Photos: Sturgill Simpson rocks first of two nights in Minneapolis
May 07, 2025

Kentucky alt-country troubadour Sturgill Simpson bought the Who the F**k Is Johnny Blue Skies? tour to the Armory in Minneapolis on Tuesday, May 6. He closed the night with a cover of Prince’s “Purple Rain.”
Setlist (via setlist.fm)
Call to Arms
I Never Go Around Mirrors (Lefty Frizzell cover) (> “Call to Arms” reprise)
Best Clockmaker on Mars
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum cover)
Voices
Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
It Ain't All Flowers
Party All the Time (Eddie Murphy cover)
If the Sun Never Rises Again (Johnny Blue Skies song)
Just Let Go
You Can Have the Crown
Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond cover)
You Don't Miss Your Water (William Bell cover)
Mint Tea (Johnny Blue Skies song)
All Said and Done
Mercury in Retrograde
Sitting Here Without You
Long White Line (Moore & Napier cover)
Some Days
Ronin
Remember to Breathe
Oh Sarah
Railroad of Sin
Juanita
Brace for Impact (Live a Little)
One for the Road (Johnny Blue Skies song)
Purple Rain (Prince cover)



