Tour Announcement coming soon, Summer 2018 Options

[SJN1279]

There are rumblings of a big North American tour for this summer. An announcement is on the way, and I’m hearing sooner than later. Stay tuned......

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Jan 21 2018, 8:06 pm

[Hoodstock]

My latest theory - Live will announce a full tour in the next couple of days. The tour will probably have a proper name and feature some new material.

They probably haven't announced the tour because they didn't want the Australian shows to be confused with the upcoming tour. Those shows are likely the end of the last tour cycle.

Guessing they didn't want to launch a new tour and debut new material in Austalia.

Probably take two months or so to prep for the new set list and hit the road. This is probably the set list they were asking fans to make suggestions for. Sure the standards will be there but maybe we'll also hear a few old songs that have been out of concert rotation because they were heavily recommended online - one can hope.

[SJN1279]

My latest theory - Live will announce a full tour in the next couple of days. The tour will probably have a proper name and feature some new material.

They probably haven't announced the tour because they didn't want the Australian shows to be confused with the upcoming tour. Those shows are likely the end of the last tour cycle.

Guessing they didn't want to launch a new tour and debut new material in Austalia.

Probably take two months or so to prep for the new set list and hit the road. This is probably the set list they were asking fans to make suggestions for. Sure the standards will be there but maybe we'll also hear a few old songs that have been out of concert rotation because they were heavily recommended online - one can hope.

I am thinking thinking the tour announcement delay is due to the other band, and not Live. My bet is last week of March, or first week of April for an announcement. I hope I'm wrong, and its earlier, but my guts says no.

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Mar 4 2018, 7:15 pm

[san_sao]

I am thinking thinking the tour announcement delay is due to the other band, and not Live. My bet is last week of March, or first week of April for an announcement. I hope I'm wrong, and its earlier, but my guts says no.

Do we still know for sure there's another band? I'm still curious who it would be, everyone I would think seems to be a no-go.

[SJN1279]

Do we still know for sure there's another band? I'm still curious who it would be, everyone I would think seems to be a no-go.

Most bands that Live could co-headline with already have dates:
-3 Doors Down, Collective Soul, Bush, STP, ShineDown, Goo Goo Dolls, Smashing Pumpkins.
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-Counting Crows has one date in March, but a clear summer.

-Rob Thomas is working on a new album

-Lifehouse is clear

Anyone else I'm missing?!

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Mar 5 2018, 12:01 pm

[SJN1279]

As long as we get a Live tour, I don't care who it is with.

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Mar 5 2018, 9:29 pm

[Bremang]

From FansofLive's FB page:

Me: so are you guys touring with LiVE this summer?
AD: yeah, they're opening for us.

Well that sucks IMO. When Live toured with Counting Crows back in 2000 that distinctly marked Live's fall from grace as a band. Short set lists, opened for an inferior band, gave railo the spotlight, weak all around.

[LiveForNow]

Well that sucks IMO. When Live toured with Counting Crows back in 2000 that distinctly marked Live's fall from grace as a band. Short set lists, opened for an inferior band, gave railo the spotlight, weak all around.

Going off Live's play counts on YouTube and Spotify, as well as their social media following, it's pretty clear that Counting Crows is the bigger band in 2018. Shame because that relegates Live to opener status, and even with a long setlist, a lot of people won't be there to see Live.