Fair points.

I think by the time the show hits the UK the set list will be much more what we are used to seeing.

For the IOW it will be seen and heard by lots of non-Jovi fans – on TV, Gig and radio so the set list will be a greatest Hits set list. All the classics will be out.
They couldn’t come out and do LH songs and maybe even WAN songs as half those people will be like – what the hell is this? And go for a walk.
I reckon at IOW they will open with Prayer, Bad Name, Born To By My Baby, Wild In The Streets etc.
Always will even be played at IOW.

I feel sorry for fans who get to see the early shows cos they are normally all over the place in terms of performance and song choice.
I was gutted and really disappointed by the O2 shows as there was talk of a SWW or NJ night – something really different – they had 12 nights there so why not really do something different – but they didn’t. Yes they changed a few songs but why not do an album night? That was a real shame.

Then at the start of the tour – in Hawaii I think – they played some of the debut and some of 7800 but within about 3 shows they had all been dropped. So gutting. I think the band need to play these songs. They need to find out what made them start all this in the first place.

The gigs these days are aimed at housewives and the casual fan but not the die hard. How cool would it be for them to say “for the next few songs we are heading back to 1983 & 85 and play 2 or 3 from the first two? The diehards want that. They don’t want Capt Crash or Who says.

But JBJ don’t want it so we don’t get it. It all seems to be about the now and that’s fine but don’t forget your past – its those fans who bought those songs who put you where you are today.