Official April 10, 2013, Frank Erwin Center, Austin thread
 

Aloha !

Predictions, disappointments, reviews and rants about this show go in this topic.

1. That's What The Water Made Me
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Born To Be My Baby
4. Raise Your Hands
5. Runaway
6. Lost Highway
7. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
8. It's My Life
9. Because We Can
10. What About Now
11. We Got It Going On
12. Keep The Faith
13. (You Want To) Make A Memory
14. Bed Of Roses
15. I'll Be There For You
16. We Weren't Born To Follow
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
/ Start Me Up
19. Bad Medicine
/ Shout

Encore:
20. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (acoustic)
21. Wanted Dead or Alive
22. Have A Nice Day
23. Livin' On A Prayer

Encore II:
24. I Love This Town
25. Twist & Shout

The last time Bon Jovi played Austin was January 30, 1989. Indeed, it's been a while since they played there. Bon Jovi have however played in Houston on May 17, 2011, which was very sadly, without our beloved drunk dog lover Richie Sambongo. (These topics will be a remarkable read in a few years when someone looks it up for whatever reason)

The setlist did not contain any surprise. However, Jon sang Lay Your Hands On Me with the extended jam near the end, and this has been an America exclusive. Ha! I bet you feel blessed now.

A graph showcasing the order of album and single tracks. A peak indicates the chart position in the Billboard Hot 100, thus a crowd possibly knowing such a song. The more peaks, the more familiar a crowd is with the entire set. In case no peak is noted the song either didn't chart or wasn't released as a single.

http://www.bonjovi-archives.com/20_G...h_20110517.jpg

Songs played per album:
http://www.bonjovi-archives.com/20_G...h_20110517.jpg

In case people are interested in the set from their last visit to Austin, click here.

I've got to get up before this show is finished so I hereby again grant a moderator permission to add the setlist in this topic. Goodnighy my beloved Bon Jovi fans, xoxo.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I got Lay Your Hands On Me with the extended jam in Dresden and Munich in 2011 as well?! Not that exclusive :D

8/14 songs played in Austin in 1989 have a pretty good chance of getting played tonight.

Isn't that funny...14 songs? These days 14 songs is barely past the half way point.

How long till kick off?

Show always starts about 8:15 and, as a google search will enlighten you, that's now.

Opened with That's What The Water Made Me.

I hope they keep always....

Why?? I don't know, so I can see youtube vids of it. That's why bands tour nowadays anyway, to be on youtube...

No way.... really!?!?! That's great news IMO!

Holy shit!

Is it true? Better start this PBP running!

You better not be taking the piss.

I don't see what the big deal is about opening with the water song.

Sweet! Des Moines might not be so bad after all. Way to mix it up Jon!

On the bright side, this leg has had more setlist variation than the last American leg with Phil X, but that's not saying much.

As per backstage:
01. That's What The Water Made Me
02. Bad Name
03. Born To Be My Baby
04. Raise Your Hands
05. Runaway
06. Lost Highway
07. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
08. It's My Life
09. Because We Can
10. What About Now
11. We Got It Going On
12. Keep The Faith
13. Make A Memory
14. Bed Of Roses
15. I'll Be There For You
16. We Weren't Born To Follow
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. Sleep When I'm Dead/Start Me Up
19. Bad Medicine/Twist & Shout

A lot of changes for the beginning. I do hate that 6/7 combo though.

1. That's the water made me.
2. You give love a bad name.
3. Born to be my baby.
4. Raise your hands
5. Runaway
6. Lost Highway
7. Whole Lot Of Leaving
8. It's My Life
9. Because We Can
10. What About Now
11. We Go it Going On
12. Keep The Faith

Question: When was the extra KTF solo dropped? Has it been gone since Richie left?

You always remind me of that person where if you went to a theme park and there was a ride declared the scariest. All the comments would be that was amazing, what a great ride and then you would be the one in the back. It wasn't that scary. I've seen better.

Might as well just make our peace with the fact that no new songs will make the sets other than maybe Amen until Richie comes back, and even then, it's doubtful...

Nah I love rollercoasters and I usually try to sit in the front. :D


Still don't see what's so special aboot water opening.

If he reminds you of a negative unimpressed douche that's because he is. 20yrs old and acts like he's allowed to have an opinion of a band that is long before his time as if its comparable. The fk out of here.

It's not special. It's just nice to see something different and hopefully unpredictable for the upcoming shows. Let people be excited and or happy. Go cry in your miserable corner.

01. That's What The Water Made Me
02. Bad Name
03. Born To Be My Baby
04. Raise Your Hands
05. Runaway
06. Lost Highway
07. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
08. It's My Life
09. Because We Can
10. What About Now
11. We Got It Going On
12. Keep The Faith
13. Make A Memory
14. Bed Of Roses
15. I'll Be There For You
16. We Weren't Born To Follow
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. Sleep When I'm Dead/Start Me Up
19. Bad Medicine/Twist & Shout
Encore (presumably)
20. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
21. Wanted Dead or Alive
22. Have a Nice Day
23. Livin' On A Prayer

First time I heard That's What The Water Made Me I thought it sounded like a setlist opener.

Hopefully it stays where it is - I don't like Bad Name opening.

Encore:
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
(Acoustic)
Wanted Dead or Alive
Have a Nice Day
Livin' on a Prayer

Encore 2:
I Love This Town
Twist and Shout

Twist And Shout in Bad Medicine and as the closer...?

It was probably "Shout" in BM.

Um...don't like the reorganization of the beginning. The setlist didn't need to be even more like the Circle Tour. Either way...love Water but liked its old position in the set.

I should stop reading PBP's since my show is next week.

It's not the perfect opener, but it is as good as WAN has for opening a show... not to mention it is the best song on the album. I am just thrilled that it is not Bad Name. Put Bad Name anywhere else in the set... anywhere! But the acapella opening makes it possibly the worst opening song ever. Might as well open with Because We Can.

I have a show tomorrow and I have had it with this tour. It's Bon Jovi season, I have limited this tour to two shows and my level of excitement is at the equivalent of going to see the new Channing Tatum movie. And I am not a Channing Tatum fan mind you. I don't hate him... just indifferent and that is how I feel about Bon Jovi right now.

Part of it is that Richie is not going to be there. Richie is roughly 50% of Bon Jovi to me. So, 1/2 of my Bon Jovi experience will be missing tomorrow. But Richie, being gone is not nearly all the reason I am not excited about the show. Bon Jovi's ticket prices go up every tour and the performances are either staying completely the same (if we are lucky) or going down... and let's face it, their current releases aren't exactly the reason I became a fan. Be it as it may, I would still go and look forward to the show if they'd at least change up the set. This is the same damn set list as the Lost Highway tour! Even the fillers are the same. And the sad thing is, I would still look forward to it if there was a JUST A CHANCE to get something other than the 3 or 4 songs they are choosing to play off WAN. WAN is, in my opinion their best album since HAND... and BWC and the title track are two of my least favorite songs on the album. If there was a chance I'd get IWY, TAT, BW, or POY, I'd be excited. What a bad time to be a Bon Jovi fan.

I like the fact that TWTWMM is an opener but I dont think there is a better opener than I Believe.

I agree. There really isn't a better opener then I believe.

I agree :cool:

Woah, woah, woah...

What are you trying to say? :p

Ten years ago, a song like this as an opener would have made people f*cking crazy... in a negative way.

It would be like opening with Just Older... I know Jon can't spring out from under the stage any more to LYHOM but Jesus wept, this is less of an opening tune that YGLABN - at least Jon wasn't playing guitar on that and hit the stage with some energy.

Uninspired and thoroughly uninspiring.

He has more energy in the jam at the end of Water than he does through the whole of Bad Name as an opener.

Right... the end of the song.

Let me save you the bother, here are a list of songs that Jon loves where he has more energy than BN (which, is also a shite opener, BTW - but at least he isn't pointlessly shackled to a guitar)

I Love This Town, Who Says, Capt Crash, Lost Highway, We Got It Goin On, Born To Follow... the list goes on and frankly, bores my tits off.

Jon only puts his energy into tunes he likes himself, everyone who isn't a blind follower knows that. So why not open with Have A Nice Day? He bloody loves that song and it's at least got some balls.

At the beginning of a concert, I want to see Jon Bon Jovi, the best frontman I've ever witnessed full of energy and on a personal note, the band need to be playing a tune that's got a little more substance to it.

Before I get the whole 'you're stuck in the past... ' stuff (not necessarily from you) maybe I am... maybe that's because I remember this band before Jon tried to change it into a plodding e-street replica.

I don't mind this song but sweet mercy, are people really, honestly satisfied with it as an opener!?!?! Have our expectations of showmanship and our memories of what this band can do slipped so far?

Meh, it's no different to Blood On Blood.

I agree... another crap choice for an opener.

I think we're just glad of a change on this part of the tour whether good, bad or indifferent.

I was at the O2 when they played "Happy Now" as the opener - worked for me......

I agree with that statement as well as the one posted By Erik and immediately criticized (how dares he not be happy ? happiness is so essential even if it is faked .. right ?)) . Ok to make it an opener is a change but is it that important change that we need some OMG and others sacral interjections ? Really ?? We need that much anything to pretend to be thrilled and all pumped ?
big deal a few songs have moved (not gone just moved) what a great improvement
About water : I love that song it's good on the cd and it sounds good live too but I would think to waste ALL THE ENERGY on the first song is too bad ... the opener has to be dynamic but definitely not a great song because it's a warming zone for all - but probably that's just me .. as an opener I often ask for a song I don't really care about because there I lose it ... the opener is a lost song - necessarily sacrified