nobodytoldme:
Gordy JS:
nobodytoldme:
Gordy JS:
nobodytoldme:
The one random announced standalone gig for October makes me wonder if there was more planned, but put on hold after the problematic start of the current tour. Regardless, if he decides to go on with touring after 2016 after all this, I really hope they will plan the gigs more sensible like many of his peers do. No back to back gigs, no 4 gigs in a week, no traveling up and down in the middle of a tour, no "flying out in the afternoon, doing a long soundcheck and long gig somewhere in Europe, flying back home"-practices...
What was the problematic start for the tour?
His vocals and the reactions to it. He even literally said in an interview that he had vocal problems in the build-up to it. Had, but it's obviously still really taking its toll, and for the first time the press and festival audiences are focussing on it. In between that and the shorter sets and the less excited performces than usual, it begins to feel to me he's got too much on his plate. Just a gut feeling, so I wondered if the tour announcement stop since a few weeks into the tour has anything to do with it.
Ah I see, the main issue I had with this tour was the setlist, as there were less Wings/Solo while songs liked Mr Kite stayed. And how the wasn't really anything that was new to hear. The video of him singing Can't Buy Me Love at Pinkpop was off, which was odd as the videos I saw him singing that song last year, he sang it no problem. But someone I know who was at Prague said he was great and some of the videos he had, he sounded pretty good. Maybe he wants to change it completely (I said very very optimistically)?
That's my main issue with the setlist as well: so many insignificant Beatles tunes while songs like 'Penny Lane' and 'For No One' aren't even part of the set, and while his solo career gets overlooked. But this is nothing new, and arguably was even worse during the 'Out There' days. From that perspective the current setlist is much better. But yeah, for those who want to hear a fresh show every time are better off only seeing him once in 3/4 years, and next time he will be pushing 80... And unfortunately every pro-shot of 'Can't Buy Me Love' since the song came back was pretty disastrous, apart from the - though it was edited - magic in the air at the Budokan. But since this year on top of that he's got a shakiness ("lo-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ve") which wasn't there before this tour kicked off. The difference in joy, bass playing and vocals on that tune are like night and day in comparison with the previous outings in 2009.
I understand about it being mostly Beatles just as long as I get to hear songs I haven't heard before. I was happy with the solo stuff I heard; Listen to What the Man Said, Hi Hi Hi, New, Save Us, Queenie Eye, Hope For the Future, My Valentine, Another Day & the debut of Temporary Secretary. That's a good batch of songs for me & the addition of Beatles songs, was a good balance. While I'll still go to this show I'll only hear about 7 new songs. Nobody was asking for I've Got a Feeling Back, don't know why that was back as it had a good run from 05-12