Guy's Get Lucky Tour Diary

[dmg]

Guy just said in his forum in reply to someone complaining about Bonaparte: "there will be more changes too. Oh what fun."

Looks like we're in for a more varied setlist this time.

[Tally]

He also wrote that he (Guy) chooses the setlists!?  Never heard him say that before, though I guess we always knew that he was the most important one in that regard but Mark. But he has always stated that Mark has full control. And remember, after the first show he mentioned that he made a note of a setlist change...

[Dutchessy]

So, thank Guy for Bonaparte

[dmg]

Guy also said in his entry for Vancouver that they discussed the setlist again after the Vancouver show so perhaps this confirms more changes for the Portland show.

[ingridswing]

You all know the one who complained 

[Dutchessy]

You all know the one who complained 

I agree with you Ingrid!

[Pottel]

my post. his reply...
may be silly old me, but, have you noticed as well that the general feedback, mostly based on hearsay, is way more positive then during the KTGC tour? as much as i liked most of the KTGC (don-'t get me started about any live version of Hill FB.) still somehow this one seems to be received in a more positive way. anyone wants the setlist? come and visit www.amarkintime.org/forum    

this is a better tour, period.

[Pottel]

new post from richard:
Vancouver, British Columbia 9 April, 2010

This afternoon we boarded a handsome Embraer Legacy, our touring jet through North America. This plane will wing us from the upper Pacific to the Atlantic coast and all stops between. The power and surety of these executive planes never fails to impress me every time we take off, I've never felt safer. Dianne will be looking after us onboard and proved herself with this first hop to Vancouver from Seattle. In just 20 minutes she set up, served and cleared a delicious lunch of sushi that had probably been swimming in the Pacific water earlier that morning. We are officially in tour mode now.

We arrived in beautiful Vancouver on a picture perfect day, clear skies, billowy white clouds and rugged mountains capped with snow, It was a half hour drive to Queen Elizabeth Theatre bringing back memories of when we were here 2 years ago, the various eateries, watering holes and bike rides through Stanley Park. In '08 we based from the city for several days but this time we simply flew in for the show and left immediately after.

Queen Elizabeth Theatre was the site of our final show of the 2005 Shangri-La Tour and now five years later is the spot for the second show of this tour. It has capacity seating of 2,900, modern, clean and comfortable. The crew loves theatres like this due to the ease of load in/out and there's plenty of room for the equipment cases so they can remain backstage during the show and don't have to be reloaded back in the trucks once they've been unpacked. We ran through several things during sound check, continuing to make minor adjustments to our ear monitor mixes as well as various technical issues. The set was changed from the night before to try out a few new songs then it was time to clear the stage and open the house. I watched Pieta Brown and Beau Ramsey's opening set, enjoying them both very much then time to get changed and do our turn. The Vancouver audience, as always, was fantastic, hanging on every word then responding with great enthusiasm ... a performer couldn't ask for a better crowd.

Our first runner of the tour, a wild dash off stage to waiting cars that returned us to the Legacy for a 50 minute, Chinese food flight to Portland where we'll spend the night and play tomorrow, The one thing I always forget about the beginning of these tours is getting used to standing up on stage for 2 hours every night. It usually takes a few shows to get the stage legs back and I got to the room tonight completely knackered .... straight to bed.

So long,

[Dutchessy]

my post. his reply...
may be silly old me, but, have you noticed as well that the general feedback, mostly based on hearsay, is way more positive then during the KTGC tour? as much as i liked most of the KTGC (don-'t get me started about any live version of Hill FB.) still somehow this one seems to be received in a more positive way. anyone wants the setlist? come and visit www.amarkintime.org/forum    

this is a better tour, period.

Period? Only the US leg?

[Jules]

I think Guy means that as they are playing mostly the same songs of the KTGC tour, they are playing it better, and with Tim and Mike the arrangements are really nice in comparations with the 2008 arrangements (two musicians playing aditional instruments instead of just one ;-p)

[allen]

MFN/GH
Christian Twigg-Flesner
Hull

7th May 2010
   So do we have Alan Shearer to thank for the fact that MFN is off the set-list for good now (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0h6eog0wMw)? What about "Going Home", though - that used to make a brilliant wrap-up after each show.    

yes, but wait till you hear the new ending tune

So Far from the Clyde, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Justme]

Oh, in my view Guy is alluding to the actual ending tune, Piper To The End. Nevermind, it's great as well.
Maybe So Far From The Clyde will reappear in the 2020 World Tour! 

But I still do struggle with the fact that PTTE and SFFTC are quite sad songs, Going Home is a little bit more uplifting - especially prior the post-concert-blues.

[allen]

Aha, I see.   And that fan is from Kingston Upon Hull, not somewhere in the US.

[IrisRose]

I agree that Piper and So Far are both very sad.   And they are beautiful.   I would rather here the band play Piper as a closer than So Far, simply because there seems to be hope in Piper, and So Far is absolutely the end of something.   And I think I'd rather walk out of the concert with that slight feeling of hope, sad though the song may be.    I would like to hear So Far from the Clyde earlier in the evening, following by something wonderfully rousing, like Speedway or even happy/optimistic, like Get Lucky. 

[Justme]

I agree that Piper and So Far are both very sad.   And they are beautiful.   I would rather here the band play Piper as a closer than So Far, simply because there seems to be hope in Piper, and So Far is absolutely the end of something.   And I think I'd rather walk out of the concert with that slight feeling of hope, sad though the song may be.    I would like to hear So Far from the Clyde earlier in the evening, following by something wonderfully rousing, like Speedway or even happy/optimistic, like Get Lucky. 

I'm totally with you on that. And I guess that MK is aware of the impact these song might have and therefore puts a lot of effort in creating the setlist. The same 'rules' seem to apply to the sequence of tracks on his albums.