Just back
It was a great show... No real surprised though. The first half up until Sleep was full of highs and lows... The highs obviously being Bad Name, It's My Life, Keep The Faith, We Got It Going On and Born to Be My Baby (which went surprisingly really well with the crowd... More so than one would expect... Though could be because it was after the lull of Memory).
From what I can remember...
1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Lost Highway
5. Whole Lot of Leaving
6. It's My Life
7. Because We Can
8. What About Now
9. We Got Got It Going On
10. Keep The Faith
11. Make a Memory
12. Captain Crash
13. Born to Be My Baby
14. We Weren't Born To Follow
15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
16. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Jumpin Jack Flash
- Great Balls of Fire (Dave)
- Run Run Rudolph
17. Bad Medicine
- Shout
18. In These Arms
19. Runaway
20. Wanted Dead or Alive
21. Have A Nice Day
22. Livin' on Prayer
The show went for two and a half hours. From Ill Sleep When I'm Dead onward, the band and crowd were alive non stop. It's just a shame that that level can't be kept through out the first half of the show. Because We Can builds towards the end but it's too flat at the start... It would work better if it wasn't followed by What About Now.
The biggest lull in the set was Born to Follow and Memory. They really shouldn't do Because We Can/What About Now and Lost Highway/Whole Lot Of Leaving back to back.
Was surprised Memory was the only ballad. No Always, I'll be there For You, Diamond Ring, Amen or Bed of Roses.
As for Jon's vocals... He must've been I'll in Japan cos he was back to his usual self. Didn't sound bad at all (as far as Jon goes). He did pretty well tonight, mainly in the second half.
And now the highlights...
- Keep The Faith - do I need to say more?
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Medley - amazing! Great Balls of Fir with Dave on vocals was crazy good! Really lifted the energy. Probably the best part of my night. Run Run Rudolph was a nice surprise.
- Bad Medicine/Shout - bah! So much fun. I was 100% certain they weren't gonna do it. My mum even turned to me when Jon did the break in the song and was like "is it shout
" and I replied with "nah, they don't do it as often as they use to"... Then when Jon busted out with "you know you make me wanna..." I started jumping around like a mad man haha.
- Born to be my Baby - was surprised at how much the crowd enjoyed this one. A few people who were sitting down thanks to memory quickly jumped up and started waving about.
- Runaway - was great as usual. The bunch of young blokes behind me went crazy for it, as well as In These Arms.
I was hoping for Always but Jon was spent. I was actually scared he was gonna pass out after Bad Medicine/Sleep. He did good tonight.
My only quarrels with the night... 1) the ups and downs of the first half of the set. 2) Jon being a word behind on several occasions at the start of a verse or chorus. It really put me off my singing haha. 3) no Always/Roses/I'll Be There For You.
Overall a great show with a standard setlist. Can't wait for tomorrow night.