How Many Songs Should They Change Each Night?
 

Whilst recovering from the obscenity of seeing the band playing coroporate gigs for american law firms' xmas parties (urgh, theres that taste in my mouth again) I got to thinking about the forthcoming tour.

If we are talking about 22-23 songs in a setlist, how many should change each night in order for us feel like we had value for money if we are attending multiple shows or value for money because the setlist isn't totally predictable.

I think at least 4 songs should change each night. Is that too conservative.

These songs are stickies in the set :

1. Prayer
2. Bad Name
3. Wanted
4. Medicine
5. Its My Life
6. Who Says
7. WWBTF
8. Born to be My Baby
9. Sleep
10.Have a Nice Day (thanks for the spot - I meant this to be in, not Lost Highway x2!)
11. Superman Tonight
12. WWWB
13. Lost Highway

That leaves 10 songs that I can't predict that could be rotated. I personally wouldn't have some of them in as stickies but those are the ones that I think Jon will not change, could be wrong, hope I am in terms of number 9 particularly, but after that all bets are off.

They could play 'In These Arms' but its been rested before. Ditto for 'Always', ditto for 'Keep the Faith'

Is it time to rest 'I'll be there for you'? - its certainly time for richie to sing something else, surely?

Anyway - 4 songs would be my minimum expectation that I would want to see change at every show to avoid feeling like they are putting no effort in, 6-7 would be my ideal.

You listed Lost Highway twice (#10 and #13) and I am not so sure this is a lock for the set list every single night. However, I would think Have A Nice Day would be there every night. I agree with your opinion on the rest and truly hope Sleep (and Raise Your Hands) are dropped this time around. It would be great to have Keep The Faith and Runaway at all the shows again as well.

Don't understand why everyone is fussed about the 80s and 90s songs being switched up (because sleep is actually good live... No matter how much you hate it). I'd much rather see who says and its my life dropped, but we know that won't happen.

And keep the faith was played something like 90 times out of 100 last tour, so that's pretty prenament. And when it was dropped, it was replaced by songs like hey god. So I don't get the fuss.

They should change 4/5 songs each night.

Between 6 and 8 songs.

Oh I hope to god that LH doesn't become another WSYCGH.

I'd rather that than we got it goin on. And I think it will probably be at about 50-70% of gigs.

at least 10 - its not like they have to be rarieties but yeah i think we have all been beaten into submisson - its bad enough to take friends who say i saw this show last tour...

but multiple nights in the same city - please again - pearl jam , black crowes - i think people lose perspective on what is possible and we settle....

i thing i do love is that they do play a lot new songs from the new album that most dont prob know and that is awesome...

they have a huge catalog - it is called rotation with rarities - they are band - not a machine - its about feeling not churning....

I cant see why they cant change at least 10 songs each night. Do them good as well as us.

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Certainly the run at the O2 gives them the chance to change a good amount each night - surely they have to to keep it fresh?

Just hope they rehearse the mythical '100 songs' again like they did last tour.

I would rather them practice 50 and rotate regular ones than play 100 and only play certain ones once. I love 'This Aint a Love Song' yet they only did it once I think on the last european tour - seems a waste of effort to practice a song and then only play it once.