Dream Setlist for a Miranda Lambert ‘Eras’ Tour

On her recent appropriately titled ‘Eras’ tour, Taylor Swift has been blazing a trail for how to curate a setlist that appeals to your hardcore fan base while also appeasing those who may just have been dragged along and only know the hits.

Taylor has split her setlist into ‘eras’, playing a selection of tracks from every album (except her debut) in sections, totalling 44 songs from her ten albums. To keep things interesting she includes two random song choices near the end of her set. The running time of the show is about three hours fifteen minutes, rivalling even Springsteen for stamina.

What’s great about this idea is that unlike a Greatest Hits show or a show that focuses on a new or old album, Taylor is clearly trying to celebrate her back catalogue by honouring the fans who have been with her since the beginning and those who have invested time in her discography. She knows she can’t make everyone happy (that would involve her performing every song, from every album on a loop for the rest of her life only stopping to break up with a new boyfriend and write new songs) but she’s doing her best in the way only Taylor can.

And so I got to thinking about some other artists who I’d love to see do an eras-style setlist. Miranda Lambert is the obvious choice to me since she’s my favourite but also because she has enough albums to make it interesting.

If you want to play along and make your own dream Miranda setlist then here are the adapted rules:

⁃ 44 songs in total split into ten sections

⁃ No more than seven songs from one album

⁃ Include at least one song from each eight solo albums. Choices should be grouped together by album but don’t have to be in the original track list order or order of album release date.

⁃ Include one section of Pistol Annies songs

⁃ Include one section with two random songs of your choice, which can be from any album or include collaborations or potential cover songs.

Read my choices below and let me know what you’d pick for a dream setlist if you were heading to the Miranda Eras tour!

Kerosene

1. Kerosene

2. New Strings

3. Greyhound Bound for Nowhere

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

4. Dry Town

5. More Like Her

6. Guilty in Here

7. Gunpowder and Lead

Revolution

8. Only Prettier

9. Me and Your Cigarettes

10. Heart Like Mine

11. The House that Built Me

12. That’s the Way the World Goes Round

Four the Record

13. Mama’s Broken Heart

14. Dear Diamond

15. Fastest Girl in Town

Platinum

16. Little Red Wagon

17. Automatic

18. Bathroom Sink

The Weight of these Wings

19. Runnin’ Just in Case

20. Ugly Lights

21. You Wouldn’t Know Me

22. Use My Heart

23. Tin Man

24. For the Birds

25. Vice

Wildcard

26. Pretty Bitchin

27. Tequila Does

28. Dark Bars

29. Track Record

30. Bluebird

Random Songs

31. The Wind’s Just Gonna Blow

32. Crazy (Patsy Cline cover)

Pistol Annies

33. Hell on Hells

34. Trailer for Rent

35. Hush Hush

36. Girls Like Us

37. Best Years of My Life

38. Got My Name Changed Back

39. Interstate Gospel

Palomino

40. If I Was a Cowboy

41. In His Arms

42. Waxahachie

43. Geraldene

44. Carousel

This are just my personal favourites and I’d love to know yours so please make your own list and add it to the comments!

I plan to also write an era setlist for Dolly Parton so watch this space for that one!