Brandi Carlile — Target Center, Minneapolis, 2026

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Why this recording

Played at Target Center on 21 February 2026, this benefit show sent the proceeds of its video stream to The Advocates for Human Rights, a Minnesota organisation. Brandi Carlile's channel releases a cut directed by Kevin Garcia and remotely mixed by Bob Clearmountain, with her full touring band, SistaStrings included. The set mixes songs from Returning to Myself, staples such as The Story and The Joke, and covers of Coldplay, with The Head and the Heart, and Alanis Morissette; near the end, the Twin Cities choir Singing Resistance joins her on stage.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelBrandi Carlile
Source statusOfficial — artist’s channel
Broadcast
Uploaded
Exact runtime
ResolutionHD (720p+)
Directed byKevin Garcia
Mix formatDedicated multitrack mix
Source qualityProfessional (multi-camera)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026; direction, camera setup and sound documented by the editors.

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Published on September 9, 2026 by Simon Janvier

Live concert filmed at the Target Center in Minneapolis on February 21, 2026, this full concert titled Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis captures American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile during a sold-out benefit evening. A multiple Grammy Award winner and a figure of americana and contemporary folk, the artist unfolds a generous set between intimate ballads, rock anthems and vocal harmonies, with her band and guests. Livestreamed and performed to benefit a human rights organization, the performance combines commitment and emotion. This filmed live concert illustrates Brandi Carlile’s stage talent, able to tip a large arena from intimacy to collective euphoria. The multi-song live capture, played live, highlights the power of her voice and the sincerity of her writing. A live concert to savor for its warmth, narrative force and humanist dimension, ideal for lovers of folk, americana and 2020s North American singer-songwriter music, and a memorable record of an artist turning a benefit show into a shared moment of communion.

Setlist

  1. Returning to Myself
  2. Human
  3. Mainstream Kid
  4. Broken Horses
  5. A War With Time
  6. A Woman Oversees
  7. Right on Time
  8. Who Believes in Angels?
  9. Beginning to Feel the Years
  10. The Things I Regret
  11. You Without Me
  12. The Mother
  13. The Story
  14. You and Me on the Rock
  15. No One Knows Us
  16. Sinners, Saints and Fools
  17. Long Long Time (reprise de Linda Ronstadt)
  18. The Joke
  19. Hold Out Your Hand
  20. Viva la Vida (reprise de Coldplay, avec The Head and the Heart) (rappel)
  21. Church & State (rappel)
  22. Uninvited (reprise d'Alanis Morissette) (rappel)
  23. A Long Goodbye (rappel)
  24. It's Okay to Change Your Mind (avec Singing Resistance Twin Cities) (rappel)

Personnel & credits

  • Brandi Carlile — vocals, guitar
  • Phil Hanseroth — bass, backing vocals
  • Tim Hanseroth — guitar, backing vocals
  • Chauntee Ross — violin, backing vocals
  • Monique Ross — cello, backing vocals
  • Dave Mackay — piano, keyboards
  • Terence Clark — drums
  • Solomon Dorsey — keyboards, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Kevin Garcia — director
  • Gabriel Gely — director of photography
  • Bob Clearmountain — mixing
  • Sean Quackenbush — front of house engineer
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