Aloha !

Since the show started to last longer they started to rock less hard. The Keep The Faith tour was the last tour on which they really played as a true rock band. After that the slow ballads started to kick in, These Days didn't help that much either. Yes they played long shows, but the tempo of the entire show was at it's peak during the Faith tour, though shows lasted "only" 2 hours or less.

If a 2 hour or less show would mean a show that would rock almost as hard as the 92-94 Era I'd say yes. It would mean they'd take the ballads and midtempo crap like Capt. Crash (for the confetti throwing ladies WTF throws confetti around at a rock show?), Misunderstood, Say It Isn't So, The Distance out of the setlists and put a few harder rock songs there in replace.

However, they'll never do that, since Everyday will be played, because Jon believes in that song, It's My Life (a song that sounds crap live) will be played and more of that stuff. No matter how many times Jon will say that they're a rock band and not a boyband or whatever, they'll never be a real rock band like Aerosmith or Metallica as long as they'll play the stuff they're playing nowadays.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan