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Photos: Sturgill Simpson rocks first of two nights in Minneapolis

by Darin Kamnetz

May 07, 2025

Sturgill Simpson performed at The Armory on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
Sturgill Simpson performed at The Armory on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.Darin Kamnetz for MPR

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)

Photos: Sturgill Simpson rocks first of two nights in Minneapolis