# Bruce Cockburn at Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, April 25, 2025 [Live Nation](https://www.palaceoffinearts.org/event/bruce-cockburn) presents [Bruce Cockburn](http://brucecockburn.com/) [Palace of Fine Arts Theatre](http://palaceoffinearts.org) [3301 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94123 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3301+Lyon+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94123+USA&hl=en) 8:00 PM, Friday, April 25, 2025 [[2025-04-24|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2025|Up to the 2025 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2025#April_events|Up to the 2025 event list!]] ☸ [[2025-04-26|On to the next event!]] ## Set One [8:08 PM] {lights down} [8:09 PM] {BC out; greetings; begins on acoustic resonator guitar; pause to check tuning} 01. [8:10 PM] _The Blues Got the World..._ [8:12 PM] {more tuning; BC: 'Someone's excited because I put a garter on the guitar'} 02. [8:12 PM] _Soul of a Man_ (Blind Willie Johnson) [8:17 PM] {still more tuning} 03. [8:17 PM] _The Whole Night Sky_ [8:21 PM] {BC: 'Thanks very much'; swap to dreadnought acoustic guitar. BC: 'How do you like my Taylor Swift costume change?' Pause for tuning the new guitar.} 04. [8:23 PM] _When You Give It Away_ [8:27 PM] {BC tuning again; BC: 'Gonna do a couple more recent songs'; still more tuning} 05. [8:28 PM] _King of the Bolero_ [8:33 PM] {tuning; back announcement} 06. [8:34 PM] _Push Come to Shove_ [8:38 PM] {tuning; BC: 'this is another old song'} 07. [8:38 PM] _Berlin Tonight_ [8:46 PM] {BC spills his drinking water; introduction to the next song} 08. [8:46 PM] _CafĂ© Society_ [8:51 PM] {BC: 'Gonna do one more song and then take a break'; more tuning} 09. [8:51 PM] _All the Diamonds in the World_ [8:55 PM] {applause at set end} ## Set Two [9:25 PM] {BC out again; begins on the green acoustic guitar} 01. [9:27 PM] _Last Night of the World_ [9:32 PM] {BC: 'Here's a Canadian song'; Al Purdy songwriting story} 02. [9:36 PM] _3 Al Purdys_ [9:42 PM] {BC briefly alludes to writing the next tune while in Nepal} 03. [9:42 PM] _Understanding Nothing_ [9:48 PM] {BC swaps to dulcimer; jokes about getting his steps in; tells about writing the next tune with Susan Aglukark} 04. [9:49 PM] _To Keep The World We Know_ [9:53 PM] {BC swaps back to the green acoustic} 05. [9:56 PM] _Lovers in a Dangerous Time_ [10:00 PM] {BC encourages us to sing along in the next one -- if we know when and how!} 06. [10:01 PM] _Wondering Where the Lions Are_ [10:05 PM] {BC compliments the audience; swaps to 12-string guitar} 07. [10:07 PM] _Call It Democracy_ [10:10 PM] {BC: 'Thank you'; more tuning!; 'this is a little song about fame'} 08. [10:11 PM] _Tie Me at the Crossroads_ [10:14 PM] {BC swaps back to the green acoustic; 'We can probably get away with one more here' ... this is another good one to sing to} 09. [10:16 PM] _When You Arrive_ [10:19 PM] {applause at set end} **Encore** [10:22 PM] {BC back onstage; TYVM; Encore requests; BC explains that he doesn't play _Rocket Launcher_ anymore} 10. [10:22 PM] _Pacing the Cage_ [10:27 PM] {BC needles the boor: 'some of you have been drinkin''} 11. [10:28 PM] _Into the Now_ [10:32 PM] {BC: TYVM ... 'gonna leave you with this one'} 12. [10:33 PM] _When the Spirit Walks in the Room_ [10:37 PM] {final applause} [10:37 PM] {BC heads offstage; show ends} ## Performers * [Bruce Cockburn](http://brucecockburn.com/): acoustic resonator guitar, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, acoustic 12-string guitar, vox; ## Notes Seeing Bruce Cockburn briefly [last year](https://www.funfolks.net/dw/doku.php?id=2024:2024-02:2024-02-01) must have got me back onto his email announce list, because we ended up getting great seats to tonight's show through his fan presale... thanks Bruce! Bruce did a good job filling the hall -- maybe 70-80%? -- and the turnout was overwhelmingly grey longhairs like us, with a smattering of young 'uns (family members of older fans?). Happily, most folks were well behaved and kept their mid-show thoughts mostly to themselves. A couple of times people shouted something stupid or funny -- and most of the time Bruce ignored them, but every now and then he responded with a good zinger. His arthritis might be slowing him down a bit -- witness the walking sticks and hand wringing -- but IMHO he's doing a great job at keeping true to himself despite the travails of old age: I really like his latest album, [O Sun O Moon](https://brucecockburn.com/discography/o-sun-o-moon/) -- give it a spin! ## Photos Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery! {{gallery>:2025:2025-04?20250425-*.jpg}} {{:wip.png?nolink}} **Whoa!** This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}} {{tag>music Bruce_Cockburn Palace_of_Fine_Arts_Theatre }} [[2025-04-24|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2025|Up to the 2025 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2025#April_events|Up to the 2025 event list!]] ☸ [[2025-04-26|On to the next event!]]