trying To Break Your Heart 76
- 4 Sunken Treasure 74
- 5 Wilco (The Song) 74
- 6 One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) 70
- 7 Bright Leaves 66
- 8 More... 65
- 9 Via Chicago 64
- 10 A Shot In The Arm 50
- 11 You Are My Face 50
- 12 Ashes Of American Flags 49
- 13 Airline To Heaven 42
- 14 Hell Is Chrome 36
- 15 I'm Always In Love 31
- 16 At Least That's What You Said 30
- 17 Infinite Surprise 29
- 18 Company In My Back 28
- 19 Normal American Kids 28
- 20 Poor Places 28
- 21 Spiders (Kidsmoke) 25
- 22 Art of Almost 23
- 23 Muzzle Of Bees 23
- 24 Less Than You Think 22
- 25 War On War 21
Top 25 of 113 distinct songs
- 1 I'm The Man Who Loves You 207
- 2 A Shot In The Arm 197
- 3 Spiders (Kidsmoke) 171
- 4 The Late Greats 145
- 5 Outtasite (Outta Mind) 108
- 6 Hummingbird 105
- 7 Misunderstood 55
- 8 Reservations 42
- 9 California Stars 41
- 10 I'm A Wheel 37
- 11 I'm Always In Love 32
- 12 Casino Queen 29
- 13 We've Been Had 29
- 14 Hoodoo Voodoo 28
- 15 I Got You (At The End Of The Century) 25
- 16 Outta Mind (Outta Sight) 25
- 17 Dawned On Me 21
- 18 On And On And On 18
- 19 Monday 17
- 20 Falling Apart (Right Now) 12
- 21 The Lonely 1 12
- 22 Acuff-Rose 11
- 23 Dreamer In My Dreams 11
- 24 Kicking Television 10
- 25 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow 10
Top 25 of 116 distinct songs
- 1 Outtasite (Outta Mind) 281
- 2 I'm A Wheel 157
- 3 Spiders (Kidsmoke) 114
- 4 Hoodoo Voodoo 93
- 5 A Shot In The Arm 90
- 6 California Stars 76
- 7 I Got You (At The End Of The Century) 74
- 8 The Late Greats 61
- 9 I'm The Man Who Loves You 51
- 10 Misunderstood 40
- 11 The Lonely 1 40
- 12 Casino Queen 36
- 13 Outta Mind (Outta Sight) 36
- 14 We've Been Had 27
- 15 Monday 26
- 16 Be Not So Fearful 25
- 17 Dreamer In My Dreams 22
- 18 Heavy Metal Drummer 18
- 19 Kingpin 17
- 20 Kicking Television 15
- 21 I Shall Be Released 14
- 22 U.S. Blues 14
- 23 Passenger Side 13
- 24 Something In The Air 13
- 25 Immigrant Song 12
Top 25 of 114 distinct songs
- 1 California Stars 432
- 2 Outtasite (Outta Mind) 348
- 3 The Late Greats 344
- 4 I Got You (At The End Of The Century) 284
- 5 I'm A Wheel 279
- 6 Heavy Metal Drummer 277
- 7 Spiders (Kidsmoke) 258
- 8 Misunderstood 201
- 9 Monday 199
- 10 Red-Eyed And Blue 188
- 11 Kingpin 184
- 12 I'm The Man Who Loves You 153
- 13 Hate It Here 138
- 14 Walken 132
- 15 Hoodoo Voodoo 127
- 16 Jesus, Etc. 121
- 17 A Shot In The Arm 119
- 18 Passenger Side 110
- 19 Via Chicago 106
- 20 Falling Apart (Right Now) 105
- 21 Casino Queen 102
- 22 I'm Always In Love 99
- 23 War On War 87
- 24 Hesitating Beauty 58
- 25 Random Name Generator 55
Top 25 of 178 distinct songs
Encore length by year
| Year | Encores | Avg songs |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 5.7 |
| 1998 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 6.8 |
| 2000 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 2001 | 20 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | 41 | 7.3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7.3 |
| 2004 | 57 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 52 | 8.4 |
| 2006 | 47 | 6.6 |
| 2007 | 69 | 7.0 |
| 2008 | 52 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | 58 | 7.3 |
| 2010 | 36 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 52 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 79 | 6.6 |
| 2013 | 12 | 4.5 |
| 2014 | 16 | 6.0 |
| 2015 | 37 | 5.2 |
| 2016 | 64 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 42 | 5.7 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 31 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 59 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3.4 |
| 2026 | 32 | 2.8 |
Setlists here don’t carry explicit “encore” labels, so the encore is inferred from set breaks: it’s the run of shorter sets at the end of the night (each under half the length of the show’s longest set), which keeps a genuine second set from being counted as an encore. Shows where the setlist wasn’t split into sets contribute an opener and closers but no encore.