Japan Setlists Question

Ok - i may be breaking my self-imposed until-the-last-night-of-the-tour hiatus, but i have a long shot possibility of seeing them in Japan....

now, my thought would be night 2 obviously from the pattern so far...(though i feel they may rip our TR nite 1 which would be AWEEEEESOME)

from a purely setlist point of you - assuming the band is on fire in the asias....

will they play a standard set or do the Japanese fanatics get a great show...and does anyone know if it is being filmed for the TV there and what impact that has? In the past i feel like sometimes that led to rarer songs but more recently turns into a festival setlist...

thx!

I'm thinking Night 1 will be Auto-Pilot. Having said that, if I was from Japan, I'd be attending both shows, as I think each show will have some sort of gem for Japanese fans.

Well, on the Asian leg of the LH tour it was a pretty plain set until the last night when they pulled out a few of the lesser seen songs e.g. Livin in Sin, Raise Your Hands, Just Older and Stanger in This Town. So the last night seems the best bet based on the previous tour.

I think Japan stopped being anyhow special to them. When I look at the setlists - they play the same standart with very few rare songs. The last special shows were on the OWN tour. There is less and less shows with next tour... I don't know what has happened..?..?

Last few times they always seem to be ill or pick up colds and flu on the way and had pretty standard setlists, don't know if its a combination of the jet lag or something.

I was going to point out the same thing in response to Johny's post. I still think there are chances for special sets in Japan. The sets in 2001 contained surprises for the most part as well as 2003. 2006 as we all know was when Richie was injured and 2008, Jon and Richie were both sick and out of breath.

I'm also somewhat surprised that the only dates for Japan are two in Tokyo. I would of thought that they would at least hit Osaka as well but I guess there's still time to put more dates up?

I expect a lot of The Circle songs in the set and very little ballads. Mainly because of an Asian crowd. Japanese people are very polite and they're not going to shit about new songs and they're to calm to be screaming to Jon and singing their asses off, so there's no point to do something like Always or Bed Of Roses. Hallelujah would be enough.

Even the '08 shows had some decent setlists.

yeah i agree - its very strange that they are playing only 2 shows - i cnat imagine their popularity has waned there...they were like huuuge....

Nagoya:
1. Lost Highway
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Runaway
5. The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
6. Summertime
7. (You Want To) Make A Memory
8. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
9. Born to Be My Baby
10. We Got It Goin' On
11. It's My Life
12. Bad MedicineWith "Shout"
13. These Days
14. Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
15. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead With "Jumpin' Jack Flash
16. Who Says You Can't Go Home
17. Livin' on a Prayer
18. Encore:
18. Have a Nice Day
19. Keep the Faith
20. I Love This Town
21. Wanted Dead or Alive

Tokio dome night 1

1. Lost Highway
2. You Give Love a Bad Name
3. Raise Your Hands
4. Runaway
5. The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
6. Story of My Life
7. In These Arms
8. (You Want To) Make A Memory
9. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
10. Born to Be My Baby
11. Any Other Day
12. We Got It Goin' On
13. It's My Life
14. Bad Medicine
15. These Days Richie Sambora on vocals
16. Keep the Faith
17. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
18. Who Says You Can't Go Home
19. Livin' on a Prayer
20. Encore:
20. Have a Nice Day
21. Wanted Dead or Alive
22. I Love This Town
23. Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars

Tokyo dome night 2

# Lost Highway
# You Give Love a Bad Name
# Raise Your Hands
# Runaway
# The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
# Story of My Life
# In These Arms
# I'd Die for You
# (You Want To) Make A Memory
# Whole Lot Of Leavin'
# Born to Be My Baby
# Any Other Day
# We Got It Goin' On
# It's My Life
# Bad Medicine / Shout
# These Days Richie Sambora on vocals
# Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
# Keep the Faith
# I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
# Who Says You Can't Go Home
# Livin' on a Prayer
# Encore:
# Have a Nice Day
# Wanted Dead or Alive
# I Love This Town
# Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars

Osaka:

# Glad All Over (The Dave Clark Five cover)
# Lost Highway
# Just Older
# You Give Love a Bad Name
# Wild in the Streets
# Born to Be My Baby
# Blood on Blood
# Summertime
# Living In Sin
# Whole Lot Of Leavin'
# In These Arms
# We Got It Goin' On
# It's My Life
# Bad MedicineA
# Stranger In This Town Richie Sambora on vocals
# Have a Nice Day
# Keep the Faith
# I'll Sleep When I'm Dead With "Jumpin' Jack Flash
# Who Says You Can't Go Home
# Livin' on a Prayer
# Encore:
# The Last Night
# Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)
# Wanted Dead or Alive
# I Love This Town
# Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars