Opening Song for North American Tour

I’ll be at the San Diego show, which will open their tour in less than a month!  Since it’s been such a long delay for this tour, I’m wondering if you all have any opinion or request as to what song they should play to kick off the tour?  

I know the four times they played in 2021, they led off with Gigaton songs, but I think this may be different, since the tour has been delayed so long.  I’m hoping they either kick off with Corduroy “The Waiting Drove Me Mad” or Elderly Woman “My God it’s been too long, never dreamed you’d return, but now here you are, and here I am”.  

Other good openers could be Long Road or Release.  Your thoughts?  


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  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 2,809
    Lights on, Elderly Woman. That was amazing for me in Jacksonville, and I can imagine that getting the crowd fired up after nearly 4 years! 
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,237
    Gigaton to open it up. I bet they are ready to get going with that record on this tour. 
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,392
    on2legs said:
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    Keep this song away from msg and Camden!!!
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  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 2,809
    Gigaton to open it up. I bet they are ready to get going with that record on this tour. 
    I would not be upset if they opened with Who Ever Said!
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 10,688
    I would love to hear Retrograde as an opener. They didn’t play it SHN and I wasn’t at Ohana or Encore when they did play it. 
  • 2016 tour opened in Sunrise, FL with Go. Was amazing :) 
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 8,986
    Will be DOC. 

    Go to open must have been wow!
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 10,688
    2016 tour opened in Sunrise, FL with Go. Was amazing :) 
    Go is one of my all time favorites. 
  • TA243471TA243471 Posts: 1,234
    Never played Wash or Hard to Imagine in San Diego.  Great time to start!!!!
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  • Loujoe said:
    Will be DOC. 

    Go to open must have been wow!
    It certainly set the mood! :)
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  • Lukeat911Lukeat911 Posts: 189
    GlowGirl said:
    I would love to hear Retrograde as an opener. They didn’t play it SHN and I wasn’t at Ohana or Encore when they did play it. 
    Retrograde sounded great at Ohana. I think it will be the best opener off Gigaton. Retrograde into Release would be powerful. 
  • I think “Alright” has good potential as an opener. Or Who Ever Said. 

    I know they opened with DOTC at SHN but I’d be surprised if that’s played first ever again, it’s not really suited to it (it kicks ass live and I hope it’s a regular in the set, but not as the first song).
  • Hold OnHold On Posts: 80
    TA243471 said:
    Never played Wash or Hard to Imagine in San Diego.  Great time to start!!!!
    Absolutely love Hard to Imagine as an opener.  
  • CO278952CO278952 Posts: 1,346
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  • D-RodD-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,834
    Opener for San Diego will be Long Road 
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  • Charlie_modCharlie_mod Posts: 136
    Hail Hail
  • RatherStarvedRatherStarved Posts: 4,890
    Pretty sure the opener at Encore 1 was Low Light not a Gigaton song.  Happy to be corrected.  

    I would second the Long Road guess for SD.  It’s symbolic, and there’s some story that associates that song with Ed’s music teacher from SD or something like that.  
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  • gotthebottlegotthebottle Posts: 2,640
    I'll be there too, saw all the Ohana shows... Gigaton song for sure to open... after all isn't that what they would have done in 2020?
  • blenderman69blenderman69 Posts: 2,104
    mcgruff10 said:
    on2legs said:
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    Keep this song away from msg and Camden!!!
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,230
    Hard To Imagine to kick off the tour.
  • droptheleash9droptheleash9 Posts: 1,430
    DOTC for sure!
  • DEGBTIDEGBTI Posts: 965
    Super blood wolfman kicked ass at ohana as an opener. Set the tome for sure. Retrograde is most likely imo
  • RobbertRobbert Rotterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 910
    Long road
  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,311
    Has to be long road for Taylor 
  • SidnumSidnum Posts: 674
    Long Road
  • I think it is going to be Release. 
  • RT85129RT85129 Posts: 179
    It should be Leash.
  • MyBitterHands76MyBitterHands76 Posts: 346
    edited April 2022
    . Definitely think Long Road or Oceans at San Diego,  I think DOC will be the big opener for a good chunk of the tour though. But I think Long Road or Release at MSG show. Leaning a little more toward Long Road though with it being 9/11
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