Best Set From 2015 Run

[rusty95]

I have to go with Knoxville, if we're talking setlist only.  It was one of the few that got every song from the Waterfall.  Going into this tour I really thought they would focus around the new album more and maybe add some really nice visuals to go with The Waterfall theme.  I was slightly disappointed to see the tour basically turned into a "staple" show with a few Waterfall songs sprinkled in.  I feel the Waterfall would have gone over nice from start to finish, with it's own production, followed by an encore with some staples and 1 or 2 rarities. 

[jcc0065]

+1 for ATL night 1

Tonight I Want To Celebrate opener, The Dark, O, Wonderful Man, War Begun, I will Sing You Songs, Most gritty rockin Dondante ever, Easy Morning Rebel. And that encore was something else too, Smokin From Shootin, Touch me Pt 1-2, Cobra, Highly Suspicious, Gideon to close it off. 

I wasn't at Red Rocks so I am sure that may have something to do with not thinking that was a best set, lots of great songs, but no real rarities or deeper cuts. Still wish I could have been there instead of the couch though :) Looking at the setlists of the shows I didn't attend I would say Milwaukee night 2 would have been an amazing set to experience.

i became an mmj junkie just at the beginning of the summer, and atl night 1 was my second time seeing them live ever!!! (not to mention my first was the night before in nashville, and got a OBH opener [emoji33] and again saw then in birmingham about 3 days later and got some rareities)

I was extremely lucky and mightve already seen my best shows no matter how many more i see.

[slappymoe]

yeah, i've never been one to compare setlists and/or shows, they're all pretty damn great as far as i'm concerned, but there was a point during atlanta night 1 that i thought to myself, "this is one for the ages, be extra-glad you're here, soak it in."

i kinda knew i was witnessing something even more special than usual.

[jcc0065]

as far as best song from 2015 goes, its a tie between ATL Dondante, RR Steam/Memories/Phone, and BHAM Hopefully. that hopefully was not seen by many, but carl using a violin bow on his electric made it extra special

[werduga]

Of the shows I attended (OBH2, Athens, ATL 1 & 2) I'd have to go with ATL1. No complaints about any of the sets I heard, but ATL1 was maybe the best of the 20 or so shows I've ever seen!

[MrWhippy]

I feel like it is kind of hard to compare a stand-alone show with a single night of a multi-night run.  A multi-night run to me feels like one long show broken up over 2-3 nights, so hard to compare those with a single show where there is only one night to work with.

[Robbman]

Any answer I give will be biased, and I only went to one... So any input I might have wouldn't be a fair judgement.

But I'd support any show with Lucius in the encore. They killed at my show and added so much with the drum section.

[blucas]

Its hard to compete against the monster sets at RR, but I'm throwing Vegas night #1 into the conversation.  I'm sill under the ether and it broke a 3 year drought for me, so that's a biased view for sure.  Dirty, sweaty versions of Honest and Dancefloors on same night was a real treat.  Way That He Sings>War>I Will Sing was also a nice run.  The only weak spot for me was Black Metal and the fact that the show coulda been about 3 songs longer.

CIRCUITAL
THE DARK
COMPOUND FRACTURE
IT BEATS 4 U
SPRING (AMONG THE LIVING)
THE WAY THAT HE SINGS
WAR BEGUN
I WILL SING YOU SONGS
GET THE POINT
OUTTA MY SYSTEM
XMAS CURTAIN
THEY RAN
TROPICS (ERASE TRACES)
PHONE WENT WEST
HONEST MAN
HOLDING ON TO BLACK METAL
-----
WHERE TO BEGIN
VICTORY DANCE
DANCEFLOORS
MAHGEETAH

[wheelhousetunes]

Its hard to compete against the monster sets at RR, but I'm throwing Vegas night #1 into the conversation.  I'm sill under the ether and it broke a 3 year drought for me, so that's a biased view for sure.  Dirty, sweaty versions of Honest and Dancefloors on same night was a real treat.  Way That He Sings>War>I Will Sing was also a nice run.  The only weak spot for me was Black Metal and the fact that the show coulda been about 3 songs longer.

CIRCUITAL
THE DARK
COMPOUND FRACTURE
IT BEATS 4 U
SPRING (AMONG THE LIVING)
THE WAY THAT HE SINGS
WAR BEGUN
I WILL SING YOU SONGS
GET THE POINT
OUTTA MY SYSTEM
XMAS CURTAIN
THEY RAN
TROPICS (ERASE TRACES)
PHONE WENT WEST
HONEST MAN
HOLDING ON TO BLACK METAL
-----
WHERE TO BEGIN
VICTORY DANCE
DANCEFLOORS
MAHGEETAH

You got my vote.

[vandemusser]

Gotta go with night 1 at OBH2... not sure if it was the excessive amounts of cheap Mexican beer, the breeze coming off the ocean, or the uniqueness of the setlist, but I wish you all could have been there to see it. I never realized how great a Christopher Cross song could be until Jim got his hands on it...

Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross cover)
Off the Record
Evil Urges
The Dark
It Beats 4 U
Heartbreakin Man
What a Wonderful Man
Master Plan
Easy Morning Rebel
Tonite I Want to Celebrate With You
Golden
Slow Slow Tune
Drive (The Cars cover)
I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
Fade Into You (Mazzy Star cover)
Steam Engine
Run Thru

At Dawn
Big Decisions
Wordless Chorus
Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1
Cobra
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (Hall & Oates cover)
Cobra
Anytime

[WickedMessenger]

I was at both Vegas shows and would definitely choose night 1 as one of the best set lists. Most other shows I have been to were heavy on the Evil Urges songs. That is not a bad thing but it was nice to hear some gems like They Ran and Honest Man. Night 1 of the multi-night runs seemed pretty awesome in all of the cities. For one nighters the set list in Raleigh, NC looks hard to beat.

[walterfredo]

So basically the answer is whichever show you went to. I guess that says something great about the band!

[ericm]

So basically the answer is whichever show you went to. I guess that says something great about the band!

Haha. Pretty much! 

I have a hard time judging a show just off a set list, and that's why I kept my pick to the shows I saw. I wouldn't presume that pick was better than a show I wasn't at, and it was hard enough just picking one set from the shows I've seen.

I'm hoping the Beacon shows will jump to the top of my list. The bar has been set pretty high so if they do, I'll be stoked. Knowing how great these guys are it won't surprise me. 

[ruralt]

As a package deal: Milwaukee #1 & #2
Standalone: ATL #1
That I've seen: ATX #2 - Was not prepared for that State of the Art at all. And then Cobra... And Dancefloors. Gah! And seeing Knot Comes Loose. I know it's been in the rotation but I never honestly thought I'd get to see it myself. Had to choke back the tears for that'n.

The Vegas shows looked pretty damn good too.

[Angelo]

I wasn't even at the show but easily the best moment for me from this tour was Knoxville; the super-stretched out Steam into the unplanned Funny How Time Slips Away. I wish the recording was a little better but even on the one that is available it still sounds awesome.


For shows that I was actually at, Seattle night 1 is the clear winner for me.

[Fully]

I wasn't even at the show but easily the best moment for me from this tour was Knoxville; the super-stretched out Steam into the unplanned Funny How Time Slips Away. I wish the recording was a little better but even on the one that is available it still sounds awesome.


For shows that I was actually at, Seattle night 1 is the clear winner for me.

I'm still getting flashbacks from those lights during Steam Engine.  My favorite show this year was night 1 Atlanta. I'm sure there were plenty other great shows too,  but that show just had a magic feeling of a different level than most shows I've seen.

[Jbpats]

I think their Bonnaroo set from this year needs some love... easily the best set of the entire weekend, that band was on and angry they were opening for Mumford and Sons instead of headlining.

Red Rock was also unbelievable as others have mentioned.

[Stevie]

I couldnt begin to try and pick a single one.  I was lucky to be able to get to 13 sets this year and each cluster of shows was so special and unique. 

The Athens/Knoxville back to back was great in so many ways.   After such a long wait, and all the build up, being able to walk into a theater 1000 miles from home and run into familiar faces with whom you share this incredible excitement and anticipation with (fully and whippy to name a couple) , was such a great feeling and really set the tone for how i experienced both shows. 

Milwaukee Night 2 was one hell of a setlist and i got to share the experience with my best friend who is much much busier than i am so he can only make it when Jacket comes close to home.  But they played so many songs he had never gotten to experience live (war begun, run thru, phone, twighlight, iwbtwyd) and he was just absolutely overjoyed.

I think the best set, without hearing it, is probably one of the Beacon shows.  Hard to beat that kind of rarity. 

[Fully]

I think their Bonnaroo set from this year needs some love... easily the best set of the entire weekend, that band was on and angry they were opening for Mumford and Sons instead of headlining.

Red Rock was also unbelievable as others have mentioned.

All things considered,  I was bored with the setlist from roo. They played well,  don't get me wrong,  and they recognized that most of the audience wanted to hear the standard show songs,  but they had to cram all those songs in and there was no time for jamming.

[kholl44]

^^^ I agree, they needed more than 2 hours- they even had to scratch Anytime from the set list...
But most people at that Bonnaroo set were seeing them for the first time (myself included) and for them, I think it was fucking perfect! Would have loved to hear some deeper cuts and more jamming but they squeezed every ounce of energy possible out of the 2 hours they were given