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

I'm glass half empty with regards to expectations. I would love Crash & Who Says ditched but I know they won't be. I hope that we have a good few songs brought back (I'd love Say It Isn't So, Welcome To Wherever You Are and the really unlikely Fear for instance) and are mixed in throughout the tour. Plenty of new songs too- the new album should have near enough all of the songs played at some point.

The tour setlist and order really needs shaken up as it has become way too static in recent tours. Im sure they could do, but I fear that they just can't be bothered to and just go with the tried and tested. The shows, especially in Europe, were good. But they need to be radically different in order to differentiate between tours else its samey even for the casuals

I still know they will put on a great show especially in Europe, I just know they can do better and wish they would as they are never far off.

Edit: I'm sure it won't happen, but Richie to play one of the Aftermath songs in his slot would be great.

Would be great to hear It's Just Me getting played. Been dying to hear that track live.

And of course, the classics have to be there

Obvious troll is obvious.



andi

Why so??

I can smell it.


andi

The setlists of the last tour were quite decent for the most part, so was the mix up. Playing "Something For The Pain" as a regular for some time did help a lot, I hope for something similar this tour. It's gotta be the right choices though, stuff like "One Wild Night", "Let It Rock", "I Believe" etc. instead of "Summertime" or "Captain Crash". Anything off of "These Days", anytime.

It was a huge disappointment how they started to drop the cool stuff ("Shot Through The Heart", "Homebound Train", "Only Lonely") early on the last tour. The will was there to try at least, so I'm more positive about the setlists than, say, in 2006. Especially with a tour so close to the last.

All I ask for are 2, 3 different album cuts this time around, and I'll be happy. Even "Wild In The Streets" would be great to hear again! And I still hope, that "Who Says" gets dropped (at least sometimes). The last tour had ONE show without the song - at least.

That's bullshit. I saw 5 or 6 shows, and they were all pretty much the same. All opened with the same 6 or 7 songs. That's not mixing it up. Who cares what lesser bands do? I expect vanilla from Poison or Def Leppard as they haven't had any hits in so long, and most die hards don't give a crap about their catalog. Those bands also don't charge $200 per ticket.

Go see a Pearl Jam, Oasis or Dave Matthews show and tell me that Bon Jovi mixes things up.

Who says will NOT be dropped unfortunately, it is now unbelievably in the same 'club' as Prayer, Wanted, and Its my life and is regularly mentioned alongside side these and other classics by both Jon and the media.

Best we can hope for is to drop the x1000 alrights at the end, and maybe make it more interesting ala Ritchie's version with a cover or a different rockier arrangement.. or something. ANYthing!



andi

Might be tough...

Might get Every Road, that'd be great.