Here is what I said in a different thread (it might bear repeating):

The thing is - the show wasn't horrible. It was combination of a setlist that has grown old and stale and a subpar performance. Anyone who had never seen a show might have thought it was fine until Jon hurt himself.

The first three shows were awesome - night one might have been plain vanilla - but we did get Dry County. You didn't hear me complaining here at all. Nights 2 and 3 were even better and I loved them. We got some rarities (not many) but enough for me and Jon sounded wonderful and was really *on*.

Last night had none of the above - neither Jon nor Richie were *on* either vocally or guitarwise. The sound wasn't that good, the vocals were flat and the timing was poor.

Jon HAS to realize that a good portion of the audience were there for multiple nights - at least change up the damn setlist even if he was off vocally. He did not do that.

And - no - I am not saying I will never go again. It was a poor show but not a disaster - mediocrity happens LOL. If I see 3 shows in a row like that then I would change my habits - but not based on one poor show out of so many good ones that I've seen.

There is a difference between a vanilla setlist and a poor show. My Philly night 1 was a vanilla setlist and yet Jon was on fire. I got to hear all the new Circle songs which I loved and I thought the show was fantastic.

A poor show might also have a vanilla setlist (or not) but it is a combination of poor vocals, too many screwups by Richie and not much energy coming off the stage from the band at all.