This is a quick reference page regarding Michael McDermott's 2005 tour dates.  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.) 

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

To view prior/other years' setlists, click the applicable link...      Current Year      2008     2007     2006       2005        2004          2003          2000-2002

Dec.17  (Acoustic and Band, Schubas, Chicago, IL) 

(w-The Outlaw Family Band backing on band show, and as the supporting act)

(Michael on keyboards for all songs)

Acoustic set:  Antique Store/Cal-Sag Road/Molly Mockingbird/Morning Never Brings

Band set:  Long Way From Heaven/Murder In the First Degree/Sword of Damocles/Hold Back A River/My Sweet Rapier/Unemployed/Broken Down Fence/Everything I Got/Reverse/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South Of Nowhere/(Encore) Little Drummer Boy/Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Dec.16  (Band, Schubas, Chicago, IL) 

(W-The Outlaw Family Band backing, and as openers)

(Michael on keyboards for all songs)

Long Way From Heaven/Murder in the First Degree/Sword of Damocles/Hold Back a River/Days That Try Your Patience/American In Me/My Sweet Rapier/Unemployed/Death In The Autumn Air/Everything I Got/Reverse/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) When It Comes To You/Little Drummer Boy/Just a Closer Walk

Dec. 8  (Band, Hotel Cafe, Hollywood, CA) 

???

Nov. 30  (Acoustic, Cyprus Ave, Cork City, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) opening for Hothouse Flowers

???

Nov. 29  (Acoustic, Finnegan's Bar, Wexford, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) 

???

Nov. 27  (Acoustic, The Phoenix, Cork, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) 

???

Nov. 26  (Acoustic, The Glens Center, Manorhamilton, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) opening for Juliet Turner

???

Nov. 24  (Acoustic, Cyprus Ave., Cork, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) opening for Nick Kelly

Death In The Autumn Air/Summer Days (solo piano)/Antique Store/Arm Yourself/Wall/Shadow Of The Capitol/Bourbon Blue/20 Miles

Nov. 23  (Acoustic, CrawDaddy, Dublin, Ireland) 

(w-Lance)   opening for Nick Kelly

Around The World/Bourbon Blue/Antique Store/Wall/Arm yourself/20 miles/When Doves Cry

Nov. 21  (Acoustic, The Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) opening for Juliet Turner

Around The World/Bourbon Blue/Antique Store/Arm Yourself/Wall/Murder On Her Lips/When Doves Cry/20 Miles

Nov. 20  (Acoustic, The Debarra, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) opening for Steafan Hanvey

American In Me/Bourbon Blue/Antique Store/Arm Yourself/When the Irish Were Kings of NY/20 Miles/Never Going Down Again

Nov. 19  (Acoustic, The Forum, Waterford City, Ireland) 

(w-Lance) opening for Juliet Turner

Bourbon Blue/Antique Store/Arm Yourself/Wall/20 miles/ (Encore) When Doves Cry (cover)

Nov. 5  (Band (?), The Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL) 

867-5309 [Tommy Tutone]/Breakup Song [Greg Kihn Band]/Hard to Handle [Black Crows]/Whiskey Regret [Joe Lazar]/ Need Some Surrender/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [U2]/Fisherman's Blues [Waterboys]/Star of the County Down [???]/Tangled Up in Blue [Bob Dylan]/A Wall I Must Climb

Oct. 21  ("Pawnshop" feat. Michael McDermott, Horseshoe - 1st Anniv. Celebration, Chicago, IL) 

(cover songs...and more -- list is possible incomplete and definitely not in correct order)

Breakup Song? (Greg Kihn Band)/Lovesong (The Cure)/Hard To Handle (Black Crowes)/I Ain't Ever Satisfied (Steve Earle)/867-5309 (Tommy Tutone)/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)/[Unknown -- by and with Joe Lazar]/Arm Yourself/Need Some Surrender/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South Of Nowhere

Sept. 30  (Trio, Chevy Auto Show, Arlington, IL) 

w/TJ on bass and Jack on drums

Arm Yourself/Spark/Need Some Surrender/Summer Days/No. 49/Hold Back a River/Sword of Damocles/Gonna Be Good/Wall/Junkie Girl/20 Miles

Sept. 30  (Acoustic, WGN Morning News, Chicago, IL) 

w/Jim Murray on percussion

Hand of the Hunter

Sept. 1  (Acoustic, The Borderline, London, England) 

Soundcheck: excepts from Never Going Down Again/Here Comes The Rain Again/ Need Some Surrender/Darkest Night Of All) Show:  *American In Me/*Bourbon Blue/Shadow of the Capitol/Unemployed/*Here Comes The Rain Again w-Need Some Surrender/*One Way To Go/Long Way From Heaven/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (cover - duet with Brian Houston)/Hellfire in the Holyland/Arm Yourself (w-"I'll Be Your Lover, Too" intro/Never Going Down Again/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South Of Nowhere/*Around The World

Aug. 28  (Acoustic, Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham, England) 

American in Me (w/My Country 'tis of Thee/God Save The Queen opening)/ Wall/Arm Yourself/20 Miles/Around the World/Never Going Down Again/Closer Walk With Thee

Aug. 27  (Acoustic, Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham, England) 

*Wounded/ *I Shall Be Healed/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)

Aug. 18  (Electric, Waterfest, Oshkosh, WI) 

w/Dominique on bass and Bobby MacIntyre on drums

Who'll Stop The Rain (w/Baba O'Reilly intro - both covers)/Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Spark/Hold Back a River/Long Way From Heaven/Wall/Hellfire/Leave It Up To the Angels/Junkie Girl/20 Miles

Aug. 17  (Band, Chicago Revolution, Chicago, IL) 

w/Heather on fiddle, Dominique on bass, and Bobby MacIntyre on drums

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Hold Back a River/Hellfire in the Holyland/Long Long Way from Heaven/A Wall I Must Climb/American in Me/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere

July 30  (Acoustic, Kulak's Woodshed, Los Angeles, CA)  (Live Webcast)

*Murder On Her Lips/Hand of the Hunter/Bill's Barber Shop/*I Shall Be Healed (debut)

July 28  (Acoustic,  The Mint, Los Angeles, CA)

Arm Yourself/Hold Back a River/Long Way From, Heaven/Wounded/20 Miles/Lamb and the Lion/Junkie Girl/(another tune?)/Never Going Down Again

July 23  (Band,  Sheffield Garden Walk, Chicago, IL)

(w-Dominique, Nick, Heather)

Arm Yourself/Hellfire in the Holyland/Hold Back a River/Dance With Me/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)/Baby I/Perfectly Imperfect/The American In Me/Spark/Gonna Be Good/A Wall I Must Climb/Unemployed/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones cover)

July 9  (Electric,  Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, IL)

(w-Jack, TJ, Heather)

Hold Back a River/No. 49/Summer Days/Fisherman's Blues/(Might have been another song here?)/Long Way From Heaven/Need Some Surrender/Gonna Be Good/Unemployed/Arm Yourself/Spark/(BREAK)/Time After Time (cover)/Baby I/A Wall I Must Climb/Peace, Love and Understanding (cover)/20 Miles South of Nowhere

July 8 (Electric ,  Irish American Festival, Chicago, IL)

(w-Jack, TJ, Heather, Lance)

Arm Yourself/Spark/Dance With Me/A Wall I Must Climb/When Doves Cry (cover)/Need Some Surrender/Junkie girl/Unemployed/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Peace, Love and Understanding (cover)

June 10  (Electric -- Castaways - North Ave. Beach,  Chicago, IL)

(w-TJ on Bass, Nick Kitsos on Drums, Lance on Bodhran)      

Set I:  Arm Yourself/Gonna Be Good/Spark/Sacred Ground/Hellfire in the Holyland/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)/A Wall I Must Climb/Junkie Girl

Set II:  Time after Time (Cyndi Lauper cover/When Doves Cry (Prince cover)/Peace, Love and Understanding (Nick Lowe cover)/Oh, Baby I/ Unemployed/Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones cover)/20 Miles South of Nowhere/ (Encore) /Just West of Eden/Need Some Surrender/Never Going Down Again (solo)

June 7  (Band -- The Dragonfly, Hollywood, CA)

?

April 29  (Band -- The Mint,  Los Angeles, CA)

(w-Heather on fiddle, Dominique on bass, ? on drums)

Arm yourself/When It Comes to You/Dance with Me/Perfectly Imperfect/Hellfire in the Holyland/Long way From Heaven/Junkie Girl

April 9  (Acoustic -- Subterranean,  Chicago, IL)

(w-Heather on fiddle, TJ on Bass, Jim on percussion, Angelo on guitar and mandolin, Lance on bodhran)

One True Friend/Spark/Hellfire/Unemployed/Long Way From Heaven/Hold Back a River/Wall/Gonna Be Good/Junkie Girl/Twenty Miles/Never Going Down Again

March 26  (Acoustic -- The Barn of Barrington,  Barrington, IL)

(w-Lance on bodhran)

*The American in Me/*The Lamb And The Lion/*Misguided Companion/Arm Yourself/One True Friend (debut)/*Need Some Surrender/*Antique Store/Hold Back a River*/Whole Lot Better (debut)/Long Way From Heaven/A Wall I Must Climb/Baby I/ Unemployed /*Everything I Got/*Molly Mockingbird/*When It Comes To You/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Never Going Down Again/*Just a Closer Walk With Thee/(Encore)*Wounded/*Spark

March 17  (Acoustic -- St. Norbert College,  DePere, WI)

(w-Jim Murray on percussion and backing vocals)

Arm Yourself/Baby, I/* Hold Back a River/Wall/Long Way From Heaven/* Misguided Companion/My Sweet Rapier/* When It Comes To You/Hand of the Hunter/20 Miles/Never Goin' Down Again

March 12  (Band -- Double Door, Chicago, IL)

(w-Heather Horton on fiddle, Dominique on bass and Danny on drums.)

Arm Yourself/Perfectly Imperfect/Hellfire/Dance With Me/Hold Back A River/Spark/When It Comes To You/Unemployed/Long Long Way From Heaven (solo)/Time After Time (cover-solo)/Wall/Molly Mockingbird/Gonna Be Good/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore I) No. 49/Fisherman's Blues (cover)/(Encore II)  (part of) Baby I/Leave It Up to the Angels

March 11 (Acoustic -- Will County Sheriff's Office Benefit for Mike Farning, Joliet, IL) 

(w-Lance on bodhran)

Arm Yourself/Bells/Hellfire in the Holyland/Leave it Up to the Angels/When Doves Cry (cover)/A Wall I Must Climb /Hold Back a River/My Father's Son/Spark/Never Going Down Again/20 Miles South of Nowhere/Around the World /Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Feb. 27  (Acoustic -- Wingfest, Chicago, IL)                                             Review

Arm Yourself/Hellfire In The Holyland/Baby I/*Need Some Surrender/The Lamb And The Lion/*Antique Store/Borderline/*Hold Back A River/*Cal-Sag Road Song/Wall/Unemployed/Junkie Girl/Hand of the Hunter/20 Miles/*The American In Me

Feb. 20  (Acoustic -- Chicago Street Theater, Valparaiso, IN)             Review

*Misguided Companion/*The Lamb and The Lion/Arm Yourself (w/I'll Be Your Lover, Too intro)/*Hold Back A River/Idler/Baby I/Unemployed/Borderline/*My Father's Son/*#49/*Antique Store/Wall/*Molly Mockingbird/Long Way From Heaven/20 Miles/Never Goin' Down Again/*When It Comes To You (encore)

Jan. 28  (Acoustic -- Newberry Library, Chicago, IL)

???

Jan. 21  (Band -- The Abbey, Chicago, IL)

Arm Yourself/Upside Down/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Hellfire in the Holyland/Hold Back a River/*Bourbon Blue (solo)/Time After Time (cover - solo)/*Dear (Drag cover, Kevin on lead vocals)/A Wall I Must Climb (w/harmonica)*When It Comes To You/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/Leave It Up to the Angels/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) *No. 49 (solo)/My Sweet Rapier (w/Lance on bodhran)/I Touch Myself (cover)/(began with) Baby I (and ended with) Unemployed

Jan. 20  (Band -- The Abbey (WXRT free preview show), Chicago, IL)

Arm Yourself (w/Van Morrison's "I'll Be Your Lover, Too" intro + part of U2's "Vertigo" at end)/Perfectly Imperfect/Dance With Me/Hellfire in the Holyland/Hold Back a River/A Wall I Must Climb (w/harmonica)*Here Comes the Rain Again (solo)/ *Need Some Surrender (solo)/*Bourbon Blue (solo)/*When it Comes to You/I Touch Myself (cover)/Feel a Little Further/Everything I Got/Junkie Girl/20 Miles South of Nowhere/(Encore) Time After Time (solo, cover)/Unemployed (solo w/audience on chorus)/Leave It Up to the Angels