This is a quick reference page regarding Michael McDermott's 2004 tour, in support of his new album, "Ashes".  For full show reports by fans/attendees, go to The Pauper's Sky discussion forum, from which these lists have been compiled. (Note:  An asterisk beside a song signifies it was played on piano.) 

To view other years' setlists, click the applicable link...   Current Year     2008      2007         2006            2005             2003                   2000-2002

Shows with review pages on artistinsane.com are marked accordingly...just follow the links by these shows to check out photos, commentary, etc.

Dec. 31  (Band -- New Year's Eve Rock-N-Roll Ball, Chicago, IL)

Hold Back A River / Perfectly Imperfect / Arm Yourself / Wall / Dance With Me / Hellfire in the Holyland / Sympathy For The Devil / Junkie Girl / 20 Miles South Of Nowhere

Dec. 29  ("Chicago Tonight" -- WTTW TV, Chicago, IL)

Arm Yourself/(Interview)/Can't Sleep Tonight

Dec. 17  (Band -- World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA)                            Review

Arm Yourself (w/ "I'll Be Your Lover, Too" intro)/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Hellfire/Wall /Dance With Me/Hold Back A River/Long Way To Heaven (solo, acoustic)/Can't Sleep Tonight (solo)/* Bourbon Blue (solo)/*When It Comes To You/Sympathy For The Devil/*Everything I Got/Little Drummer Boy/20 Miles/(Encore) *Baby I/*Closer Walk With Thee

Dec. 16  (Band -- Field Museum, Chicago, IL)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Hellfire/Baby I/Dance w/ Me/Long Way from Heaven (Solo)/Bourbon Blue (Solo)/Hold Back a River/When It Comes to You/Little Drummer Boy/Wall/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/(Encore) Leave it up to the Angels

Nov. 29  (Acoustic  -- Double Door, Chicago, IL)

(Opening for Minnie Driver and Peter Himmelman)

Arm Yourself/Hellfire/Wall/Long Way To Heaven/20 Miles

Nov. 27  (Acoustic  -- The Barn of Barrington, Barrington, IL)

Gal/Upside Down/Arm Yourself/Oh Baby I/*Mollie/* Belong/* My Father's Son/Long Way from Heaven/Hellfire/Antique Store/Smoke/Wall/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/Everything I Got/Never Going Down Again/(Encore)* No. 49/* Hold Back a River

Nov. 19  (Acoustic  -- Rialto Theater, Joliet, IL)

(Opening for The Bodeans)

??? (Need setlist)

Nov. 7  (Acoustic  -- Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL -- Concert For Hope Benefit)

??? (Need setlist)

Oct. 29  (Band -- Martyr's, Chicago, IL) (debut of Kevin Darish on guitar in place of Rene)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Dance With Me/Hellfire in the Holyland/When It Comes To you (aka Something Greater)/Hold Back a River/Long Long Way to Heaven (Michael solo guitar)/Shadow of the Capitol (Michael w/ Lance on bodhran)/A Wall I Must Climb/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/Leave It Up to the Angels/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Can't Sleep Tonight (solo)/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)

Oct. 10  (Acoustic  -- Dessert Gourmet, Glenview, IL)

??? (Need setlist)

Sept. 18  (Acoustic  -- The Point, Bryn Mawr, PA)         Review

10PM  Arm Yourself/Hellfire In The Holyland/*When It Comes To You/*Hold Back A River/*One Way To Go/Hand Of The Hunter/Everything I Got/Can't Sleep Tonight/Never Going Down Again/*Bells/*Baby I/Time After Time/(Encore)* Around The World/*Closer Walk With Thee

7PM:   *The American In Me/Arm Yourself (w/I'll Be Your Lover, Too - cover/into)/A Wall I Must Climb/Long Long Long Way To Heaven/Hellfire In The Holyland/*Just A Little Blue/*One Way To Go/Everything I Got/Never Going Down Again/*When It Comes To You/*Closer Walk With Thee

Sept. 10  (Band -- Paramount Theater, Aurora, IL)

Shadow of the Capitol/Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Dance With Me/When It Comes To You/Hold Back a River/ Long Long Long Way To Heaven (Michael and Rene)/Hand of the Hunter (solo, guitar)/Never Going Down Again (solo, guitar)/Hellfire in the Holyland/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Crazy (cover)

Sept. 6  (Band -- Last Fling, Naperville, IL)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Dance With Me/Hold Back a River/Shadow of the Capitol/Baby I/Hellfire in the Holyland/(solo guitar) Long, Long, Long Way from Heaven (debut)/(solo guitar) Hand of the Hunter/A Wall I Must Climb/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Leave It Up to the Angels

Aug. 21  (Acoustic -- Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL)

(With Lance on bodhran, Angelo on piano, guitar and mandolin)

Arm Yourself/One Way to Go/Molly Mockingbird (debut)/Further Along I Go/Hellfire in the Holyland/Hold Back a River/A Wall I Must Climb/Oh Baby I/Forgotten/Antique Store (debut)/Shadow of the Capitol/Bill's Barber Shop/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Around the World/Crazy (cover)

Aug. 14  (Band -- St. Michael's Summerfest, Orland Park, IL)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Dance With Me/Baby I/Hellfire in the Holyland/Freedom Highway (cover)/Hold Back a River/Never Going Down (solo, guitar)/Can't Sleep Tonight (solo, guitar, for his brother Martin)/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)/A Wall I Must Climb/Everything I Got/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) No. 49 (solo, guitar, for his mom)/Grace of God (solo, guitar)

Aug. 13  (Band -- Cubby Bear North, Lincolnshire, IL)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Dance With Me/Sword of Damocles/Baby I/Hellfire in the Holyland/Hold Back a River/Thinkin' About You (solo, guitar)/Never Going Down Again (solo, guitar)/A Wall I Must Climb/Gonna Be Good/Leave It Up to the Angels/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Morning Never Brings (solo, guitar)

Aug. 7  (Acoustic -- Barn of Barrington, Barrington, IL)

(With Lance on Bodhran plus Angelo [of "The Orphans"] on piano, guitar and mandolin)

Nights Like These/Can't Sleep Tonight/Arm Yourself/Baby I/One Way to Go/Trembling Hour/Hellfire in the Holyland/Shadow of the Capitol/Hold Back a River/Forgotten/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl/Everything I Got/20 Miles/Around the World/(Encore) When It Comes To You/Never Going Down

July 24  (Band -- Summer on Southport, Chicago, IL)

Spark/Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Hellfire in the Holyland/When It Comes To You (a.k.a. Something Greater)/Hold Back a River/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Leave It Up to the Angels

July 23  (Band -- Ann Arbor Art Festival, Ann Arbor, MI)

Spark /Perfectly Imperfect /In My Time of Dying/Arm Yourself/Hellfire in the Holyland/Hold Back a River/Baby I/When It Comes To You (a.k.a. Something Greater)/Junkie Girl/Everything I Got/Leave it up to the Angels/ 20 Miles South of Nowhere

July 22  (Band -- Field Museum, Chicago, IL)

Spark/Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Hellfire in the Holyland/Hold Back a River/Can't Sleep Tonight (solo)/A Wall I Must Climb/Baby I/(When It Comes To You (a.k.a. Something Greater)/Junkie Girl/Everything I Got/Leave it Up to the Angels/20 Miles South of Nowhere

July 17  (Band -- Singer/Songwriters' Weekend, Philadelphia, PA)      Review

Spark/Arm Yourself/Hellfire In The Holyland/Dance With Me/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Everything I Got/Leave It Up To The Angels

July 15  (Acoustic -- Tower Records In-Store Performance, Philadelphia, PA)   Photos

Can't Sleep Tonight/Arm Yourself/Hellfire In The Holyland/Baby I/Everything I Got

July 2  (Band -- Ribfest, Naperville, IL)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Darkest Night of All (with partial lyrics from Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole")/Sword of Damocles/Dance With Me/Hold Back a River/Freedom Highway (cover)/Can't Sleep Tonight (solo)/Unemployed (solo)/Grace of God (solo)/Hellfire in the Holyland/Baby I/When It Comes To You/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)/A Wall I Must Climb/Everything I Got/Leave It Up to the Angels/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Gonna Be Good

July 1  (Band -- American Music Festival, Berwyn, IL)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Hold Back a River/*Darkest Night of All (with partial lyrics from Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole")/A Wall I Must Climb/Hellfire in the Holyland/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/*Around the World (solo)/(Encore) No. 49

June 27  (Band -- Lakeview Arts And Music Festival, Chicago, IL)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Baby I/Hold Back a River/Hellfire in the Holyland/Freedom Highway/A Wall I Must Climb/Unemployed/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) /Leave it Up to the Angels/(Second Encore) Time After Time (solo)

June 26  (Band -- Mill Creek Blues, Appleton, WI)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Freedom Highway (cover)/Sword of Damocles/Cocaine Around My Brain (solo)/Grace of God (solo)/Baby, I/ Hellfire In The Holyland/Dance With Me/Leave It Up To The Angels/Junkie Girl/Everything I Got/20 Miles

June 25  (Band -- Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Sword of Damocles/Spark/Hold Back a River/Dance w/Me/Hellfire In The Holyland/When it Comes to You/Freedom Highway (cover)/Unemployed/Wall/Sympathy for the Devil (cover)/Leave it Up to the Angels/Junkie Girl/20 Miles.

June 12  (Band -- Bayfest, Green Bay, WI)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Spark/Dance with Me/Sword of Damocles/Baby I/Hellfire in the Holyland/When It Comes To You (a.k.a. Something Greater)/Darkest Night of All/Hold Back a River/Gonna Be Good/A Wall I Must Climb/Sympathy For The Devil (cover)/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/ 20 Miles South of Nowhere

June 11  (Band -- Luther's Blues, Madison, WI)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Baby I/Spark/Hold Back a River/Hellfire in the Holyland/When It Comes To You (a.k.a. Something Greater)/A Wall I Must Climb/Shadow of the Capitol/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/ 20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore)Can't Sleep Tonight (solo)/Freedom Highway (cover)

May 21  (Band -- The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA)         Photos

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Hellfire In The Holyland/Hold Back A River/Darkest Night Of All/Baby I/Everything I've Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles

May 20  (Band -- The Loop Lounge, Passaic, NJ)

???  (Need setlist)

May 15  (Band -- The Sutler, Nashville, TN)

???  (Need setlist)

May 14  (Band -- Young Avenue Deli, Memphis, TN)

???  (Need setlist)

May 10  (Band -- Velvet Lounge, Washington, D.C.)

???   (Need setlist)

May 8  (Band -- Jammin'Java, Vienna, VA)

???  (Need setlist)

May 7  (Band -- North By Northwest, Philadelphia, PA)          Review

My Father's Son/Hellfire/Hold Back A River/Perfectly Imperfect/Arm Yourself/Spark/When It Comes To You/Here Comes The Rain Again/Wall/Everything I Got/The American In Me/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/(Encore) Around The World

May 6  (Band -- The Cutting Room, New York, NY)                 Review

Arm Yourself/Hold Back A River/Hellfire/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/(Encore) Can't Sleep Tonight

May 5  (Acoustic w/Rene Reyes -- The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA)       Review

*My Father's Son/*Bourbon Blue/*One Way To Go/*Arm Yourself/*When It Comes To You/Never Goin' Down Again/Grace Of God/Can't Sleep Tonight/Everything I Got/*Sword of Damocles/*Hold Back A River/*Darkest Night Of All/Baby, I/*Hellfire/*20 Miles/*Around The World

May 3  (Band -- Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA)

????

May 2  (Band -- Wilbert's, Cleveland, OH)                Photos

(New Song ?)/Darkest Night of All/Hold Back A River/Right Here With You/Wall/Perfectly Imperfect/When It Comes To You/The American In Me/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl

May 1 (Band -- Metro, Chicago, IL -- CD Release Show)

Dance With Me/Arm Yourself/Spark/Sword of Damocles/Hellfire/When It Comes To You/Darkest Night of All/Hold Back A River/When Doves Cry/Wall/Baby, I/Freedom Highway/The American In Me/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/(Encore) Around The World

April 30 (Band -- Chubby Rain House of Tunes, Poplar Grove, IL)

Arm Yourself/One Way To Go/Perfectly Imperfect/Shadow of the Capitol/Hold Back A River/Hellfire/Darkest Night of All/Wall/Baby, I/Leave It Up to the Angels/The American In Me/Bells/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/(Encore) Everything I Got

April 7 (Acoustic - Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL -- opener for Van Morrison)

Arm Yourself/Can't Sleep Tonight/Hellfire/Never Goin' Down Again/Morning Never Brings/20 Miles

March 17 (Acoustic w/Kathleen Keane -- Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL)

*One Way To Go/Broken/Never Goin' Down Again/My Sweet Rapier/Paint You A Song/Maggie (cover)/Arm Yourself/*When The Irish Were Kings of NY/Wall/*Bells/20 Miles/*Around The World/Can't Sleep Tonight/*Bourbon Blue/*Oh, Baby, I/(Encore) *#49


March 13  (Band -- Nevins Live, Evanston, IL)

Dance/Damocles/Spark/Dream Come True/*Right Here With You/Wall/Hellfire/Arm Yourself/Gonna Be Good/*Whole of the Moon/Junkie Girl/(Encore) *Darkest Night of All 

March 12  (Band -- Navy Pier Grand Ballroom, Evanston, IL)

Dance With Me/Sword of Damocles/Spark/Dream Come True/Right Here With You/(Unknown - an older song)/A Wall I Must Climb/Hellfire in the Holyland/Arm Yourself/Hold Back a River/Darkest Night of All/When It Comes To You/Freedom Highway (Cover)/Gonna Be Good/The Whole of the Moon (Waterboys cover)/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Unemployed

Feb. 28:  (Acoustic w/Lance and TJ -- Wheaton Grand Theater, Wheaton, IL)    Review

*Ugly/*When It Comes To You/Never Going Down Again/Spark/Hellfire in the Holyland/*Stumblin'/*Getting off the Dime/*My Father's Son/Sword of Damocles/*Oh Baby I/Just West of Eden/A Wall I Must Climb/Arm Yourself/*Just a Little Blue (debut)/*Darkest Night of All/*Just a Closer Walk with Thee /(Encore) Morning Never Brings /*Bells

Feb. 20 (Band -- Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL)   (Chicago debut of L.A. Band)           Photos

Dance With Me/Sword of Damocles/Spark/Right Here With You/A Wall I Must Climb/Hellfire in the Holyland/Unemployed/When Doves Cry /Time After Time/Arm Yourself/Hold Back a River (part of)/Freedom Highway/Gonna Be Good/Junkie Girl/20 Miles/(Encore) Oh, Baby, I/Shadow of the Capitol/(2nd Encore) When It Comes To You

Feb. 6 (Acoustic -- Durty Nellie's, Palatine, IL)

*Ugly/*Father's Son/Arm Yourself/Unemployed/*Hold Back a River/*Stumblin'/Can't Sleep Tonight/Never Going Down Again/Hellfire in the Holyland/Just Get Through the Night/A new song (?)/*One Way to Go/Leave it Up to the Angels/# 49