Were there rarities in the set that haven't been there in years?
No, they didn't play a song off the first two albums or an album cut that hasn't been there before in quite some time.

Were there songs in the set that are rarely played? Definately. I think now it just comes down to what you call a rarity. I personally call a song a rarity if it doesn't appear in a set often nowadays and there were plenty of them last night in there.

Was the show special? There were a lot of songs in there that made me become a fan in the first place, a lot of them which mean a lot for me personally as they helped me going through real tough times when I needed something to give me some kind of faith - so YES, for me it was special!!!