2014 set list

The 2014 set is great for USA and fans of the older tracks but wouldn't it be good to hear some of the rare cuts from The Miracle, Innuendo of even Made In Heaven (for the first time live)
Perhaps if the tour gets to Europe...

Yeah but then it would be a case of 'why are they playing rare cuts from the recent albums? How are they supposed to get the crowds in?'

Damned if you do......

recent = later...

What surprised me is how fast they settled on a formula for the setlist. I'd been expecting them to be very experimental with the setlist based on the setlist behaviours of the previous tours (Edmonton for instance added in the Bass Solo which has stayed so far, and we had half of DSMN there, and the full version in Calgary...), but it's been pretty much more or less set in stone already!

Hopefully there will be variations. Keep ya posted on tonight's set.

Is obvious in USA tour they do that greatest hits set list.
I think, if they tour in Europe, they will play more unknown songs.

I think if they come to Europe you'll get much the same. The first half of the set list is class, then you get the same old songs in the second half.
If you've seen them play before it all becomes a bit stale.
That's my opinion anyway....

I think that a European Tour will see IWTBF and AKOM for sure.

I would love to see Innuendo and a couple of other tracks from the later records, but I doubt that this will happen.

As for the older stuff I still hope for some changes...would love to see spread your wings in the set.

I doubt that they will give us the really 'rare' stuff like it's late or sleeping on the sidewalk.

Experimentation will be very limited - don't get your hopes up. Remember there is a complicated lighting system / program that relies heavily on a structured set. The likelihood of there being anything different is incredibly slim. You're not going to get a Springsteen show here folks...........

Thank god its not a Springsteen show three and a half hours of American flag waving and Dancing In The Dark !

Philip, have you ever BEEN to a Springsteen show? There's never a point at which you know what you're going to hear from song to song, night to night. Its an absolute revelation watching Bruce call out songs to the band off the cuff. But you can only do that if the 'production' allows you to do it and Queen's elaborate light show doesn't; it restricts them from doing anything different or making spontaneous change..........pretty much everything that makes live music so exciting, eh?!
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[QUOTE] [b]Benn Kempster wrote:[/b]

Experimentation will be very limited - don't get your hopes up. Remember there is a complicated lighting system / program that relies heavily on a structured set. The likelihood of there being anything different is incredibly slim. You're not going to get a Springsteen show here folks...........[/QUOTE]

The complicated lighting system, which in truth is not over complex is not a reason for them to change songs around, drop or add as they please. They are already doing it with Don't Stop Me Now and the Bass solo, both need to be lit and weren't in the set for the first show.

The lighting used by NIN on their recent European dates is far more complex both in structure and in the way it was used. They rarely played two shows in a row that were the same, and often added new songs for one or two shows then replaced them with something different.

If you knew anything about how a computerised system works you would know that lighting cues are loaded into the system one song at a time, the operator can then call up which ever song is being played, the band add or take out a song and the lighting guy dies the same. Also their are override options on a lighting board, so if BM want to play a longer intro to something or they decide to jam a little the lights can still be operated to suit

Bruce Springsteen in concert is amazing. You can like or not his music, but in concert....woooh.

pretty typical that they have now got into playing the same setlist over and over again. lots of hints that things will be mixed up a bit but never really delivers in this regard. seems to be the same way every tour.

>pretty typical

Absolutely. They're already aware of what they are comfortable with playing, what works and what doesn't. They won't be prepared to takethe risk of something being added and turning in to a disaster. It wasn't even a tactic they employed when Freddie was alive so there's no chance of them doing it now.