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  • julieooliern
    julieooliern Posts: 1,298
    Wash or Release
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,937
    Oceans
    HTI
    Of the girl
    Pendulum 


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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,722
    edited April 16
    If there was a different opener for literally every single show from now on, that would be fantastic.
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  • colors blend
    colors blend Posts: 202
    Of the shows I've seen....

    Release
    Sometimes
    Why Go
    Severed Hand
    you're god and you've got big hands
  • Itsmillertyme
    Itsmillertyme Posts: 197
    GVN2FLY ND said:
    I enjoyed Kings of Leon myself. 
    I have to laugh. That's the same exact thing I thought when I saw the Header
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    edited April 17
    Release
    Sometimes
    Long Road
    Pendulum
    Of The Girl
    HTI
    Oceans
    Go
    Post edited by Abe Froman on
  • Chimiste
    Chimiste Posts: 7
    I think Upper Hand could be a great opener…
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,808
    The top 3 openers I’ve seen are:

    Nothing As It Seems (Cardiff 2000)
    All Or None (Vic 2007)
    Alive (Newcastle 2006)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Force Of Nature
    Force Of Nature York, England Posts: 1,137
    So many great options.  Release just feels like the best to me.
    I did like the novelty of 'double openers' e.g. Pendulum > Of The Girl from the 2013(?) tour
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,138
    Chimiste said:
    I think Upper Hand could be a great opener…
    This. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,519
    Can't Keep 

    and

    My Morning Jacket
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • More Coffee
    More Coffee Posts: 635
    I would really love to see Setting Sun played to open a show, especially during this small leg of the tour, like in Hollywood, or Raleigh, or the final show in Pittsburgh...please.

    I've seen the following songs played as openers:

    Release
    Long Road
    Can't Keep
    Wash
    Last Exit
    Sometimes
    GO
    Once
    Of the Girl
    Pendulum
    Hard to Imagine
    Soldier of Love
    Crazy Mary
    Nothing as it Seems
    Love Boat Captain
    Wasted Reprise-Life Wasted
    Severed Hand
    Given to Fly
    Hail, Hail
    Animal
    Corduroy
    Elderly Woman
    ...and maybe some more.

    My favorites are Wash, Release, Long Road, and Wash.  I just think they set the stage the best.  
    Having seen so many different openers, for me personally, I think Setting Sun would be right up there at the top with my other favorites.  

    One of the tour details I love has always been the "walkout" music. 
    Red Dot is just CRAZY GREAT, as is Master-Slave.  I loved the walkout music during the 2000 tour.  I would love it if they broke out the music that soundtracks the European Cities montage on the Touring Band DVD.  One of my tour rituals is watching/listening to that montage before I leave to see a Pearl Jam show.  I've done it for every show I've seen since the DVD was released.  I just think that is the coolest montage and so awesome to get you pumped up for another incredible night with the WORLD'S GREATEST ROCK BAND.
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  • rw160510
    rw160510 Posts: 1,075
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Can't Keep 

    and

    My Morning Jacket
    Made me chuckle, was thinking Idlewild and Of The Girl 
  • cblock4life
    cblock4life Posts: 1,855
    edited April 17
    Never mind misread the post
    Post edited by cblock4life on
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,828
    RITFW

    It happened in Oakland after Covid sidelined Matt
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,677
    More Coffee said:
    I would really love to see Setting Sun played to open a show, especially during this small leg of the tour, like in Hollywood, or Raleigh, or the final show in Pittsburgh...please.
    That would be something else. 
  • Reissy
    Reissy St. Louis Posts: 449
    More Coffee said:
    I would really love to see Setting Sun played to open a show, especially during this small leg of the tour, like in Hollywood, or Raleigh, or the final show in Pittsburgh...please.
    Setting Sun and then blast straight into Whipping 
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,990
    This is what my openers' list looks like so far: 

    1. Go (Athens 2006)
    2. Pendulum (Milton Keynes 2014)
    3. Better Man (London N1 2022)
    4. Corduroy (London N2 2022)
    5. Release (Seattle N1 2024)
    6. Black (Seattle N2 2024)
    7. Release (Dublin 2024)
    8. Of the Girl (Manchester 2024)
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,990
    More Coffee said: One of the tour details I love has always been the "walkout" music. 
    Red Dot is just CRAZY GREAT, as is Master-Slave.  I loved the walkout music during the 2000 tour.  I would love it if they broke out the music that soundtracks the European Cities montage on the Touring Band DVD.  
    +1
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • More Coffee
    More Coffee Posts: 635
    demetrios said:
    More Coffee said:
    I would really love to see Setting Sun played to open a show, especially during this small leg of the tour, like in Hollywood, or Raleigh, or the final show in Pittsburgh...please.
    That would be something else. 
    It really was! I couldn’t believe it was happening last night.
    Setting Sun is an AWESOME opener!
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