So... expectations/desires for the "Because We Can" tour

We've got the Because We Can tour starting in February, with the new album in the spring. We've had constant predictions (bitching) about what the new tour will bring. But out of boredom, why don't we compile it all into one thread?

As far as expectations, I expect the same stuff as always, with an early focus on the new album. Jon's voice will probably be nasal and whiny like the past 5 years. I think there'll be as much variation as before (something that people have been taking for granted on this board I think).

What I HOPE is that they dig up a couple of songs that they haven't played in years. Bring back One Wild Night or Two Story Town or Little Bit of Soul and do them as regulars, instead of playing the same old "album cuts" (Raise Your Hands, Captain Crash, We Got it Going On) tour after tour after tour. That's my most realistic expectation for the tour.

Discuss.

Some different album cuts would be nice, but no one would ever agree on which ones. I'm just hoping they play some cities within driving distance of me on Friday and Saturday nights. Is that too much to ask? I think not! I don't really have it in the budget to fly anywhere given how outrageous airline tickets are these days. I hope to have friends to travel with. I don't ask much... just the chance to go to a few shows. I know I'll never be one of those people who sees 10 shows a tour. They just don't play the South that much and I only get two personal days off work a year anyway.

Jon's voice - really shit at first. Ever since 2006, his voice has been slowly, but surely improving, I think this improvement would stop. I have no reason to believe that he didn't go back to smoking, which he reportedly quit in 2010. Off course, it will improve as the tour goes, but I don't expect to reach the level it was in June of 2010 for example. Therefore, I'm not expecting to hear him sing Something To Believe In or Let It Rock

Richie - really on fire, especially early on tour. The same Richie we saw during his solo shows in Europe and the one we saw during the iheartradio gig. The question is, can he stay fully motivated for the whole tour, or will get fat and lazy again. If Jon lives up to his promise to give Richie a song to sing from Aftermath, I expect those performances to be passionate. I just hope his guitar selection improves over The Circle Tour. His solo tour gives hope in that regard.

Rest of the band - not really a question, Tico and Dave are always there, my only wish is that when Dave is singing backup, his mic would be higher in the mix, almost as loud as Richie's.

Setlists - the core structure I expect to be similar to TC tour and the 2012 one-off shows. Based on What About Now early on, and then slowely dropped for a few months. Due to Jon's voice, some very vocally demanding songs that are not big hits, and were rarities last tour, won't appear. But I expect some pleasant surprises. This Ain't A Love Song or I Believe could be one of them. Considering how much of a staple These Days was in 2011, it wouldn't surprise me to be played even more often. Dry County was played a lot last tour (even though I didn't get it live), so that could be put more to rest. And then off course we'll have Captain Crash and Sleep when I'm dead. I'll Be There For You was the big every night ballad last tour, it could be more of an rarity this time and I'd love this spot to be used for Always if Jon can handle this song on a nightly basis (in 2011 he could). But most likely it's gonna be Bed Of Roses and Memory, with Always being dropped at all at first and then returning multiple nights for special occasions. Some half-hits like Born To Be My Baby, Runaway and In These Arms, could be skipped for this tour, but I doubt it's gonna happen. And, Europe will get much better sets, obviously.

The performances: They're doing a big tour without taking a long break after another long tour (even though in 2010 Jon said they would have hiatus), so that makes me think that Jon should be motivated to do it again. So I think, the energy and passion is gonna be there (and the voice from Richie, not Jon sadly), but the routines and choreographies will probably stay the same, they just might think of new shit to do in the middle of Bad Medicine.

Stage: The same, but probably with new videos for songs that are staples. Also, the same catwalk with acoustic sets.

Locations: I'll be staying in the Netherlands (cause I study here) until late June, so my wish is that I'd have an ability to see them a few hours away from me. If they arrive here later in the summer, then a date in Northern-Eastern Europe (Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, etc.) would be nice, though I don't expect it, except for Russia maybe.

Ticket prices: Ridiculous, but what choice do we have? We're die-hards...

Overall, I think when we're done with bitching about things we love bitching about, we'll be quite happy with the tour, just like we were with The Circle Tour, even though there will be room for improvement.

I say this in all seriousness - I have no expectations at all. I have made the mistake of getting my hopes up the last 4 tours, and have almost always been let down. I've come to accept the fact that for any shows in the US, the shows will be vanilla and on auto-pilot. To be perfectly honest, I don't even see why Jon bothers touring anymore. He obviously doesn't need the money, and has no desire to mix things up at all. My only guess is it's just another notch in his belt, a way for him to say "We had the biggest tour of the year."

Just visit Philippines. Thats all I want. I dont mind the setlist as I have never seen them live.

since Toronto is the fanclub show thingy, they will probably play some rare songs. As long as they Misunderstood and something of 7800, I'm happy. But I hope the next album is decent, even if its not it will most likely grow on me like Lost Highway did.

I think you do have a point here. If they are going to be playing Vancouver in Autumn 2013, then it looks like the tour will be going all year. Arent the 'biggest tour of the year' measured by calendar year? Starting in February and then 10 months on the road will help that.

Although I guess how many shows the Rolling Stones play will have an impact on who gets the biggest tour of the year.

I hope they drop WSYCGH and CCATBQFM which are god awful songs and too long.
I also hope that JBJ stops playing to the "housewives" and gets back to being a great RNR front man.
I also hope Sambora stops murdering LYHOM

I have a really bad feeling regarding Jons voice on this tour. During the Iheart show he sounded horrifying awful. Of course he will get better as the thour goes on, and by the time of May/June he will probably be loads better. BUT I have a feeling songs like STBI, HG, IB, Always etc. will se some of its worser days.
The set list will be pretty much the same. The indication that they will use the same stage gives a hint that the set list will be pretty much the same, with the acoustic section in the middle of the set.

What I HOPE for is that they will bring out some good old rockers, like 99 In the Shade, Fear, One Wild Night, and I hope Wild in the Streets will be played a lot more!
I HOPE that WSYCGH will never see the light of the stage, but the chance that Joey will open the shows are bigger...

My prediction is they'll mix it up as much as they did on the last tour... which was actually pretty decent compared to most bands... but that wont stop the same old people bitching and moaning.

The return of some different songs that havent been played much over the last few years would be good. Pretty much like Something For The Pain on the last tour.