Hi -

Newbie here on the drycounty boards but a huge Jovi fan since 84, seeing them live quite a bit since the Slippery tour, I'm just wondering why everyone has huge expectations for the stadium shows. Don't get me wrong, I'll be hitting Foxboro and the last Giants show and I would love to hear some rare tracks (Dry County, Wild Is The Wind, maybe Let it Rock?) but I just don't see it happening. The fans in Europe always get the better setlists because These Days and some later cds were huge there and they only play there for a month while some states get them 2 or more times per tour, in America they just play the hits. I'm very disappointed in there not being more songs from HAND becase I love that cd and still haven't heard "Last Cigarette" live but I think we should all have fun at the shows but try not to get too disappointed, I remember when the first couple of shows in the beginning on the HAND tour when the setlists were listed and everyone bitched about them, I was the 2 Mohegan Sun shows in CT and the first one was awesome and to be honest the 2nd show was probably the worst Bon Jovi show I've ever seen, the show was short and the setlist sucked. I'm hoping for better or more rare songs too but I'm going to the shows with the thought of hearing all the hits and maybe something random (These Days...heard that one at Mohegan on Bounce tour...shocked the shit out of me..) but if I don't oh well. I'll still be going to all the shows on the east coast when the next cd comes out. I was just curious to why everyone's expectations are so high on this stadium tour.... Thanks