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Billy Strings returns to NC for three nights. See photos from his first show in Cary

By Scott Sharpe
Billy Strings picks with his band on the first of their three-night run at Cary, N.C.’s Booth Amphitheater, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
Billy Strings picks with his band on the first of their three-night run at Cary, N.C.’s Booth Amphitheater, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com

Bluegrass phenom Billy Strings returned to Cary’s Booth Amphitheatre Thursday night for the first of three nights of sold out concerts.

Here are photos from his opening night show on Thursday, July 12, 2023.

Billy Strings and his band take the stage on the first of their three-night run at Cary, N.C.’s Booth Amphitheater, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
Billy Strings and his band take the stage on the first of their three-night run at Cary, N.C.’s Booth Amphitheater, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Billy Strings and his band perform on the first of their three-night run at Cary, N.C.’s Booth Amphitheater, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
Billy Strings and his band perform on the first of their three-night run at Cary, N.C.’s Booth Amphitheater, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
The crowd starts to dance as Billy Strings opens his show at Booth Amphitheater, Thursday night, July 13, 2023.
The crowd starts to dance as Billy Strings opens his show at Booth Amphitheater, Thursday night, July 13, 2023. Scott Sharpe
Alex Hargreaves on fiddle with Billy Strings in Cary.
Alex Hargreaves on fiddle with Billy Strings in Cary. Scott Sharpe
Billy Failing on banjo with Billy Strings Thursday night in Cary.
Billy Failing on banjo with Billy Strings Thursday night in Cary. Scott Sharpe

Billy Strings concert setlist, Cary, NC, July 13, 2023

1. Know It All

2. Bronzeback

3. Taking Water

4. Crusin’ Timber

5. The Fire On My Tongue

6. Must Be Seven

7. Pyramid Country

8. Hide and Seek

9. My Alice

10. Hello City Limits

11. And Am I Born to Die

12. Highway Hypnosis

13. Thirst Mutilator

14. Steam Powered Aereo Plane

15. Lumpy, Beanpole & Dirt

16. Secrets

17. California Sober

18. Be Your Man

19. Key Signator

20. Running

21. Psycho

22. Away From the Mire

23. Little Maggie

24. Ruby Are You Mad

This story was originally published July 13, 2023 at 9:25 PM.

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