I went to the SA show, some quick notes.
Overall, I say it was a better show than what we got two years ago. The show in 2011 seemed like just another stop on the tour with the exception of Thorn In My Side. The Dallas show blew the SA show away that year.
Anyways, back to this show. It was weird seeing the band without Richie (my first time) and then I just wondered how Tico and David felt about the situation too. Even if the feud is with Jon, they are band mates as well and I wonder what there input is.
The show was very standard with the previous setlists and Jon did not talk much throughout the show...but he didn't seem in a bad mood, just not super excited like he usually is in Dallas.
Hearing Diamond Ring was a nice surprise but even more, was the huge reaction it received...more so that What About Now or Make a Memory. I know those are crap songs to compare to but for a song that is rarely played and wasn't even a single, that says something. Amen got a really good reaction too and I didn't mind it. SIBSN acoustic lacks everything that make the electric one so awesome. I could barely hear the lyrics and it just seemed rushed.
Although I have heard Sleep and Medicine over and over again, the combination of the two really gets the crowd going with the addition of the cover songs. After the reaction Diamond Ring got, I was hoping for These Days in the encore but I realized we are not in Europe so that wasn't going to happen.
Like I said, overall, a better show than 2011 however if a second encore of These Days and Love is the Only Rule was added...probably could have been on of the better US shows of the tour. I always liked the way Love is the Only Rule closes out the show, its a great way for the band to leave gracefully, plus Jon appears like he likes it....anyways...
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