8th February, 2017 - Bon Secous Wellness Arena, Greenville, USA
 

Well this is it. The tour officially kicks off in just over 48 hours. I'm both excited and nervous - excited to see what the setlist looks like, but nervous to hear what Jon sounds like. I really hope they can pull it off.

Thoughts and predictions?? My prediction for the setlist...

01. This House Is Not For Sale
02. Knockout
03. You Give Love a Bad Name
04. Lost Highway
05. Born to Be My Baby
06. Living With A Ghost
07. It's My Life
08. We Got It Goin On
09. Make a Memory/Scars on this Guitar
10. Devil's in the Temple/We Don't Run
11. Keep the Faith
12. We Weren't Born to Follow/Because We Can
13. Born Again Tomorrow
14. Have a Nice Day/Runaway
15. Roller Coaster
16. Who Says You Can't Go Home
17. Bad Medicine

18. Wanted Dead or Alive
19. Come on Up to Our House/God Bless This Mess
20. Livin on a Prayer

Hope all those who are going have a great time.

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According to setlist.fm, the last time the band played in Greenville was exactly 11 years ago on February 8th, 2006 on the Have A Nice Day Tour. The setlist was as follow...

01. Last Man Standing
02. You Give Love a Bad Name
03. Complicated
04. Born to Be My Baby
05. Story of My Life
06. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
07. Runaway
08. The Radio Saved My Life Tonight
09. Novocaine
10. I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty cover)
11. Have a Nice Day
12. Who Says You Can't Go Home
13. It's My Life
14. I'll Be There for You (acoustic)
15. Blaze of Glory (acoustic)
16. Bed of Roses (acoustic)
17. Bad Medicine
18. Raise Your Hands
19. Livin' on a Prayer

Encore:
20. Welcome to Wherever You Are
21. Everyday
22. Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
23. Wanted Dead or Alive

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SHOW SETLIST

1. This House is Not for Sale
2. Knockout
3. You Give Love a Bad Name
4. Born To Be My Baby
5. We Weren't Born To Follow
6. Lost Highway
7. Roller Coaster
8. Work for the Working Man
9. Because We Can
10. We Got It Goin' On
11. Who Says You Can't Go Home
12. It's My Life
13. God Bless This Mess
14. Scars on This Guitar
15. The Devil's In the Temple
16. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
17. Blood on Blood
18. Lay Your Hands on Me
19. Have a Nice Day
20. Bad Medicine
21. Keep the Faith
    
    
    Encore
22. Always
23. Wanted Dead or Alive
24. Livin' on a Prayer

Here's my prediction for the set.

1. THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE
2. KNOCKOUT
3. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
4. BORN TO BE MY BABY
5. ROLLERCOASTER
6. BORN AGAIN TOMORROW
7. LOST HIGHWAY
8. WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T GO HOME
9. IT’S MY LIFE
10. SCARS ON THIS GUITAR
11. YOU HAD ME FROM HELLO (ACOUSTIC)
12. IN THESE ARMS
13. CAPTAIN CRASH AND THE BEAUTY QUEEN FROM MARS
14. LIVING WITH THE GHOST
15. GOD BLESS THIS MESS
16. LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
17. BLOOD ON BLOOD
18. HAVE A NICE DAY
19. KEEP THE FAITH
20. BAD MEDICINE W/ PRETTY WOMAN

21. COME ON UP TO OUR HOUSE
22. WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
23. BECAUSE WE CAN
24. LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER

I'll be there! I'm excited but nervous for Jon's vocals.

I think your setlist prediction is pretty good, but I would add Blood On Blood, Lay Your Hands and Saturday Night late in the main set, or at least two of them - it's no coincidence they played it during the rehearsal show.

As far as expectations go, mine is zero. That's the only way one can enjoy it these days, because it cannot possibly sound good if you're judging it against Bon Jovi standards, even those of past couple (non-2015) tours.

It would be nice if Jon could make up for his vocal shortcomings with a more creative setlist (perhaps with more rarities that are easy on the vocals, e.g. Letting You Go, The Distance) but no way that happens during the NA leg.

No New Years Day? Thought Jon mentioned having that open every night?

Hope it won't be a regular. Of all the tracks on THINFS it's probably the one I crave the least to hear live.

I think Jon's changed his mind. I was hoping that would have remained true since I wanted more live versions of it, especially once the band get in touring mode. But I must admit, from the rehearsal show, House and Knockout seem to work as a 1-2 punch openers.....

I agree with you. NYD is too close sound wise to What The Water Made Me for my liking and that one wasn't really a great opener in my book. The combo This House/Knockout delivers more punch for the start of the show.

the show is tomorrow? i hope there will be a live feed or sth its been a whilee

Show hasn't sold out. Will any on this tour?