THE 'FRESHEN UP' TOUR 2018
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
I think it is obvious he loves to perform. Personally, I would much rather see an acoustic show like you mentioned even if it was only for an hour. Of course, it goes without saying I would like to see a few solo songs he has never done live thrown into the shortened setlist but that is just me being picky - lol.
Given the amount of songs Paul has to choose from,he could at least put together a show that doesn't repeat any songs that he's performed live over the last 10 years for example. The problem though is that the set that is put together is aimed at the audience member who is attending for the first time. And they would be gutted if he didn't do Yesterday or Live And Let Die or whatever. Seeing Paul in concert on a regular basis unfortunately means hearing (and seeing) a lot of repeats.
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I love the repeats to be honest, it wouldn't be the show I look forward to without them.
The introductions to some of the songs, eg Blackbird get a little repetitive of course, but then I expect more than 50% of the crowd haven't seen Paul live before, and they should hear these little stories
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Dorking wrote:
I love the repeats to be honest, it wouldn't be the show I look forward to without them.
The introductions to some of the songs, eg Blackbird get a little repetitive of course, but then I expect more than 50% of the crowd haven't seen Paul live before, and they should hear these little stories
IMO much more than 50% of the crowd at his shows haven't seen Paul live before. Most of the people around me at the shows I've gone to were first timers.
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forget 64 wrote:
Dorking wrote:
I love the repeats to be honest, it wouldn't be the show I look forward to without them.
The introductions to some of the songs, eg Blackbird get a little repetitive of course, but then I expect more than 50% of the crowd haven't seen Paul live before, and they should hear these little stories
IMO much more than 50% of the crowd at his shows haven't seen Paul live before. Most of the people around me at the shows I've gone to were first timers.
Same, and I've watched many of them laugh out loud at the stories we've heard many times before.
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thenightfish wrote:
forget 64 wrote:
Dorking wrote:
I love the repeats to be honest, it wouldn't be the show I look forward to without them.
The introductions to some of the songs, eg Blackbird get a little repetitive of course, but then I expect more than 50% of the crowd haven't seen Paul live before, and they should hear these little stories
IMO much more than 50% of the crowd at his shows haven't seen Paul live before. Most of the people around me at the shows I've gone to were first timers.
Same, and I've watched many of them laugh out loud at the stories we've heard many times before.
My guess would be at least 80% first timers
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Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
I think it is obvious he loves to perform. Personally, I would much rather see an acoustic show like you mentioned even if it was only for an hour. Of course, it goes without saying I would like to see a few solo songs he has never done live thrown into the shortened setlist but that is just me being picky - lol.
Given the amount of songs Paul has to choose from,he could at least put together a show that doesn't repeat any songs that he's performed live over the last 10 years for example. The problem though is that the set that is put together is aimed at the audience member who is attending for the first time. And they would be gutted if he didn't do Yesterday or Live And Let Die or whatever. Seeing Paul in concert on a regular basis unfortunately means hearing (and seeing) a lot of repeats.
I have said many times I understand he has to do the 25 Beatles/Wings hits for his target audience which is the first timers. My point once again, it is the remaining 10 songs that he really should have shaken up each tour. This current tour I fully expect him to do 3-4 songs from Egypt Station and we all know 2 of them will be the singles he has already released. That would still give him 6 songs to really freshen it up and do songs never done live before from his solo years or rarely done like "That Was Me" ( Paris). If he did that, I would gladly go again knowing I would get around 40 minutes of new music never performed live by him.
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Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
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Yahllil wrote:
Renan Takenouchi wrote:
Yahllil wrote:
Fans on the run posted on Facebook that there is a rumor about a show in Israel. Did anybody heard something!? I can't find anything!
Usually I think that Fans On The Run page is not a confiable source. I have no idea where this rumor comes from.
Last year FOTR said that Australia and New Zealand shows were cancelled. That wrong infomation caused panic for some fans. Not cool.
Yes... I hope the rumors are true. It's been 10 years since his last (and first) visit to Israel
Fans On The Run deleted the post about Israel. It seems that the rumor wasn't true.
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Renan Takenouchi wrote:
Yahllil wrote:
Renan Takenouchi wrote:
Yahllil wrote:
Fans on the run posted on Facebook that there is a rumor about a show in Israel. Did anybody heard something!? I can't find anything!
Usually I think that Fans On The Run page is not a confiable source. I have no idea where this rumor comes from.
Last year FOTR said that Australia and New Zealand shows were cancelled. That wrong infomation caused panic for some fans. Not cool.
Yes... I hope the rumors are true. It's been 10 years since his last (and first) visit to Israel
Fans On The Run deleted the post about Israel. It seems that the rumor wasn't true.
Yes... Unfortunately
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chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
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at this rate, while i'd still go see paul if he played an arena/stadium near me again, i would really truly get excited about seeing him live again if he did a solo acoustic performance, ala neil young or bruce springsteen.
don't think it'd ever happen at this rate. but a solo acoustic show/tour from paul would've been amazing.
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thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
I think it is obvious he loves to perform. Personally, I would much rather see an acoustic show like you mentioned even if it was only for an hour. Of course, it goes without saying I would like to see a few solo songs he has never done live thrown into the shortened setlist but that is just me being picky - lol.
Given the amount of songs Paul has to choose from,he could at least put together a show that doesn't repeat any songs that he's performed live over the last 10 years for example. The problem though is that the set that is put together is aimed at the audience member who is attending for the first time. And they would be gutted if he didn't do Yesterday or Live And Let Die or whatever. Seeing Paul in concert on a regular basis unfortunately means hearing (and seeing) a lot of repeats.
I have said many times I understand he has to do the 25 Beatles/Wings hits for his target audience which is the first timers. My point once again, it is the remaining 10 songs that he really should have shaken up each tour. This current tour I fully expect him to do 3-4 songs from Egypt Station and we all know 2 of them will be the singles he has already released. That would still give him 6 songs to really freshen it up and do songs never done live before from his solo years or rarely done like "That Was Me" ( Paris). If he did that, I would gladly go again knowing I would get around 40 minutes of new music never performed live by him.
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If he follows the same general setlist patterns from the last 4-5 years, here is what I predict:
*He will add the brand new 3-4 "Egypt Station" songs to his setlist (which is a given) and knock out the previous "New" album songs
* To "quasi" adhere to the new tour name (the Freshen Up Tour) he will recycle/add several Beatle (and maybe a couple of Wings' hits) that he has done in the past but not over the last 5 years. Examples might be Penny Lane, Lovely Rita, For No One, Two of Us, My Love etc.
Those minimal type changes would not get me to shell out that kind of money even if he was appearing close to my location. He certainly has a dozen of so "not mandatory" songs he should change but I don't see it. Like always I will go to Youtube to hear/watch the new songs but I have little interest in even watching the songs that he has continually done over 30 years.
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Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
If you are short you will see nothing but the larger screens...that goes even if you have a seat on the floor. Also, unless you have a very large bladder...well,
it goes without saying.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
I think it is obvious he loves to perform. Personally, I would much rather see an acoustic show like you mentioned even if it was only for an hour. Of course, it goes without saying I would like to see a few solo songs he has never done live thrown into the shortened setlist but that is just me being picky - lol.
Given the amount of songs Paul has to choose from,he could at least put together a show that doesn't repeat any songs that he's performed live over the last 10 years for example. The problem though is that the set that is put together is aimed at the audience member who is attending for the first time. And they would be gutted if he didn't do Yesterday or Live And Let Die or whatever. Seeing Paul in concert on a regular basis unfortunately means hearing (and seeing) a lot of repeats.
I have said many times I understand he has to do the 25 Beatles/Wings hits for his target audience which is the first timers. My point once again, it is the remaining 10 songs that he really should have shaken up each tour. This current tour I fully expect him to do 3-4 songs from Egypt Station and we all know 2 of them will be the singles he has already released. That would still give him 6 songs to really freshen it up and do songs never done live before from his solo years or rarely done like "That Was Me" ( Paris). If he did that, I would gladly go again knowing I would get around 40 minutes of new music never performed live by him.
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If he follows the same general setlist patterns from the last 4-5 years, here is what I predict:
*He will add the brand new 3-4 "Egypt Station" songs to his setlist (which is a given) and knock out the previous "New" album songs
* To "quasi" adhere to the new tour name (the Freshen Up Tour) he will recycle/add several Beatle (and maybe a couple of Wings' hits) that he has done in the past but not over the last 5 years. Examples might be Penny Lane, Lovely Rita, For No One, Two of Us, My Love etc.
Those minimal type changes would not get me to shell out that kind of money even if he was appearing close to my location. He certainly has a dozen of so "not mandatory" songs he should change but I don't see it. Like always I will go to Youtube to hear/watch the new songs but I have little interest in even watching the songs that he has continually done over 30 years.
You nailed it, will be shocked it it is anything different than you just posted. I will add that he might tinker a litte bit and change the opening song to another Beatle song. I will read the setlist post of the first couple of concerts just to see the changes.
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How about this for some concert speculation?
pre show, we see the same style Mccartney life Montage video, modified, updated.....
pre entrance they play, ”Station 1” from Egypt station and the curtain opens to Come On To Me....
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Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
Even if it is GA with EARLY ENTRANCE?
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chukhin wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
Even if it is GA with EARLY ENTRANCE?
I did a VIP with early entrance standing once (albeit not a stadium show, it was the 1000 capacity liverpool 2010 show), and people do still queue from early but only so they can be the very front ahead of the other people who also paid for early admission standing VIP. With VIP early entrance if you are happy being 5th row behind the rest of the early entrance people you wouldn't need to queue early, just get there an hour before you were told to be allowed in. Everything others say about not being able to leave to go to the toilet is still valid. But GA with early VIP admission is not bad re the queue. Though some people charged past us on the way in nearly knocking people over in their desire to be front row middle.. and it is hard to stay stood for the 3 hours before Paul even comes on. But if you can cope with that it's a great way of getting a good "seat" without the seat! A good way of seeing a Paul concert very close to him.
Hope that helps.
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Eeee Cor Blimey wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
Even if it is GA with EARLY ENTRANCE?
I did a VIP with early entrance standing once (albeit not a stadium show, it was the 1000 capacity liverpool 2010 show), and people do still queue from early but only so they can be the very front ahead of the other people who also paid for early admission standing VIP. With VIP early entrance if you are happy being 5th row behind the rest of the early entrance people you wouldn't need to queue early, just get there an hour before you were told to be allowed in. Everything others say about not being able to leave to go to the toilet is still valid. But GA with early VIP admission is not bad re the queue. Though some people charged past us on the way in nearly knocking people over in their desire to be front row middle.. and it is hard to stay stood for the 3 hours before Paul even comes on. But if you can cope with that it's a great way of getting a good "seat" without the seat! A good way of seeing a Paul concert very close to him.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, it helped me. Very cool reply! Great!
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chukhin wrote:
Eeee Cor Blimey wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
Even if it is GA with EARLY ENTRANCE?
I did a VIP with early entrance standing once (albeit not a stadium show, it was the 1000 capacity liverpool 2010 show), and people do still queue from early but only so they can be the very front ahead of the other people who also paid for early admission standing VIP. With VIP early entrance if you are happy being 5th row behind the rest of the early entrance people you wouldn't need to queue early, just get there an hour before you were told to be allowed in. Everything others say about not being able to leave to go to the toilet is still valid. But GA with early VIP admission is not bad re the queue. Though some people charged past us on the way in nearly knocking people over in their desire to be front row middle.. and it is hard to stay stood for the 3 hours before Paul even comes on. But if you can cope with that it's a great way of getting a good "seat" without the seat! A good way of seeing a Paul concert very close to him.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, it helped me. Very cool reply! Great!
No problem
Enjoy the concert!