Second Skin

Earth To America · 2006

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177performances

184 showslongest gap · ’01–’05

Mar 24, 2005first played

Jul 23, 2026last played

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March 24, 2005

Fox TheatreAtlanta, GA

0:00 18:18

Lyrics

This is the seasonThese are the waking daysThrow off your wet sheetsStep into the Soft ParadeHollowed and glistenLike sweat on a moving train

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Schools told Jerry Joseph he was not allowed to write about sex, drugs, death, religion or politics, and Joseph said that was every safety net gone. What was left was a snake shedding its skin and starting again.

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Every Second Skin on record

1 in 8shows since debut

Set 282% of sets

14:11average length

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		City	Era	Set		Notes
July 23, 2026	Orpheum Theatre	Los Angeles, CA	Johnson	Set 2	16:35
June 28, 2026	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Morrison, CO	Johnson	Set 2	16:34
June 13, 2026	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Columbia, MD	Johnson	Set 2	20:27
March 21, 2026	St. Augustine Amphitheatre	St. Augustine, FL	Johnson	Set 2	15:07
January 23, 2026	Hard Rock Hotel	Riviera Maya, ROO	Johnson	Set 2	17:56	with Adam MacDougall
December 30, 2025	Fox Theatre	Atlanta, GA	Herring	Set 2	17:28
November 1, 2025	Enmarket Arena	Savannah, GA	Herring	Set 2	15:23
September 13, 2025	Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront	Richmond, VA	Herring	Set 2	19:01
July 25, 2025	ExploreAsheville.com Arena	Asheville, NC	Herring	Set 2	13:28
June 27, 2025	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Morrison, CO	Herring	Set 2	20:57
May 16, 2025	Credit One Stadium	Charleston, SC	Herring	Set 2	17:10
March 22, 2025	St. Augustine Amphitheatre	St. Augustine, FL	Herring	Set 2	19:43
April 15, 2024	Hard Rock Hotel	Riviera Maya, ROO	Herring	Set 1	11:19
December 29, 2023	Fox Theatre	Atlanta, GA	Herring	Set 2	12:49	Within You Without You tease
October 27, 2023	Enmarket Arena	Savannah, GA	Herring	Set 2	12:15
June 23, 2023	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Morrison, CO	Herring	Set 2	20:47
May 5, 2023	Credit One Stadium	Charleston, SC	Herring	Set 2	11:44
April 19, 2023	ACL Live at The Moody Theater	Austin, TX	Herring	Set 2	15:47
March 24, 2023	St. Augustine Amphitheatre	St. Augustine, FL	Herring	Set 2	15:05
January 16, 2023	Hard Rock Hotel	Riviera Maya, ROO	Herring	Set 1	12:29
December 31, 2022	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, TN	Herring	Set 3	15:27
October 23, 2022	Riverside Theater	Milwaukee, WI	Herring	Set 2	15:36
September 18, 2022	The Theater at MGM National Harbor	National Harbor, MD	Herring	Set 2	17:20
August 11, 2022	Fox Theatre	Atlanta, GA	Herring	Set 2	15:39
June 25, 2022	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Morrison, CO	Herring	Set 2	12:31
March 11, 2022	The Theater at Virgin Hotels	Las Vegas, NV	Herring	Set 2	13:27
January 23, 2022	Hard Rock Hotel	Riviera Maya, ROO	Herring	Set 2	11:55
October 30, 2021	Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena	New Orleans, LA	Herring	Set 1	12:17
October 2, 2021	Radians Amphitheater	Memphis, TN	Herring	Set 1	14:22
July 16, 2021	Live Oak Bank Pavilion	Wilmington, NC	Herring	Set 2	16:52
January 26, 2020	Hard Rock Hotel	Riviera Maya, ROO	Herring	Set 1	11:35
October 26, 2019	Riverside Theater	Milwaukee, WI	Herring	Set 2	13:28
July 13, 2019	Town Park	Telluride, CO	Herring	Set 1	16:46
March 31, 2019	Durham Performing Arts Center	Durham, NC	Herring	Set 2	14:26
March 17, 2019	The Theater at MGM National Harbor	National Harbor, MD	Herring	Set 1	18:13
January 26, 2019	Hard Rock Hotel	Riviera Maya, ROO	Herring	Set 2	18:59
October 27, 2018	Park Theater at Park MGM	Las Vegas, NV	Herring	Set 2	15:47
September 1, 2018	Ascend Amphitheater	Nashville, TN	Herring	Set 2	—
June 23, 2018	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	Morrison, CO	Herring	Set 2	10:07
April 21, 2018	Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park	Live Oak, FL	Herring	Set 1	16:43