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Just wondering if Leonard changes his live set list according to classic songs people haven't heard him play in a long time, does he take requests if he gets enough, or how is his live set determined?
Man, I'd pay some good money to hear him play "Here it is" live as well as so many others. I think he's currently playing most of the same songs now that he was playing on the London DVD tour/era...but I could be wrong.

I might have asked this before, but when will he be touring in California again? I think it will be a while cause this current tour is so long and I think he was here a few months ago (April maybe?) and I totally missed it and didn't even hear about it at the time.

Sorry if this tour/live related question doesn't belong here.

Thanks.

Unfortunately the band cannot take song requests. They play only songs that have been rehearsed, and the final set list is decided some minutes before the show. Regarding your 2nd question I'd say that you just have to be patient, wait and see. The next leg of the tour will happen here in Europe!

jarkko wrote:... They play only songs that have been rehearsed, and the final set list is decided some minutes before the show...

An example of this last minute fine tuning: In San Diego, at the early entrance for Forum fans, I asked one of the band if they would be including "Lullaby". After "Lullaby" had its debut in Austin about a week before, a lot of us were eagerly anticipating hearing it performed live. The response was, "YES". As it turned out, it did NOT make the final set list that evening. However a wonderful treat was included, "That Don't Make it Junk". According to Maarten's wonderful Set List compilation, that was its first performance in this leg of the NA Tour.

Well, the good news probably is that I'm sure LC will put together a slightly different set of songs a tour or two down the road, even if they don't take or meet requests.