Brandi Carlile Kicks off All-Requests Burn the Setlist Tour in Oakland

Brandi Carlile kicked off her 19-date “Burn the Setlist!” tour on November 7 at the Fox Oakland, playing an all-requests show with bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth.

The outing is the first all-requests tour in memory by a headliner of her scale.

Carlile told the audience at the Fox Oakland that everything was fair game from her catalog of close to a hundred original songs, though they would not attempt songs they had never performed before. “So we’re not gonna be able to ‘Free Bird’ or ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ this shit,” she said.

The concert featured 22 songs chosen by fans in the room. The requests ranged from the 14-year-old track “Heart’s Content” — which Carlile noted was also requested in Portland and tied to the movie Safe Haven — to the rowdy opener “Raising Hell” and the happy parenting track “The Mother.”

Carlile required fans to put their phones in Yondr pouches for the night. She explained before singing “The Mother” that she needed a mantra when her children were born, telling herself “I am the mother of Evangeline.”

The trio also tackled Alanis Morissette’s “Uninvited” without the strings and piano of the original arrangement. “I have no idea how we’re gonna do this without strings. Love will find a way,” Carlile said.

The tour continues through its limited 19-date run with no fixed setlists.

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