• Imagine if the whole show was like that. Maybe not every song, but maybe after a 45 minute set, the band walks off, and if the crowd is still into it, they come back out. As a fan, you remember all the shows where everyone was disappointed that the band didn’t keep playing more encores, but I bet the bands remember every show where the crowd couldn’t care less.

    • My MIL went to see Frankie Valli recently. Dude is 91 years old and still performing…but doesn’t have the stamina he used to. She said this show was like that…he’d do a couple songs, go backstage and rest, come back out.

      Side note…several years ago I had a season pass to the local theater all the Broadway shows tour at. Out of all the shows that season, Jersey Boys was the one I was least looking forward to.

      It ended up being my second favorite show of the season, behind Hamilton. Great show, highly recommend. Least favorite that year, iirc, was Miss Saigon. I think Anastasia was also that season, another really great show.

      • 2 months

        I saw Slipknot I think last year and those guys are in their 50’s. They were taking backstage breaks every couple of songs.

        • That’s a shame. I saw Offspring last summer (first time I’ve ever gotten lawn/GA seats, best time I’ve had at a concert since like my first concert at that venue (Godsmack 2002 I think). Awesome show. I think they had a brief intermission where some pickup band played for a bit before coming back out, but can’t really remember, as I was really fucking stoned.

    • I went to a concert with APC, Pucifer, and Primus where instead of each band playing a set, each band would play one song and they’d round robin it, ending with a collaborative song with all 3 bands.

      I really really liked that setup.

      • I mean one time I went and saw Lourde (who was actually great) just to see Run The Jewels open for her

        So yeah, truth