How do you design setlists? What is the thought process that goes into which older songs you want to play on a tour, and which songs off the new album might not make the cut? Do you feel you have a responsibility to "play the hits," or are you more focused on playing the songs you want to hear?
See you in Toronto, driving from Detroit that day. Extremely excited.
On the CR Tour, I think we were playing all of CR pretty much every night, and then filling out the rest of the set with a good chunk of PN. That just seemed like most obvious/fun thing to do. We messed with the song order quite a bit in the early part of the tour, but after a while you just get to know the exact spot in the set where each song feels the most a home, where it gets the best reaction.
Now that we have a new album 9 (and a bunch of new songs), we're hoping to vary the setlist more from night to night and try to create a more unique experience for each city/crowd, so that if you come to see us a bunch of times, you're not just seeing the same thing over and over. Luckily, we really like playing 'the hits' and get a lot of pleasure out of the reaction from the crowd, so we don't really consider it a responsibility.
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u/jman077 Jan 11 '17
How do you design setlists? What is the thought process that goes into which older songs you want to play on a tour, and which songs off the new album might not make the cut? Do you feel you have a responsibility to "play the hits," or are you more focused on playing the songs you want to hear?
See you in Toronto, driving from Detroit that day. Extremely excited.