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Originally Posted by Smithie
On the contrary, they changed the setlist on the Storytellers tour each night. One night, someone wanted to hear It Just Won't Quit. The band listened to the song once on headphones and did an amazing job. They performed an incredible version of What You See Is What You Get on the fly too.
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Interesting- I wasn't aware of that. Again, most bands don't do anything like that. It requires a lot of experience on the part of the band members to make it happen.
The last tour, and beginning the tour before that, Bruce started taking requests from the audience every night via signs that people would bring. Over time, it went from requests for Bruce's songs, to requests for sometimes obscure cover songs, and took on a "stump the band" kind of quality. Admittedly, some of the songs were rehearsed beforehand, but others were indeed spontaneous. It added a really fun dimension to the show. The last tour, they played close to 200 different songs, over 85 shows.
That's not to say that Bruce doesn't shake up the setlists on his own anyway, especially near the end of the tour.