Samz2 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 With hindsight, compared to my gig today's rotation has been UD/CE. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 With hindsight, compared to my gig today's rotation has been UD/CE. Incredible. My gig compared to this one... Subtract UD Add CE and AP Sounds fair Sadly enough, UD was the song I was least looking forward to hearing. CE and AP were the 2 I was most looking forward to possibly hearing. I'll stop being bitter about it eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regilistic Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Eh, the gigs could be a lot worse. Map, AP and CE all in the same set for the states is pretty impressive. Even the Resistance/UD rotation makes a lot of sense. Map as a staple is the best thing they've done. I think it's more the length over the actual contents that's dragging the sets down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musekiddo Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 What I'd like to see for future arena gigs: - A different opener to replace Drones (probably Drill Sergeant) - Keep the OoS rotation slot (Bliss/CE/PIB) - Add another piano slot (something like Sunburn/SD/RBS) - Add a heavy rotation slot near the end of the set (SS/NB/Assassin) - Make Defector a staple (after JFK) - Drop Prelude (unless Survival follows) - A Showbiz rotation slot (although this seems unlikely) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corkscrewed Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 DC's set might have been the best US setlist this tour, to be honest. So to compare the tour to that is to compare to the high benchmark rather than the average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altbecky Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Apparently Matt said this tour felt short and that they'd have to come back next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonisdead Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Apparently Matt said this tour felt short and that they'd have to come back next year? On this note, fans (not you), need to stop taking the things he says as eternal truth. I saw that post on the Facebook group. I think we're all fairly certain they're not going to simply go back to the US for no reason next year rather than start work on the new album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozza Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 They played citizen erased tonight in DC 😩😩😩 and I saw some lady post an instagram video complaining how the show was too loud while they're playing CE in the background, trying extremely hard not to berate her on Instagram lol Crowds are shit these days, even in the UK. I saw Massive Attack last week which was 90 minutes of drunks shouting at each other because it was 'boring', the band were almost inaudible at times. Apparently someone was eating a salad at one of their gigs. These types of crowds are becoming more common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander DeLarge Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I'm serious. Take away people's phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radicrane Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Yes! Yes! Please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I'm serious. Take away people's phones. And salads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander DeLarge Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 And salads? Those too apparently. What the fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander DeLarge Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Apparently Matt said this tour felt short and that they'd have to come back next year? If the tour felt short, why were they playing 16 songs out of laziness for a good portion of it? I mean, if it felt short they didn't have time to get sick of the routine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozza Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Those too apparently. What the fuck. https://mobile.twitter.com/jennpops/status/689631640260337664 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Apparently Matt said this tour felt short and that they'd have to come back next year? He also usually says stuff like "Tonight's been really special/this is one of our favourite places/you've been amazing" from what I've seen so it could've just been another fairly throwaway line to butter up the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solemndrummer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 He also says "That's what the next album sounds like" when playing Agitated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanp16 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 He also says "That's what the next album sounds like" when playing Agitated :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjackk Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 What I'd like to see for future arena gigs: - A different opener to replace Drones (probably Drill Sergeant) - Keep the OoS rotation slot (Bliss/CE/PIB) - Add another piano slot (something like Sunburn/SD/RBS) - Add a heavy rotation slot near the end of the set (SS/NB/Assassin) - Make Defector a staple (after JFK) - Drop Prelude (unless Survival follows) - A Showbiz rotation slot (although this seems unlikely) If you take tonights setlist and use the realistic ones of these then it really becomes an acceptable length (20 songs) and there's realistically a tonne of rotation room {Drill Sergeant} Psycho // {JFK} Defector Dead Inside {Interlude} Hysteria // Plug In Baby Map of the Problematique Citizen Erased // Bliss {Isolated System} The Handler Supermassive Black Hole Starlight {Intro} Apocalypse Please // United States of Eurasia Sunburn // Ruled By Secrecy Munich Jam Madness Resistance // Undisclosed Desires Time Is Running Out Stockholm Syndrome/New Born Reapers Uprising The Globalist {Drones} Mercy Knights of Cydonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonisdead Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 He also says "That's what the next album sounds like" when playing Agitated :LOL: If I had to pick out any part of Drones that is remotely close to this claim, it would be the outro to Reapers. Shame there was nothing really "batshit crazy" on the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solemndrummer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Now that the tour is over for me, in retrospect I had a good time at all my shows, I just wish it was a bit heavier and more political in order to justify the "Drones concept". Maybe next time. It's a shame I just found the best spot in the entire venue on my last gig. So now the US tour is over and the European one is coming, what advice can people who attended the show give in terms of best spot in GA ? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander DeLarge Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 So the general consensus on the Drones tour, as usual is that it's another "add 1/2 songs to the set and we're happy"? The same bit of feedback that I could literally copy and paste out of a thread a thousand times in 2009/2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueEyedFloozy Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) I saw a video on Instagram that was....I think it was the start of Psycho, which I'd expect the very front of the GA to be going mental to. It was something I would have been bouncing to, anyway. Everyone, and I mean everyone, was standing still holding up their phones. Edited February 2, 2016 by BlueEyedFloozy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander DeLarge Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) So now the US tour is over and the European one is coming, what advice can people who attended the show give in terms of best spot in GA ? :-) Depending on who you like. There is no ideal spot for everything, but there are ideal spots for who you prefer to watch. You never want to be on the side of the person you enjoy watching. You want to be far away from the person you're watching, on the opposite of "their side" Sure, you'll be facing their ass during The Handler, but it's great for every other song, except for Time is Running Out, you'll be turning your head a bit (Reapers guitar outro for Matt is on the platform nearest to your spot too so you'll be watching that turned a bit too). I don't remember whether Europe has this VIP nonsense but the corners of the areas I marked are also good, but not absolutely ideal. http://imgur.com/jua0PLi (Thanks Jess) I saw a video on Instagram that was....I think it was the start of Psycho, which I'd expect the very front of the GA to be going mental to. It was something I would have been bouncing to, anyway. Everyoneand I mean everyone, was standing still holding up their phones. I really do believe that respectfully asking the pit to not take out phones/take photos is the best thing they can do, make the first 1-2 songs theatrical, show everything the stage has to offer, then ask "Hey, we want you to enjoy the music, put away your phones and we'll be uploading the gig's audio/video to the website, along with professionally taken photos that will turn out immensely better than anything on your smartphone will" Edited February 2, 2016 by Alexander DeLarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solemndrummer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Depending on who you like. There is no ideal spot for everything, but there are ideal spots for who you prefer to watch. You never want to be on the side of the person you enjoy watching. You want to be far away from the person you're watching, on the opposite of "their side" Sure, you'll be facing their ass during The Handler, but it's great for every other song, except for Time is Running Out, you'll be turning your head a bit (Reapers guitar outro for Matt is on the platform nearest to your spot too so you'll be watching that turned a bit too). I don't remember whether Europe has this VIP nonsense but the corners of the areas I marked are also good, but not absolutely ideal. http://imgur.com/jua0PLi (Thanks Jess) Thanks dude ! :-) What's this VIP thing about ? A bunch of people entering into the arena before everyone else ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander DeLarge Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks dude ! :-) What's this VIP thing about ? A bunch of people entering into the arena before everyone else ? GA VIP granted early entrance into the pit, so when you got in there, the barrier was almost always full on the circle areas. I'm looking for VIP experience GA in Europe and I can't seem to find any, but if that's the case and you're first in the queues, you'll have the opportunity at every show. I might be wrong, and if there's GA VIP in Europe, everyone is fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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