I think Love Boat Captain and Inside Job need to be on the list. Love Boat Captain was used only during the 2003 tour as an opener, but if you listen to Buffalo and Vancouver especially you will see why. A singalong in the first song, what more to heat up the crowd?
As for Inside Job - Think it was only used as an opener in Frankfurt 2022 and it created this feeling you get when someone is starting a bonfire, the warmth perpetually increasing and as the song builds up Mike's solos absolutely exploded. Should be used more as an opener.
Any of these five are killer. That would be the order of my preference. These days I like the slow opener. Great way to ease into it. Good with second song going hard though.
Release Long Road Hard to Imagine Wash Of the Girl
Any of these five are killer. That would be the order of my preference. These days I like the slow opener. Great way to ease into it. Good with second song going hard though.
Release Long Road Hard to Imagine Wash Of the Girl
Any of these five are killer. That would be the order of my preference. These days I like the slow opener. Great way to ease into it. Good with second song going hard though.
Release Long Road Hard to Imagine Wash Of the Girl
Probably my top 5 as well with Release in the lead for sure.
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Any of these five are killer. That would be the order of my preference. These days I like the slow opener. Great way to ease into it. Good with second song going hard though.
Release Long Road Hard to Imagine Wash Of the Girl
These are fantastic! Haven’t gotten HTI or Wash as openers, but did hear them in the first five songs. All so good.
To add one, I loved hearing Elderly Woman with the lights on to open the show in Jacksonville, 2016. Crowd was into it!
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Love Boat Captain was used only during the 2003 tour as an opener, but if you listen to Buffalo and Vancouver especially you will see why. A singalong in the first song, what more to heat up the crowd?
As for Inside Job - Think it was only used as an opener in Frankfurt 2022 and it created this feeling you get when someone is starting a bonfire, the warmth perpetually increasing and as the song builds up Mike's solos absolutely exploded. Should be used more as an opener.
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2006 - Verona, Torino, Pistoia
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2018 - Padova
2022 - Frankfurt, Krakow, Quebec, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
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Can't Keep
Corduroy
SOLAT
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GTF
Small Town
Getaway
Low Light
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If you a prefer a hard hitting, rocking opener, than you can't better than Go. It just hits you in the face.
For a slow burn, Small Town, Release, Long Road and Low Light are all perfect in that regard.
I personally have always thought Leash would make a great opener.
"Troubled souls unite
We got ourselves tonight."
That's a great statement to open a concert with.
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Wash means you might be in for a special night. I love Can't Keep and Of the Girl. Into Breakerfall or Brain of J.
Long Road
Hard to Imagine
Wash
Of the Girl
Low Light
Wash
GTF
Indoors:
Release
Can’t Keep
Long Road
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Love Oceans as an opener too.
To add one, I loved hearing Elderly Woman with the lights on to open the show in Jacksonville, 2016. Crowd was into it!
HTI
Of the girl
Pendulum
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