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Don't Tell the Band · 2001No.most played

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24 showslongest gap · ’00–’01
Apr 1, 2000first played
Jul 24, 2026last played
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April 8, 2000

Downtown ColumbiaColumbia, SC

0:00 5:07
Lyrics
Willie said "he was the mostest horse"Mahubah, Fair Play, desert mama's boyRunning in first, neither proud nor cursedCarries the weight like a child takes to its toySide by side, souls of kind, different worldHearts of gold, limbs of steel, Man-Of-War
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JB read about Man o’ War and could not shake him — the one horse the whole sport agreed had never been bettered. The band had been playing the tune for months before it had any words.
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City Era Set Notes
July 24, 2026Orpheum TheatreLos Angeles, CAJohnsonSet 15:14
July 7, 2026KettleHouse AmphitheaterBonner, MTJohnsonSet 15:29
June 13, 2026Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MDJohnsonSet 15:31
March 21, 2026St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLJohnsonSet 15:11
January 22, 2026Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOJohnsonSet 15:25
December 30, 2025Fox TheatreAtlanta, GAHerringSet 16:36
October 25, 2025Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringSet 28:25
August 22, 2025MGM Music Hall at FenwayBoston, MAHerringSet 16:17
June 29, 2025Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringSet 16:31
May 17, 2025Credit One StadiumCharleston, SCHerringSet 25:02
March 23, 2025St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringSet 16:51
June 23, 2024Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, COHerringSet 15:12
April 14, 2024Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringSet 15:14
January 19, 2024Stifel TheatreSt. Louis, MOHerringSet 28:28
October 28, 2023Enmarket ArenaSavannah, GAHerringSet 28:53
July 30, 2023The Orion AmphitheaterHuntsville, ALHerringSet 28:17
May 6, 2023Credit One StadiumCharleston, SCHerringSet 14:52
April 19, 2023ACL Live at The Moody TheaterAustin, TXHerringSet 29:06
March 25, 2023St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringSet 1—
February 10, 2023Durham Performing Arts CenterDurham, NCHerringSet 29:27
October 23, 2022Riverside TheaterMilwaukee, WIHerringSet 24:57
September 17, 2022The Theater at MGM National HarborNational Harbor, MDHerringEncore6:38
August 11, 2022Fox TheatreAtlanta, GAHerringSet 14:50
July 22, 2022Beacon TheatreNew York, NYHerringSet 25:00
May 7, 2022Live Oak Bank PavilionWilmington, NCHerringEncore5:02
March 26, 2022St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringEncore4:39
February 20, 2022Township AuditoriumColumbia, SCHerringEncore5:06
January 23, 2022Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringSet 24:21
November 18, 2021The Chicago TheatreChicago, ILHerringSet 25:14
October 30, 2021Kiefer UNO Lakefront ArenaNew Orleans, LAHerringSet 14:54
October 10, 2021ACL Live at The Moody TheaterAustin, TXHerringSet 24:46
August 7, 2021ExploreAsheville.com ArenaAsheville, NCHerringEncore5:14
June 24, 2021Mission BallroomDenver, COHerringSet 29:28
February 27, 2020Beacon TheatreNew York, NYHerringSet 15:12
November 2, 2019Kiefer UNO Lakefront ArenaNew Orleans, LAHerringSet 24:24
August 4, 2019St. Augustine AmphitheatreSt. Augustine, FLHerringSet 24:58
July 13, 2019Town ParkTelluride, COHerringSet 14:32
April 21, 2019Centennial Olympic ParkAtlanta, GAHerringEncore4:52
March 23, 2019Capitol TheatrePort Chester, NYHerringSet 14:32
January 28, 2019Hard Rock HotelRiviera Maya, ROOHerringEncore5:43

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