Ella Langley Independence Setlist & Recap: The Dandelion Tour at Cable Dahmer Arena

If you were inside Cable Dahmer Arena on Friday night, you already know the Kansas City crowd does not do quiet. Ella Langley brought the Dandelion Tour to Independence on June 19 with Dylan Marlowe and Gabriella Rose opening the night, and by the time Ella hit the stage the place was already going. A sold-out arena room like this one funnels all that noise straight back at her, and she fed off it all night.

A quick honest note before the song list: we're still gathering the full Independence-specific account as fan clips and confirmations come in. The setlist below is the one Ella has been running on the Dandelion Tour since opening night, documented in full by Whiskey Riff. She's been nudging the order around a little from city to city, but this is the backbone of the show — and the bones rarely change.

The setlist she's been playing

1. "Dandelion"
2. "I Gotta Quit"
3. "Here for the Party" (Gretchen Wilson cover)
4. "Bottom of Your Boots"
5. "paint the town blue"
6. "girl you're taking home"
7. "20-20"
8. "You & Me Time"
9. "Broken"
10. "Somethin' Simple"
11. "Butterfly Season" (the Miranda Lambert duet, with Gabriella Rose stepping in live)
12. "Wish I Didn't Know Now" (Toby Keith cover)
13. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (Kitty Wells cover)
14. "Be Her"
15. "you look like you love me" (with Dylan Marlowe)
16. "Loving Life Again"
17. "Choosin' Texas"
18. "weren't for the wind"

The moments worth talking about

Opening cold on the title track still feels like a flex — no warm-up, no easing in, just "Dandelion" and an arena full of people already knowing every word. From there she pours eleven of the sixteen Dandelion cuts into the night, which tells you everything about how much she trusts this record in a room this size.

The covers are where Ella shows she did her homework. Gretchen Wilson's "Here for the Party" lands early and loud, the Toby Keith nod on "Wish I Didn't Know Now" pulls in the folks who've been at this longer, and her take on Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" still plays like a mission statement — a woman who knows exactly whose boots came before hers.

Then there's the back half. "Choosin' Texas" is the chart monster, the song that parked her at the top of the Hot 100 for weeks, but it's "weren't for the wind" that pulls the loudest singalong of the night — the kind where the band could drop out entirely and the room would carry it home. "Be Her", her current radio juggernaut, lands late and the floor shakes for it.

Were you there?

Did you catch the Independence show? We're collecting setlist confirmations, surprises, and the little moments the cameras miss — who Ella brought out, what she changed, the song that wrecked you. If you were on that floor Friday, tell us what we got right and what we missed. The best fan accounts end up right here in our recaps. Join the Ella Fellas newsletter and we'll keep you posted on every stop.

Next show

The Dandelion Tour barely catches its breath — Ella's back at it Thursday, June 25, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, VA, with Dylan Marlowe and Laci Kaye Booth opening that one. If you're anywhere in southwest Virginia, this is your window.

➡️ Get Salem tickets and venue info on the tour page →

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