forevermusic Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'm not entirely sure where in this structure Take a Bow would fit. Best place would be opening the encore after Drones, with Mercy bumped forward to go between Madness and Reapers. Something else would need to go after though rather than straight into Knights (and even more so as they're so bloody insistent on keeping the harmonica). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 After the way Matt plays The Handler you want to see him attempt Defector lol Meh, I reckon Matt does fine with Handler but they're completely different technique-wise so I don't really see the comparison Defector's easier anyway. He mucked up a couple of times in Brussels but that was either lack of concentration or debut rustiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam201 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 It's still frustrating seeing them forced to drop/rotate songs that should be staples (Reapers, Stockholm, PIB, Revolt/Defector) just because they weirdly refuse to go beyond 17. This. I'm still glad about yesterdays improvement though, hope they keep it up. Really glad to have Stockholm back . Interesting News about Take A Bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam201 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Hope matt doesn't go full bono on blackout..and that he uses the fuzzy guitar tone Yea, I'm afraid since they also soundchecked Guiding Light, that the 2013 version is certainly a possibility This is just so fucking epic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJYBOj7Cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyP117 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 They'll be stretched for rotation over 6 nights so I guess we'll see. I wonder where it'd fit it in, maybe before JFK? Main set closer's probs the obvious choice but they seem adamant on that being Uprising. inb4 JFK > TAB Yeah main set closer seems the perfect place. They should just take out UD entirely, move every song up a spot and get TaB in at the end. Or...they could always just add in another song and play for an extra five minutes. That seems unlikely though. All the (hopefully) upcoming rotation is great but I hope they find a good balance for the other dates in the tour. The first or second nighters shouldn't get screwed over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenbanana Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 One question for gig attendees (which may have been asked already): does the audio mix change depending on where you're standing? There seems to be hardly any guitar in this video... might just be because of the camera but not sure [YT] [/YT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanp16 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Stockholm has green lights now. It's officially a rarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I like how "green = rare" is now a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanp16 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I like how "green = rare" is now a thing. Well I'm joking mostly based on the T2L tour - If the lights suddenly turned green you were guaranteed something good; Dead Star, Micro Cuts, Fury, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 And RBS too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisF Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 The question is: will New Born come back at any point on this tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 The question is: will New Born come back at any point on this tour? Would Glastonbury count? I'd bet it's played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisF Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Would Glastonbury count? I'd bet it's played Yeah id count Glastonbury. Sad state of affairs when SS and NB are rarities, although last nights setlist seemed a lot better than the previous nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casteja Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 [D] -> Drones Take a Bow intro / Unsustainable intro [D] Drill Sergeant -> Psycho Supermassive Map [with riff] Interlude [D] -> Hysteria / The Groove / Fury... etc [with riffs] Citizen Erased Isolated System The Handler Munich Jam Apocalypse Please / Usoe / Sunburn... Prelude Starlight Madness / UD Dead Inside JFK Defector Revolt TIRO Reapers [w/Big D in outro] Stockholm [With riffs] The Globalist Drones We are the Universe -> Uprising Mercy Man With Harmonica -> Knights ------------------------------------------------------- And the perfect set: Take a Bow intro / Unsustainable intro [D] Drill Sergeant -> Psycho Supermassive Map [with riff] / Plug In Baby / Bliss Interlude [D] -> Hysteria / The Groove / Fury... etc [with riffs] Citizen Erased Isolated System The Handler Munich Jam Apocalypse Please / Usoe / Sunburn... Starlight Madness / UD Dead Inside We are the Universe -> Uprising TIRO / Plug In Baby Stockholm [With riffs] / Assassin Reapers [w/Big D in outro] The Globalist Drones Prelude New Born / Survival JFK Defector Revolt Mercy Take a Bow (full) Man With Harmonica -> Knights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozza Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'm not entirely sure where in this structure Take a Bow would fit. Best place would be opening the encore after Drones, with Mercy bumped forward to go between Madness and Reapers. Something else would need to go after though rather than straight into Knights (and even more so as they're so bloody insistent on keeping the harmonica). Take a Bow-Reapers-Knights would be a nice encore. Defector/Revolt rotation after JFK (or even Uprising again) and get rid of UD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam201 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 One question for gig attendees (which may have been asked already): does the audio mix change depending on where you're standing? There seems to be hardly any guitar in this video... might just be because of the camera but not sure [YT] [/YT] I watched that video as well. I'm wondering whether he left the last "I wish I could" out on purpose, or if he messed up getting back to the mic quick enough... Another question for attendees: What was the crowd like in terms of energy (jumping around etc.)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 And RBS too Yeah but that had green lighting when it was a staple on the Absolution Tour. Take a Bow-Reapers-Knights would be a nice encore. Defector/Revolt rotation after JFK (or even Uprising again) and get rid of UD The obvious copout option is TaB->Plug in Baby->Knights. Reapers there isn't something I'm sure of. Obviously getting rid of UD would benefit. Surprised its back given it began to be more regularly out of sets near the end of the American legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'd guess a rotation is going to be Reaistance/Stockholm/New Born? As sucky as that is. All similar length and SS has already been played in that slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alesi08 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'd guess a rotation is going to be Reaistance/Stockholm/New Born? As sucky as that is. All similar length and SS has already been played in that slot Unnatural selection to on the six nighters maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fam201 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'd guess a rotation is going to be Reaistance/Stockholm/New Born? As sucky as that is. All similar length and SS has already been played in that slot A smart thing to do would be a Resistance/UD and Stockholm/New Born rotation (or, you know, just stop playing UD all together...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 A smart thing to do would be a Resistance/UD and Stockholm/New Born rotation (or, you know, just stop playing UD all together...). SS/NB was heavily criticised last tour because people thought SS was much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumrunner Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Why don't they just play longer sets though? Is there a special reason why T2L tour had 24 songs a night, and the Drones tour only has 18? What kind of band with 7 albums and a shitload of good B-sides plays only 18 songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyy Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Pretty sure the song count was inflated by stuff to 24, not full songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepp Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) SS/NB was heavily criticised last tour because people thought SS was much better. Mostly because NB was played slower, but it seems invigorated. I'd call it fair. Edited February 28, 2016 by Zepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovatov Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Pretty sure the song count was inflated by stuff to 24, not full songs In stadiums they played 24 full songs. In arena's they played 20. That's all excluding filler like Isolated System/Drones/Monty Jam/etc. Excluding all the filler this tour they generally play 16 full songs. So comparing to a stadium tour is a bit unfair. Though seen as they probably won't even do a stadium tour with Drones, all the more reason to go all out on the arena gigs. And play a bit more then for a festival. You know, like they would usually do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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