What Songs Apart From THB Do you want to hear on tour?

[sculptureofabloke]

I hope Futurology doesn't go the same way as Lifeblood has with the band. I wish Lifeblood didn't go the way of Lifeblood! Wonder if they're going to pull out any of the half they've not played off it, disappointing that they've only played six songs off it and two of them are just the once so far. This can't be it..?

[roi]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

I hope Futurology doesn't go the same way as Lifeblood has with the band. I wish Lifeblood didn't go the way of Lifeblood! Wonder if they're going to pull out any of the half they've not played off it, disappointing that they've only played six songs off it and two of them are just the once so far. This can't be it..?

Details of the gigs this month have been announced:

http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/...-shows-support

"The band will play two sets per night at each date. The first, beginning at 8.45 prompt, will feature The Holy Bible in full.

After a ten-minute break, the band will play a second set featuring songs from Futurology as well as curios and a handful of classic hits. "

I really hope some album tracks like Black Square and Between the Clock and the Bed will be played, rather than the singles.

[allisvanity]

Originally Posted by roi

After a ten-minute break, the band will play a second set featuring songs from Futurology as well as curios and a handful of classic hits."

Promising. Would love to hear Lat Jet To Leave Moscow and even Hugheskova. Imagine if they opened the second set with that.

[someone, somewhere, soon]

slightly disappointed they're doing THB first, at 8:45pm - doesn't seem right so early.

saw the J&MC play Psychocandy last month; that was a 6-7 song set of other stuff, before a slight break then the album in full - worked really well, and I thought the THB shows could've followed a similar line: 8-10 song 'hits' set, leave stage, 'Yes' sample plays to kick off THB in full, night ends on PCP and a fairly apt final lyric and sample.

anyway, prior / following THB or not, I think we'll get a fairly standard set with minimal curios:

Motorcycle Emptiness
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Walk Me To The Bridge
Everything Must Go
Europa Geht Durch Mich
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Show Me The Wonder
Donkeys*
My Little Empire*
You Love Us
Futurology
A Design For Life

*token efforts to justify "curios" comment.

[paulor666]

i'm hoping they kick off set #2 with europa - nice distorted weird tune to keep up the momentum! hoping to hear last jet.. too!
i'd almost pay extra $$$ at the door for them not to play your love alone/show me the wonder/tolerate/tsunami/you stole the sun! petition anyone?

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by roi

Details of the gigs this month have been announced:

http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/...-shows-support

"The band will play two sets per night at each date. The first, beginning at 8.45 prompt, will feature The Holy Bible in full.

After a ten-minute break, the band will play a second set featuring songs from Futurology as well as curios and a handful of classic hits. "

I really hope some album tracks like Black Square and Between the Clock and the Bed will be played, rather than the singles.

How does that sound anything but the greatest mission statement of a Manics show!
If it doesn't get a DVD, then I'm hoping I spend humanities last few moments on the planet going on about how the Manics should take that two set shows as far around the World as it is possible to go.

[Dancing Kirby]

Originally Posted by roi

I really hope some album tracks like Black Square and Between the Clock and the Bed will be played, rather than the singles.

Yeah, kill two birds with one stone and make the curios from Futurology. All we are saying is give Sex, Power, Love and Money a chance. It's Christmas.

[someone, somewhere, soon]

Originally Posted by paulor666

i'm hoping they kick off set #2 with europa - nice distorted weird tune to keep up the momentum! hoping to hear last jet.. too!
i'd almost pay extra $$$ at the door for them not to play your love alone/show me the wonder/tolerate/tsunami/you stole the sun! petition anyone?

ditto, i'm hoping they realise they're not in front of a casual audience for these shows.

A Design For Life would be the obvious opener following THB, surely? then You Love Us or Motown Junk to close.

[allisvanity]

Happy to hear Tolerate and ADFL at every Manics gig ever, but YSTSFMH, INW(JTEOL), Tsunami, YLAINE, SMTW, Tsunami, & The Everlasting - this is not the gig for them!

Last Jet would be awesome, if they are playing Futurology songs. Hope it's not the four we've already heard. And it seems like we are going to hear Donkeys, which is cool.

[sculptureofabloke]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

How does that sound anything but the greatest mission statement of a Manics show!
If it doesn't get a DVD, then I'm hoping I spend humanities last few moments on the planet going on about how the Manics should take that two set shows as far around the World as it is possible to go.

I'm trying not to get carried away too much cos a lot of us will remember "Springsteenesque long sets"...

[allisvanity]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

I'm trying not to get carried away too much cos a lot of us will remember "Springsteenesque long sets"...

Yeh perhaps he wasn't aware just how long and varied Springsteen's setlists were when he said that!

[y2kyle16]

My dream set:

THB IN its entirety!

2nd set:

Masses
Found That Soul
Europa
Sleepflower
Enola/Alone
1985
Futurology
Your Love Alone
Tolerate
Stay Beautiful
Peeled Apples
Design For Life

[beautifuldistortion]

Sepia
Ghost of Xmas
Automatik Teknicolour
A secret Society
Peeled Apples
1985
A design For Life
Next Jet....
Europa....
Sleep flower
Prologue to History

Then I won't have to go to another gig ever again

[Dancing Kirby]

I'd expect something like...

Futurology
Let's Go To War
1985
Europa Geht Durch Mich
Donkeys
Black Square
Motorcycle Emptiness
No Surface All Feeling
A Design for Life
You Love Us

...with two or three more curveballs thrown in each show.

[Takk]

and don't be surprised if the three london gigs are identical...I'd imagine second set opening with motorcycle and finishing with design for life.