The Great Growth<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\u201cIt is an absolute joy to be here,\u201d Kahan mused, surveying the packed stadium. \u201cEvery time I look out into a crowd like this, I pinch myself.\u201d He then shared some context, recalling how nearly 10 years ago he opened for Milky Chance at Chicago\u2019s 165-person venue Schubas. Even more surprising, he was late to his own gig after being kicked out, all because his friend \u201cpissed off the roof,\u201d he shared. \u201cWhen I play a venue like this, I think thank god I\u2019m not 19.\u201d And while Kahan\u2019s growth is well documented across his four albums, it\u2019s spotlighted on The Great Divide Tour<\/em> as he performs some of his most realized material while delivering the songs with a career-best vocal performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nBeguiling Banter and Bits<\/h2>\n\n\n\tFor those who don\u2019t recall, or are perhaps trying to forget, just a few weeks ago at a tour stop in Philadelphia, a fan allegedly pooped on the stadium floor, prompting Kahan to write on X the next day: \u201cIf you have to poop at a show please dear god just go to the bathroom.\u201d Tonight, Kahan once again had the bathroom on the brain \u2013 and seemed to have come around on the earlier incident. \u201cI think I have that new diarrhea virus,\u201d he shared. \u201cEvery piece of information that comes out about it makes me feel like I definitely have it\u2026 If you have that diarrhea problem, at this point, just let it out on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tLater, during the intro to \u201cShe Calls Me Back\u201d \u2013 during which Kahan answers a payphone caller, with guests so far including David Ortiz, Gronk and his mom \u2013 he received a call from God. \u201cPeople at this stadium should be able to get ketchup on their hot dogs without feeling like a little kid?\u201d he questioned, as if God was stating it as fact. Naturally, such a statement earned Kahan a low \u201cboo\u201d from the crowd \u2013 which he rebounded from by telling God, \u201cyes, I did get a hole in one yesterday, thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nThe Setlist\u2019s One-Two Punches<\/h2>\n\n\n\tAcross the setlist, there are two moments in which two songs perfectly follow one another: \u201cDial Drunk\u201d into \u201cWilling and Able\u201d and \u201cNorthern Attitude\u201d into \u201cThe Great Divide.\u201d On its own, \u201cDial Drunk\u201d is a standout of the show \u2013 it gets the most theatrical treatment, with Kahan being placed in a cop car capturing various camera angles, including one profound shot that shows Kahan singing to himself in the side view mirror. But the fact that \u201cDial Drunk,\u201d a song that lacks any accountability, leads into the accountability anthem that is \u201cWilling and Able\u201d is pure genius. And later, when he dives into \u201cNorthern Attitude\u201d ahead of \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d \u2013 both finale-worthy tracks that even precede the encore \u2013 it highlights just how much of a hitmaker Kahan has become.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGrowing Sideways Tonight Queen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\tFor anyone following along, Kahan has taken to X ahead of his shows each night to cheekily reveal what song will be added to that evening\u2019s set list, using the same question for the queen format. (Notably, he has slightly varied his setlist from night to night beyond just one pre-teased addition.) Ahead of his second Wrigley Field show, he asked: \u201cGrowing sideways tonight queen?\u201d And sure enough, he delivered \u2013 and then some. Kahan also treated fans to his elusive and praised \u201cPain Is Cold Water\u201d \u2013 a song he has long performed live but never recorded or released, save for on his 2024 Live From Fenway Park <\/em>album. It was the song\u2019s first appearance on The Great Divide Tour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nHe\u2019s With the Band<\/h2>\n\n\n\tKahan\u2019s touring band \u2013 Noah Levine (guitar, banjo), Mike Harris (guitar, bouzouki), Dylan Jones (piano, mandolin, banjo), Nina de Vitry (fiddle, mandolin, banjo), Alex Bachari (bass) and Marcos Valles (drums) \u2013 is a tight-knit sixsome that together manages to bring the comfort of a bonfire jam session to stadiums. Each member also exists fully on stage, taking up space and delivering enough charisma to match Kahan\u2019s, making every person feel not only vital to the overall sound but just as importantly, the overall vibe on and off stage. And on \u201cEnd Of August,\u201d the first of three encore songs (along with \u201cHomesick\u201d and \u201cStick Season\u201d), the band gets a boost from a three-piece horn section \u2013 a treat for the ears ahead of the firework show that delighted eyes as Kahan\u2019s second sold-out Wrigley Field show came to a close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P118BU6F-e1784027679915.jpg?w=1024″] \u201cYou guys ready to feel like absolute s\u2014 tonight?\u201d asked Noah Kahan with a knowing smirk. \u201cYou came to the right place.\u201d Except, the 40,000 fans inside Chicago\u2019s Wrigley Field, all of whom braved a heat wave, came for an entirely different reason \u2014 and Kahan knew it.\u00a0 When he sang \u201cDashboard\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2046131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\t\u201cIt is an absolute joy to be here,\u201d Kahan mused, surveying the packed stadium. \u201cEvery time I look out into a crowd like this, I pinch myself.\u201d He then shared some context, recalling how nearly 10 years ago he opened for Milky Chance at Chicago\u2019s 165-person venue Schubas. Even more surprising, he was late to his own gig after being kicked out, all because his friend \u201cpissed off the roof,\u201d he shared. \u201cWhen I play a venue like this, I think thank god I\u2019m not 19.\u201d And while Kahan\u2019s growth is well documented across his four albums, it\u2019s spotlighted on The Great Divide Tour<\/em> as he performs some of his most realized material while delivering the songs with a career-best vocal performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tFor those who don\u2019t recall, or are perhaps trying to forget, just a few weeks ago at a tour stop in Philadelphia, a fan allegedly pooped on the stadium floor, prompting Kahan to write on X the next day: \u201cIf you have to poop at a show please dear god just go to the bathroom.\u201d Tonight, Kahan once again had the bathroom on the brain \u2013 and seemed to have come around on the earlier incident. \u201cI think I have that new diarrhea virus,\u201d he shared. \u201cEvery piece of information that comes out about it makes me feel like I definitely have it\u2026 If you have that diarrhea problem, at this point, just let it out on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLater, during the intro to \u201cShe Calls Me Back\u201d \u2013 during which Kahan answers a payphone caller, with guests so far including David Ortiz, Gronk and his mom \u2013 he received a call from God. \u201cPeople at this stadium should be able to get ketchup on their hot dogs without feeling like a little kid?\u201d he questioned, as if God was stating it as fact. Naturally, such a statement earned Kahan a low \u201cboo\u201d from the crowd \u2013 which he rebounded from by telling God, \u201cyes, I did get a hole in one yesterday, thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tAcross the setlist, there are two moments in which two songs perfectly follow one another: \u201cDial Drunk\u201d into \u201cWilling and Able\u201d and \u201cNorthern Attitude\u201d into \u201cThe Great Divide.\u201d On its own, \u201cDial Drunk\u201d is a standout of the show \u2013 it gets the most theatrical treatment, with Kahan being placed in a cop car capturing various camera angles, including one profound shot that shows Kahan singing to himself in the side view mirror. But the fact that \u201cDial Drunk,\u201d a song that lacks any accountability, leads into the accountability anthem that is \u201cWilling and Able\u201d is pure genius. And later, when he dives into \u201cNorthern Attitude\u201d ahead of \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d \u2013 both finale-worthy tracks that even precede the encore \u2013 it highlights just how much of a hitmaker Kahan has become.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tFor anyone following along, Kahan has taken to X ahead of his shows each night to cheekily reveal what song will be added to that evening\u2019s set list, using the same question for the queen format. (Notably, he has slightly varied his setlist from night to night beyond just one pre-teased addition.) Ahead of his second Wrigley Field show, he asked: \u201cGrowing sideways tonight queen?\u201d And sure enough, he delivered \u2013 and then some. Kahan also treated fans to his elusive and praised \u201cPain Is Cold Water\u201d \u2013 a song he has long performed live but never recorded or released, save for on his 2024 Live From Fenway Park <\/em>album. It was the song\u2019s first appearance on The Great Divide Tour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tKahan\u2019s touring band \u2013 Noah Levine (guitar, banjo), Mike Harris (guitar, bouzouki), Dylan Jones (piano, mandolin, banjo), Nina de Vitry (fiddle, mandolin, banjo), Alex Bachari (bass) and Marcos Valles (drums) \u2013 is a tight-knit sixsome that together manages to bring the comfort of a bonfire jam session to stadiums. Each member also exists fully on stage, taking up space and delivering enough charisma to match Kahan\u2019s, making every person feel not only vital to the overall sound but just as importantly, the overall vibe on and off stage. And on \u201cEnd Of August,\u201d the first of three encore songs (along with \u201cHomesick\u201d and \u201cStick Season\u201d), the band gets a boost from a three-piece horn section \u2013 a treat for the ears ahead of the firework show that delighted eyes as Kahan\u2019s second sold-out Wrigley Field show came to a close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/noah-kahan-great-divide-tour-chicago-wrigley-field-recap\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P118BU6F-e1784027679915.jpg?w=1024″] \u201cYou guys ready to feel like absolute s\u2014 tonight?\u201d asked Noah Kahan with a knowing smirk. \u201cYou came to the right place.\u201d Except, the 40,000 fans inside Chicago\u2019s Wrigley Field, all of whom braved a heat wave, came for an entirely different reason \u2014 and Kahan knew it.\u00a0 When he sang \u201cDashboard\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2046131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Beguiling Banter and Bits<\/h2>\n
The Setlist\u2019s One-Two Punches<\/h2>\n
Growing Sideways Tonight Queen?<\/h2>\n
He\u2019s With the Band<\/h2>\n