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.