Set Openers - 1999-2013 Stats

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  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,984
    Cool thread...here are my 2 shows so far, 3rd to added this coming Monday.

    Oceans - London (Ont.) 05
    Of A Girl - Toronto 09 - Thought this just rocked

    Hoping for Release in Buffalo
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
    2011 - Toronto 1&2
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
    2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
    2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
  • modernmonkey
    modernmonkey Posts: 192
    my openers:
    sometimes * 3
    release * 2
    long road * 2
    inside job * 2
    better man * 1

    would love to hear wash or hard to imagine this tour
    1996:Cork 2000:Dublin 2006:Dublin,Barcelona,Madrid 2007:London,Dusseldorf,Nijmegen
    2009:Manchester,London 2010:Dublin,Belfast,London,Berlin 2012: Manchester 1 +2,Stockholm,copenhagen 2013: New York ,Philadelphia
    2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes 2018: London 1, Lisbon 2022: London 1+ 2, Krakow 2023: Austin 1 + 2
  • Nittany1bn
    Nittany1bn Near Philadelphia Posts: 214
    my openers so far:
    sometimes
    release
    of the girl x2
    can't keep
    wash x2
    wasted reprise/life wasted (i'll count them together, thank you)
    hard to imagine
    why go
    gonna see my friend
    animal
    corduroy

    can't wait till MSG 1
  • watk7881
    watk7881 Posts: 43
    West Palm 08 - Oceans
    MSG 2 08 - Release
    Chicago 1 09 - Long Road
    Chicago 2 09 - Hard To Imagine
    Philly 1 09 - Corduroy

    I'm going to Boston, Newark and MSG 1 next week- hopefully the streak of no repeats continues!

    Good topic.
  • arriepjf
    arriepjf Posts: 30
    This took a little while to figure out, and after looking at what i've seen to date it will be hard to decide what I will hope for the upcoming shows. NJ , MSG & Hartford. Always looking for something new. But as I have stood in the dark, anticipating the opening song, I don't every remember being disappointed ( Well maybe once- Severed Hand back to back in NJ )

    Why Go
    Gonna See My Friend
    Can't Keep
    Release
    Hard To Imagine
    Severed Hand
    Wasted Reprise/ Life Wasted
    Present Tense
    Last Exit
    Go
    Love Boat Captain
    Crazy Mary
    Wash
    Long Road
    Of The Girl
    Sometimes
    Oceans
    Hail ,Hail
    96 NY II ,CT, / 98 NJ, MSG I & II , DC, MD
    00 NY I, II, III , NJ I & II / 03 LI , NJ I , MSG I & II , NJ
    04 MA I, FL , PA / 05-NJ I & II
    06 NJ I & II, NY , CT / 08 NJ , MSG I & II, CT
    09- PA III & IV / 10 CT, NJ, MSG II
    11 Montreal / 13 MA 1 & 2 , Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford




  • Lennon_Cobain
    Lennon_Cobain Posts: 706
    My opening songs

    Release - Boston 2 (2000)
    Oceans - Boston 1 (2003)
    Release - Boston 2 (2003)
    Long Road (acoustic set) / Can't Keep (main set) - Boston 3 (2003)
    Release - Boston 1 (2004)
    Release - Boston 1 (2006)
    Severed Hand - Boston 2 (2006)
    Hard To Imagine - Boston 1 (2008)
    Wash - Boston 2 (2008)
    "I'll end up alone like I began..."

    "You need the patience of like a National Geographic photographer sitting underneath the bush in a tent, trying to get a picture of zebras fucking or something for the first time." -Eddie Vedder
  • Mcam55
    Mcam55 Posts: 1,407
    Release x3
    Wash x2
    Severed Hand x2
    Why Go x2
    Go
    Wasted Reprise
    Cant Keep
    Hard To Imagine
    Of the Girl
    Gonna See My Friend

    15 shows....still no Long Road. Got 4 more chances this year.
  • whiteside
    whiteside Posts: 85
    Why Go (Slane 93)
    Release (Dublin 96)
    Sometimes (Dublin 00)
    Inside Job (Dublin 06)
    Long Road (Manchester 09)

    Release and Sometimes stand out, the opening riff of Sometimes still always brings me right back to that gig. Why Go was just nuts in Slane, dunno if I'd be able for it now as an oul 30-something... ;) ...

    Inside Job was the only one that I would've swopped for something else. I know there's a lot of love for it on here but I think it's one of the weaker tunes on that album. Even so, I hadn't seen them for 6 years before that gig so they could've started with the Crazy Frog song and I'd still have gone nuts...
    Slane - Jul 10, 1993
    The Point - Oct 26, 1996
    The Point - Jun 01, 2000
    The Point - Aug 23, 2006
    M.E.N. Arena - Aug 17, 2009
    The 02 - Jun 22, 2010
    Odyssey Arena - Jun 23, 2010
  • False_Belief
    False_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    Go (Leeds 2006)
    The Long Road (Wembley 2007)
    Can't Keep (Hartford 2008)
    Sometimes (Shepherds Bush 2009)
    Release (O2 London 2009)

    5 shows, 5 different openers - I feel pretty lucky. Here's hoping the trend continues in Dublin and Hyde Park (Of The Girl & Oceans would be nice).

    Leeds 2006, London 2007, Hartford 2008, London Shepherds Bush 2009, London O2 2009, Dublin 2010, London Hyde Park 2010, Amsterdam 1 2012, Amsterdam 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, EV solo London 30/7/2012, Berlin 2014, Stockholm 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Amsterdam 1 2018, London 1 2018, London 2 2018, EV solo Dublin 2019, London 1 2022, London 2 2022, New York City 2022 

  • belfast1
    belfast1 Posts: 788
    Haha crazy frog song

    for me:

    release (1996 - Dublin)
    of the girl (2000 - London)
    sometimes (2000 - London)
    inside job (2006 - Dublin)
    mfc (2006 - Prague)
    long road (2007 - London)
    long road (2007 - Copenhagen)
    elderly woman (2009 - Rotterdam)
    release (2009 - London)

    oceans would be nice in Belfast this year...
    dublin 1996 london 2000 dublin 2006 prague 2006 copenhagen 2007 london 2007 rotterdam 2009 london 2009 dublin 2010 belfast 2010 vienna 2014 amsterdam 2014 london 2018
  • MANTIS
    MANTIS Posts: 272
    2000 - Breakerfall, Sometimes
    2003 - Release, Love Boat Captain
    2004 - Release, Go, Long Road
    2005 - Long Road, Oceans, Porch, Wash, Release
    2006 - Severed Hand, Release, Better Man, Long Road, Wash, Severed Hand
    2007 - Why go
    2009 - Of the Girl


    That was fun...

    Columbus 00 -- Toronto 00 -- Toronto 03 -- Hershey 03 -- Boston I 04 -- Boston II 04 -- Toledo 04 -- Kitchener 05 -- London 05 -- Hamilton 05 -- Ottawa 05 -- Toronto 05 -- Toronto I 06 -- Toronto II 06 -- Cleveland 06 -- Detroit 06 -- Gorge I 06 -- Gorge II 06 -- Chicago Lolla 07 -- Toronto 09 -- Buffalo 10 -- Hamilton 11 -- Toronto I 11 -- Toronto II 11 -- Buffalo 13 -- London 13 -- Toronto I 16 -- Toronto II 16 -- Ottawa 16 -- Chicago I  18 -- Chicago II 18 -- Hamilton 22 -- Toronto 22

    Ed Ved - Toronto I 08--Toronto II 08

  • nothingman4
    nothingman4 Posts: 794
    MANTIS wrote:
    2000 - Breakerfall, Sometimes
    2003 - Release, Love Boat Captain
    2004 - Release, Go, Long Road
    2005 - Long Road, Oceans, Porch, Wash, Release
    2006 - Severed Hand, Release, Better Man, Long Road, Wash, Severed Hand
    2007 - Why go
    2009 - Of the Girl


    That was fun...
    Man they really had their openers down in '05
    2005:Calgary, Edmonton
    2008:Bonnaroo
    2009:Virgin Fest Calgary, Outside Lands
    2010:Boston, MSG1, MSG2
    2011:EV Seattle (x2), PJ20(x2), Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver

    "You are the luckiest fan in the board having heard oceans, release and hard to imagine three shows in a row!!"
  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    serpent boy wrote:
    - I'm shocked that "Unthought Known" hasn't been a Backspacer-era opening song favorite yet!

    My thoughts exactly! Bring it on...

    Mine so far have been:

    Why Go (Slane 1993)
    Sometimes (Cork 1996)
    Release (Dublin 1996)
    Sometimes (Dublin 2000)
    Worldwide Suicide (London Astoria 2006)
    Inside Job (Dublin 2006)
    Long Road (London 2007)
    Long Road (Copenhagen 2007)
    Release (Nijmegen 2007)
    Long Road (Manchester 2009)
    Release (London 2009)

    Never thought I'd say this given how long I was aching to hear it, but I could do without Long Road this year - 3 out of the last 5...

    In fact, 4 shows upcoming, I'd rather not hear any of the openers I've already heard.
    93: Slane
    96: Cork, Dublin
    00: Dublin
    06: London, Dublin
    07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    09: Manchester, London
    10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
    11: San José
    12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
  • Cradles Broken Glass
    Cradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    edited May 2010
    They opened St. Louis up with Sometimes and it's also what Ed played early on in the set for his solo at Memphis with this past summer! Flipping amazing! Special song for me since it's the only two shows I've been able to attend, I think that's kind of cool.
    Post edited by Cradles Broken Glass on
    Hearts and thoughts they fade....
    fade away...

    I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
  • cowboypjfan
    cowboypjfan Posts: 2,453
    It's safe to say that there is a good chance of hearing Release or Long Road as an opener when I go to a show. :lol:

    Release (8)
    Hail, Hail
    Sometimes (4)
    Long Road (8)
    Wash (3)
    Of the Girl (3)
    Evenflow
    Crazy Mary
    Can't Keep (3)
    Love Boat Captain (2)
    Interstellar/Corduroy
    Hard to Imagine (3)
    Go (2)
    Why Go
    Wasted Reprise/Life Wasted
    Oceans (2)
    Grievance
    Present Tense
    Gonna See My Friend
    Small Town
  • robbyblaylock
    robbyblaylock Posts: 428
    lets see:

    long road (msg 1 98, nassau 03, kitchener 05, chicago 1 09)
    of the girl (wantagh 2 00 *got in late and MISSED it...i know...horrible)
    sometimes (wantagh 3 00)
    love boat captain (msg 1 03, reading 04)
    crazy mary (msg 2 03)
    release (boston 1 04, msg 2 08)
    oceans (london 05)
    porch (hamilton 05)
    wash (philly 05, camden 2 06)
    wasted reprise>life wasted (albany 06, camden 1 06)
    severed hand (hartfor 06, e. ruth. 1&2 06)
    hard to imagine (camden 1 08, dc 08, msg 1 08, chicago 2 09)
    cant keep (hartford 08)
    corduroy (spectrum 1)
    animal (spectrum 2)
    gonna see my friend (spectrum 3)
    why go (spectrum 4)

    i can make a setlist out of just those..hehe
  • serpent boy
    serpent boy Virginia Beach Posts: 372
    Finally! Unthought Known!

    Congrats, Buffalo. :)
    00: Va Beach, 03: Bristow, 04: Reading, 05: Atlantic City 2x
    06: Camden, Washington DC, 08: Va Beach, Washington DC
    09: Philly 2+3, 10: Bristow, 11: East Troy PJ20 1+2, 13: Baltimore, Charlottesville
  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    Hoping for Long Road or Release at MSG 2 this year! But 10 different openers in 10 shows... I can't complain :)

    Pittsburgh 2003 - Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    Philly 2003 - Crazy Mary
    Camden I 2003 - Can't Keep
    Hershey 2003 - Love Boat Captain
    Camden I 2006 - Wasted Reprise
    Camden II 2006 - Wash
    Camden I 2008 - Hard To Imagine
    Camden II 2008 - Severed Hand
    Philly I 2009 - Corduroy
    Philly II 2009 - Animal
    My blog for your boots:
    http://inthepresenttense.blogspot.com/
  • nothingman4
    nothingman4 Posts: 794
    My3rdEye wrote:
    Hoping for Long Road or Release at MSG 2 this year! But 10 different openers in 10 shows... I can't complain :)

    Pittsburgh 2003 - Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    Philly 2003 - Crazy Mary
    Camden I 2003 - Can't Keep
    Hershey 2003 - Love Boat Captain
    Camden I 2006 - Wasted Reprise
    Camden II 2006 - Wash
    Camden I 2008 - Hard To Imagine
    Camden II 2008 - Severed Hand
    Philly I 2009 - Corduroy
    Philly II 2009 - Animal
    Crazy Mary, NICE!
    2005:Calgary, Edmonton
    2008:Bonnaroo
    2009:Virgin Fest Calgary, Outside Lands
    2010:Boston, MSG1, MSG2
    2011:EV Seattle (x2), PJ20(x2), Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver

    "You are the luckiest fan in the board having heard oceans, release and hard to imagine three shows in a row!!"
  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    serpent boy wrote:
    - I'm shocked that "Unthought Known" hasn't been a Backspacer-era opening song favorite yet!

    My thoughts exactly! Bring it on...

    I love synchonicity :D:D:D

    Maybe Ed was reading this thread yesterday...

    In which case...
    Um... Ed? Can you put it on the list again for Dublin? (or Belfast, London or Berlin?) Much obliged. :mrgreen:
    93: Slane
    96: Cork, Dublin
    00: Dublin
    06: London, Dublin
    07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    09: Manchester, London
    10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
    11: San José
    12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2

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