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The Final Show: Parting Ways After Three Weeks on the Road
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The Grand Canyon’s Silence Before the Tour’s End
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All In for the Biggest Show of the Tour: Los Angeles
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No Sleep in Oakland, New Friends in San Francisco
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Meeting a Legend at Chiko: Farewell to Pulga, Onward to Oakland
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