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Originally Posted by jdanielross
I've seen the band 3 times (1995, 2008, 2010). Nearly every time I've had to travel 3 hours to go see them.
In July, however, they are coming to Louisville, an hour and a half from me. If you had told me a few years ago that I'd be wavering on going, I'd have said you were crazy. However, now, that's the case.
The Louisville gig is a festival and I don't want to pay $150 or more to brave the crush of the crowd at Churchill Downs just to hear the same basic set I heard in Nashville in April.
What do you guys think is the likelihood of a generic set list at a festival (i.e. not strictly a Bon Jovi show)? Since it's a festival, my hunch is that the set will be a 'hits' show.
Anybody been to see them at a festival? What the set like?
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The stage that Jovi's on has reserved seats, doesn't it? I decided not to go to that one, but I thought that's what I saw. If so, you wouldn't have the usual crush like at a regular festival. I would expect a pretty generic setlist, though. Something similar to Nashville would be what I'd anticipate, and that's why I decided to go to Massachusetts the next day instead. I can at least hope for something a little different. Still, if it were Louisville or nothing and it were only an hour and a half away, I'd be there . . . but that's just me.
I saw them at Summerfest in Milwaukee last summer which is more like a concert held in conjunction with a festival. The rest of the stages are ones you just wander up to and pick a spot, but the main stage is an amphitheater that requires a separate ticket. It was a pretty standard setlist. (Of course, the band wasn't on tour yet. They were still working on The Circle.) The show was still a lot of fun even though there were major issues with the sound.