I think what you have said there is really good, I agree with you on a lot of stuff. I've always thought at least one song from every album should be represented, no matter what. Even if off 7800 it's In & Out Of Love every night, it keeps a balance. However, Bon Jovi sometimes makes some ridiculous desicions to their setlist IMO.
For example: Ending with 'Rockin' All Over The World' or even starting with it, just wouldn't work IMO. I've always thought after Richie's 'I'll Be There For You', something similar to Damned/Hey God would work, and to be fair they did that on the last tour. The mistake they made on the last tour and the HAND tour(and even the Bounce one if I'm correct) was breaking up 'Lay Your Hands'/'Sleep When I'm Dead'/'Bad Medicine', which were really great together, whether it was for ending the main set or just in the middle.
For the record - they should open with 'Runaway' on the next tour in my opinion.
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