*** SYDNEY 1 - 2024 SETLIST THREAD ***

nicknyr15

marumaruko said:

just_one said:

marumaruko said:

Hm imo these setlists don't seem to get more interesting anymore. 
Too bad. 

u´re crazy man.

but to each it own i guess

Looking at the tour stats, you’ll notice that Leg 1 featured far more variety, including several rare songs that haven’t been played since. It’s fine that they’ve reduced the setlist variety, and I’m sure the shows are absolutely fantastic. However, just based on the setlist alone, they do come across as a bit predictable.

I'm a huge fan of Indifference though. Sincerely hope they didn't play a sped up version of it at Sydney tonight (like they did in NY)

I think it just comes down to venue size and lack of visiting there. The set lists are understandable. 

drfox

marumaruko said:

Hm imo these setlists don't seem to get more interesting anymore. 
Too bad. 

I know what you mean but that’s the model for this tour. Slightly shorter setlists nowadays and the bands key focus is the new album and the hits. My guess is that a tour in 2025 or 2026 will look a bit different with more surprises. Was similar with the Gigaton tour with 2023 more varied than 2022

These Aussie shows are also stadium shows playing to thousands of people, plus they’ve not been there for 10 years, so bound to have more of the better known songs. 

RatherStarved

anthonycalav said:

Wouldn’t end with indifference would they?

They’re on the fence about it 

anthonycalav

Thanks Dimitri!!! 

marumaruko

drfox said:

marumaruko said:

Hm imo these setlists don't seem to get more interesting anymore. 
Too bad. 

I know what you mean but that’s the model for this tour. Slightly shorter setlists nowadays and the bands key focus is the new album and the hits. My guess is that a tour in 2025 or 2026 will look a bit different with more surprises. Was similar with the Gigaton tour with 2023 more varied than 2022

These Aussie shows are also stadium shows playing to thousands of people, plus they’ve not been there for 10 years, so bound to have more of the better known songs. 

Oh, I totally understand the reasons for it. I think 2022 was entirely different, and we didn’t get more than four Gigaton songs a night, usually different ones. The amount of Dark Matter songs is also completely fine. However, how often they play the hits, simply ignoring many other, only slightly less popular, hits, is disappointing.

Please don't take it personal, or so. I'm looking forward to next year for sure. 

Merkin Baller

nicknyr15 said:

marumaruko said:

just_one said:

marumaruko said:

Hm imo these setlists don't seem to get more interesting anymore. 
Too bad. 

u´re crazy man.

but to each it own i guess

Looking at the tour stats, you’ll notice that Leg 1 featured far more variety, including several rare songs that haven’t been played since. It’s fine that they’ve reduced the setlist variety, and I’m sure the shows are absolutely fantastic. However, just based on the setlist alone, they do come across as a bit predictable.

I'm a huge fan of Indifference though. Sincerely hope they didn't play a sped up version of it at Sydney tonight (like they did in NY)

I think it just comes down to venue size and lack of visiting there. The set lists are understandable. 

Agreed, & I think Dublin is the prime example of this... their first time there in 14 years or so, and IDK if there was a more 'greatest hits' set played anywhere else this year. (it was still a fantastic show, the energy was off the charts)

The other 4 shows I saw had good variety including some deep cuts and / or other unexpected surprises, but 3 of those were between Philly & Boston, so they can definitely take some liberties playing there. 

Side note: The perfection of Philly 1 has changed my tune a little RE: the shorter setlists... there's no lull in that entire night, they really nailed it, I don't skip a single song... I don't think I can say that about any bootleg from the 30+ song era... don't get me wrong, I would still take the "An Evening With Pearl Jam" tours over the last couple of years, but dammit if Philly 1 isn't a contender for the best show I've ever seen them play. 

drfox

marumaruko said:

drfox said:

marumaruko said:

Hm imo these setlists don't seem to get more interesting anymore. 
Too bad. 

I know what you mean but that’s the model for this tour. Slightly shorter setlists nowadays and the bands key focus is the new album and the hits. My guess is that a tour in 2025 or 2026 will look a bit different with more surprises. Was similar with the Gigaton tour with 2023 more varied than 2022

These Aussie shows are also stadium shows playing to thousands of people, plus they’ve not been there for 10 years, so bound to have more of the better known songs. 

Oh, I totally understand the reasons for it. I think 2022 was entirely different, and we didn’t get more than four Gigaton songs a night, usually different ones. The amount of Dark Matter songs is also completely fine. However, how often they play the hits, simply ignoring many other, only slightly less popular, hits, is disappointing.

Please don't take it personal, or so. I'm looking forward to next year for sure. 

I agree with you. Disappointing they don’t play those types of slightly less popular hits. I’m thinking songs like Leash, In Hiding, Save You, Go, I Am Mine etc etc. All seem to have disappeared to play Daughter and Do the Evolution for the 100th time. Hopefully things will be different next tour

nicknyr15

Merkin Baller said:

nicknyr15 said:

marumaruko said:

just_one said:

marumaruko said:

Hm imo these setlists don't seem to get more interesting anymore. 
Too bad. 

u´re crazy man.

but to each it own i guess

Looking at the tour stats, you’ll notice that Leg 1 featured far more variety, including several rare songs that haven’t been played since. It’s fine that they’ve reduced the setlist variety, and I’m sure the shows are absolutely fantastic. However, just based on the setlist alone, they do come across as a bit predictable.

I'm a huge fan of Indifference though. Sincerely hope they didn't play a sped up version of it at Sydney tonight (like they did in NY)

I think it just comes down to venue size and lack of visiting there. The set lists are understandable. 

Agreed, & I think Dublin is the prime example of this... their first time there in 14 years or so, and IDK if there was a more 'greatest hits' set played anywhere else this year. (it was still a fantastic show, the energy was off the charts)

The other 4 shows I saw had good variety including some deep cuts and / or other unexpected surprises, but 3 of those were between Philly & Boston, so they can definitely take some liberties playing there. 

Side note: The perfection of Philly 1 has changed my tune a little RE: the shorter setlists... there's no lull in that entire night, they really nailed it, I don't skip a single song... I don't think I can say that about any bootleg from the 30+ song era... don't get me wrong, I would still take the "An Evening With Pearl Jam" tours over the last couple of years, but dammit if Philly 1 isn't a contender for the best show I've ever seen them play. 

Agreed. Instant classic 

Nikto

BrainofBGA said:

Hope you had a blast Sydney. 

Don’t worry about these set lists on paper. Because these guys are at the top of their game and the shows I’ve been too on the Aus leg have been phenomenal. 

So I was at both Melbourne shows and the energy was off the charts, the crowd was much louder here in Sydney tonight and there was much more crowd interaction/involvement.  Mike was on fire during Black.

Last Kiss was Ed solo and massive singalong. 

RVM000

Yeah the crowd was brilliant to night. Reflected the bands energy or was it the other way? I thought Indifference as a closer was a nice way to wind down after a manic encore. Last Kiss, Animal, Do the Evo, Black, Sonic Reducer, Alive, Rocking in the free world...omg 

Merkin Baller

RVM000 said:

Yeah the crowd was brilliant to night. Reflected the bands energy or was it the other way? I thought Indifference as a closer was a nice way to wind down after a manic encore. Last Kiss, Animal, Do the Evo, Black, Sonic Reducer, Alive, Rocking in the free world...omg 

The absolute best shows I've been to are the ones where you can't tell who's feeding off of who & the momentum only builds. 

iOnlyownMymind

nicknyr15 said:

marumaruko said:

just_one said:

marumaruko said:

Hm imo these setlists don't seem to get more interesting anymore. 
Too bad. 

u´re crazy man.

but to each it own i guess

Looking at the tour stats, you’ll notice that Leg 1 featured far more variety, including several rare songs that haven’t been played since. It’s fine that they’ve reduced the setlist variety, and I’m sure the shows are absolutely fantastic. However, just based on the setlist alone, they do come across as a bit predictable.

I'm a huge fan of Indifference though. Sincerely hope they didn't play a sped up version of it at Sydney tonight (like they did in NY)

I think it just comes down to venue size and lack of visiting there. The set lists are understandable. 

It is an easy excuse to dial it back with rarer songs which isn’t better imo. 

Abe Froman

Set lists have absolutely become more predictable with tons of repeats and mostly full of the hits now. Don’t get me wrong I’m sure the shows are still amazing. It’s just not the same vibe for me as it was. I only did one show this year (Indy) and it was my least favorite show by far out of 30+ shows 

BF25394

There has been a decline in variety in the set lists this year. It was much more varied on Leg 1 than it has been since, and the current leg has had the least variety of any leg.

marumaruko

After seeing the printed setlist we can probably expect Better Man, React, Respond , Won't Tell and Upper Hand on Saturday. 
Probably no Black, Daughter and Corduroy. 

What else? As it's the final show of the tour, perhaps Smile and Something Special? 

RatherStarved

marumaruko said:

After seeing the printed setlist we can probably expect Better Man, React, Respond , Won't Tell and Upper Hand on Saturday. 
Probably no Black, Daughter and Corduroy. 

What else? As it's the final show of the tour, perhaps Smile and Something Special? 

Even Flow is almost always played and Alive is always played.  

F.B

RatherStarved said:

marumaruko said:

After seeing the printed setlist we can probably expect Better Man, React, Respond , Won't Tell and Upper Hand on Saturday. 
Probably no Black, Daughter and Corduroy. 

What else? As it's the final show of the tour, perhaps Smile and Something Special? 

Even Flow is almost always played and Alive is always played.  

They will definitely play GTF and DTE too because of the big screen graphics (which are pretty damn cool).

BF25394

RatherStarved said:

marumaruko said:

After seeing the printed setlist we can probably expect Better Man, React, Respond , Won't Tell and Upper Hand on Saturday. 
Probably no Black, Daughter and Corduroy. 

What else? As it's the final show of the tour, perhaps Smile and Something Special? 

Even Flow is almost always played and Alive is always played.  

"Wreckage" has been played at all 36 shows in 2024, along with "Alive."

"Even Flow" has been skipped three times.

"Dark Matter" has been skipped four times.

"Do the Evolution" has been skipped five times.

"React, Respond" has been skipped six times.

Johnny Abruzzo

Nice to see Come Back & Faithfull. That's a shame about the girls. Fucking people.