Hope in a Hopeless World
by Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Setlists featuring Hope in a Hopeless World
24 Jun 2021 - Widespread Panic at The Mission Ballroom, Denver, CO, USA
Main 1: Wondering, Goin' Out West by Tom Waits + Hatfield, Party at Your Mama's House, Ribs and Whiskey, Heart of Gold by Neil Young, This Part of Town, Visiting Day, Knocking 'round the Zoo by James Taylor
Main 2: From the Cradle, Don't Wanna Lose You, Bear's Gone Fishin', Sleepy Monkey, You Got Yours, There Is a Time by The Dillards, B of D, Surprise Valley + Drums + Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples + Surprise Valley, Action Man
Encore: Vampire Blues by Neil Young, Honey Bee by Tom Petty
1 Mar 2020 - Widespread Panic at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, USA
Main 1: From the Cradle, One Arm Steve, Let's Get the Show on the Road by Michael Stanley Band, Ribs and Whiskey, Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man by Bobby Rush, Honky Red by Murray McLauchlan, Trouble by Cat Stevens, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Postcard
Main 2: Let's Get Down to Business by brute., Little Kin, Disco, Diner + No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature by The Guess Who, Papa's Home, Drums + Cease Fire + Protein Drink / Sewing Machine by brute.
Encore: Vicious by Lou Reed, Ain't Life Grand
25 Aug 2019 - Widespread Panic at Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA
Main 1: Let's Get the Show on the Road by Michael Stanley Band, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples + This Part of Town, Lawyers, Guns and Money by Warren Zevon, Life as a Tree, Pilgrims, Trouble by Cat Stevens, Steven's Cat, Nobody's Loss + Climb to Safety by Jerry Joseph
Main 2: Protein Drink / Sewing Machine by brute., Somewhere in Time by Los Lobos, Surprise Valley + Genesis by Jorma Kaukonen + Surprise Valley + Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff, Desperados Waiting for a Train by Guy Clark, Jesus Was a Capricorn by Kris Kristofferson, The Waker
Encore: C. Brown, Blight by brute., End of the Show by BloodKin
7 Jun 2019 - Widespread Panic at Brandon Amphitheater, Brandon, MS, USA
Main 1: Little Kin, Weak Brain, Narrow Mind by Willie Dixon, Pleas + Greta + Cotton Was King, Time Zones, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson, Makes Sense to Me
Main 2: It Ain't No Use by The Meters, Papa's Home + Old Neighborhood + 1 x 1 by Beanland + Climb to Safety by Jerry Joseph, Diner + Party at Your Mama's House + Stop Breakin' Down Blues by Robert Johnson, Holden Oversoul
Encore: Chainsaw City by Little Women
23 Mar 2019 - Widespread Panic at The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, USA
Main 1: Wondering, Mr. Soul by Buffalo Springfield, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, 1 x 1 by Beanland, Christmas Katie + Good Morning Little Schoolgirl by Sonny Boy Williamson, Who Do You Belong To? by BloodKin, Thought Sausage, Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man by Bobby Rush + Action Man + Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man by Bobby Rush
Main 2: Saint Ex, Hatfield + Ride Me High by J.J. Cale + Stop Breakin' Down Blues by Robert Johnson, Machine + Barstools and Dreamers, You Should Be Glad, Goin' Out West by Tom Waits, Contentment Blues, Chilly Water
Encore: Puppy Sleeps by brute., Flat Foot Flewzy by NRBQ
30 Jun 2018 - Widespread Panic at Mud Island River Park Amphitheater, Memphis, TN, USA
Main 1: Disco, Wondering, Papa Johnny Road, Walkin' (For Your Love), Papa's Home, Shut Up and Drive + Hatfield, Sundown Betty, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Action Man
Main 2: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Pilgrims, Ride Me High by J.J. Cale + Tie Your Shoes + Drums + Fishwater + Big Wooly Mammoth + Fishwater + Red Hot Mama by Parliament + Chilly Water
Encore: Honky Red by Murray McLauchlan, Last Dance by Neil Young
15 Mar 2018 - Widespread Panic at The Theater at MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, MD, USA
Main 1: Wondering, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Steven's Cat, Rebirtha + You Should Be Glad, Travelin' Man + The Take Out + The Shape I'm In by The Band + Ophelia by The Band + Porch Song
Main 2: Old Neighborhood + Visiting Day + Can't Get High by BloodKin, Airplane + Jaded Tourist + North by Jerry Joseph + Drums + Come Together by The Beatles + Surprise Valley
Encore: Radio Child, For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
21 Oct 2017 - Widespread Panic at Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Main 1: A of D, Glory, You Got Yours, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Dyin' Man, Airplane + Angels on High, Papa Johnny Road, Imitation Leather Shoes
Main 2: Flicker, Pleas + Impossible + One Kind Favor by Blind Lemon Jefferson + Little Lilly, Pilgrims, Smoking Factory + Drums + Slippin' Into Darkness by WAR + Tie Your Shoes + Climb to Safety by Jerry Joseph
Encore: Jack + Chilly Water
13 Aug 2017 - Widespread Panic at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA, USA
Main: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Blackout Blues, Holden Oversoul, Goodpeople, Cotton Was King + Bear's Gone Fishin' + Second Skin + Greta + Driving Song + Shut Up and Drive + Protein Drink / Sewing Machine by brute. + Driving Song, Genesis by Jorma Kaukonen + North by Jerry Joseph
Encore: Saint Ex, Ain't Life Grand
31 Dec 2016 - Widespread Panic at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, USA
Main 1: Blue Indian, Holden Oversoul, May Your Glass Be Filled, Her Dance Needs No Body, Crazy, Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon, Expiration Day by brute.
Main 2: Pigeons, Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, Rebirtha, Sharon by David Bromberg, Tail Dragger by Howlin' Wolf, Tall Boy, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Ain't Life Grand
Main 3: Disco, With a Little Help From My Friends by The Beatles, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Up All Night + Moondance by Van Morrison, Bust It Big + Drums + Chilly Water, All Time Low, Red Hot Mama by Parliament
Encore: For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield, Burning Down the House by Talking Heads
25 Oct 2016 - Widespread Panic at Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Main 1: Let's Get Down to Business by brute., Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Heroes, Old Neighborhood, Makes Sense to Me, I'm Not Alone, Party at Your Mama's House + Stop Breakin' Down Blues by Robert Johnson, Conrad
Main 2: Steven's Cat, Wondering, Time Zones + Solid Rock by Bob Dylan, Machine + Little Kin + Travelin' Light by J.J. Cale + Barstools and Dreamers + Fishwater + Red Hot Mama by Parliament + Fishwater
Encore: Chilly Water + Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath + Chilly Water
23 Sep 2016 - Widespread Panic at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Saint Augustine, FL, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Glory, Worry, Cotton Was King, C. Brown, 1 x 1 by Beanland, Christmas Katie + Radio Child, Tail Dragger by Howlin' Wolf
Main 2: Postcard + Impossible + Slippin' Into Darkness by WAR, St. Louis, Rock, Proving Ground + Jack + Chilly Water + Drums + Chilly Water
Encore: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl by Sonny Boy Williamson, High Time We Went by Joe Cocker
9 Sep 2016 - Widespread Panic at Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Greta + All Time Low, I'm Not Alone, Wondering, Dyin' Man, Can't Get High by BloodKin, Pleas + Love Tractor
Main 2: Machine + Barstools and Dreamers, Party at Your Mama's House + Space Wrangler + Hatfield, Surprise Valley + Drums + Surprise Valley + Blue Indian, Ain't Life Grand
Encore: Trouble by Cat Stevens, Stop Breakin' Down Blues by Robert Johnson
12 Jul 2016 - Widespread Panic at Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA, USA
Main 1: Henry Parsons Died by BloodKin, This Part of Town, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, A of D, Street Dogs for Breakfast, Space Wrangler, Mercy, Contentment Blues, Proving Ground
Main 2: Let's Get Down to Business by brute., Makes Sense to Me, Visiting Day + Ride Me High by J.J. Cale + Driving Song + Surprise Valley + Jamais Vu (The World Has Changed) + Drums + Surprise Valley + Driving Song + St. Louis, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature by The Guess Who
Encore: Hatfield, North by Jerry Joseph
30 Jun 2016 - Widespread Panic at Taco Bell Arena, Boise, ID, USA
Main 1: Heroes, Papa Legba by Talking Heads, Pickin' Up the Pieces, Big Wooly Mammoth + Makes Sense to Me, This Part of Town, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Ride Me High by J.J. Cale + Climb to Safety by Jerry Joseph
Main 2: Ain't Life Grand + One Kind Favor by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Visiting Day, Tall Boy, Second Skin + Airplane + Drums + Machine Gun by Band of Gypsys + Sell Sell by Alan Price, Greta + Life During Wartime by Talking Heads
Encore: Trouble by Cat Stevens, Tail Dragger by Howlin' Wolf
17 Jun 2016 - Widespread Panic at Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion, Rogers, AR, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Goodpeople, Pigeons, Wondering, Space Wrangler + Walkin' (For Your Love), Cotton Was King, Better Off, Ain't Life Grand
Main 2: Protein Drink / Sewing Machine by brute., Sell Sell by Alan Price, Disco, Tall Boy + Little Lilly + Drums + Machine + Barstools and Dreamers, Radio Child
Encore: Honky Red by Murray McLauchlan
26 Apr 2016 - Widespread Panic at Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN, USA
Main 1: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Holden Oversoul, One Arm Steve, Shut Up and Drive, Angels on High, Rebirtha, Mercy, Radio Child, Tail Dragger by Howlin' Wolf
Main 2: Trouble by Cat Stevens, I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal by Billy Joe Shaver, Cease Fire + Jamais Vu (The World Has Changed) + Goodpeople, The Last Straw + You Got Yours + Drums + Greta + Mr. Soul by Buffalo Springfield, Don't Be Denied by Neil Young
13 Apr 2016 - Widespread Panic at Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson, MS, USA
Main 1: Send Your Mind by Van Morrison + Walkin' (For Your Love), Christmas Katie + Radio Child, Can't Get High by BloodKin, This Part of Town, Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Cotton Was King, The Poorhouse of Positive Thinking, Conrad
Main 2: A of D, Steven's Cat, Goodpeople + Cease Fire + City of Dreams by Talking Heads, Party at Your Mama's House + Stop Breakin' Down Blues by Robert Johnson + Drums + Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, Bust It Big, Chainsaw City by Little Women
21 Feb 2016 - Widespread Panic at Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Main 1: Radio Child, Machine, Little Kin, Junior by Junior Kimbrough, It Ain't No Use by The Meters, I'm Not Alone, Shut Up and Drive, Honky Red by Murray McLauchlan, Street Dogs for Breakfast, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature by The Guess Who
Main 2: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Rebirtha, Space Wrangler, Steven's Cat, Greta + Drums + Ride Me High by J.J. Cale + Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, Protein Drink / Sewing Machine by brute.
Encore: Mercy, Ain't Life Grand
8 Jul 2015 - Widespread Panic at Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX, USA
Main 1: It Ain't No Use by The Meters + Rock, One Arm Steve + Makes Sense to Me, Stop Breakin' Down Blues by Robert Johnson, Tie Your Shoes + Driving Song + The Take Out + Porch Song + Breathing Slow + Driving Song
Main 2: Hope in a Hopeless World by Roebuck "Pops" Staples + Junior by Junior Kimbrough + Greta + Up All Night + Who Do You Belong To? by BloodKin, Honky Red by Murray McLauchlan, Street Dogs for Breakfast, Space Wrangler + Drums + Surprise Valley + Life During Wartime by Talking Heads
Encore: May Your Glass Be Filled + Mr. Soul by Buffalo Springfield