I drove up from Louisville to the Cincy show last night. I was awesome, and Stevie was in great voice... Her vocals really shined on 'Soldiers Angel', 'Love Is' and 'Annabel Lee'. The fan comment at the beginning was hilarious:
"To my oh-so lovely assistants... These 3 fans here... I appreciate them, but one word... Sturgis"
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but some of the songs have updated videos behind her. Rhiannon was new, with fire dancers from the 'Sargasso' video... 'Moonlight' and 'Anabel Lee' both had video clips... 'Ghosts Are Gone' has clips of fire burning and cemetary statues... FWIW looked amazing!!! The crowd seemed pretty into the new songs as well... The only moment people really sat down for was 'Soldiers Angel' and the piano intro to 'Rhiannon'...
I had a moment in the Edge walk... She held both of my hands for a pretty prolonged moment, looked my in my eyes... I proclaimed my love... and She returned it... And now I have it on video!
I think this set list works awesomely... The must have classics (as 'Landslided' as we all are, it is now a must do for venues this size), and lovely sounding new ones... I do wish IYD was still in the set, but Stevie did mention that she was going to keep her talking to a minimum since they have a strict 11pm curfew... and they were done at around 10:50... So maybe its a time constraint issue more than anything. Great show!