I have a thing about looking up current set lists. If I see mention of a recent gig by Gong or John Otway I cannot resist looking up their current set. Anyhow here’s China Crisis’ set list from Chelmsford
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/china-crisis/2025/chelmsford-theatre-chelmsford-england-7b4e6ec8.html
I don’t go to gigs but, if I did, I think I’d rather not know what the band/artist was going to play next. It would ruin the surprise.
You’re going to have to give us more help here Clive. What’s remarkable about this set list?
Nothing
As someone who occasionally has to write up a gig, it isn’t half handy if setlist.fm are on the case, more so if you haven’t kept copious notes. Especially in the dark.
It’s frustrating that there often aren’t set lists from gigs in the past – I would love to know what the Who played at the Edmonton Regal in 1966! I can have a pretty good guess, but I can’t remember even how long they played for.
I find setlists to be very useful/interesting – I particularly enjoy looking at setlists for those artists who change them every night- particularly Costello, Stones, Neil Young, Bruce to name a few. However it can be a bit upsetting to see them play a song you particularly wanted to hear at another venue but not at the venue you see them at.
Natalie Merchant caught me out by not playing my ultimate favourite song of hers King of May at the gig I last saw her at despite playing it almost everywhere else. Still it is Natalie so she can be completely forgiven.
Every concert that I remember seeing is in my setlist.fm account going right back to 1980. Unfortunately a large number of my ticket stubs in the 80s and 90s are unavailable through no fault of my own. So it is incomplete
436 concerts of 178 different artists
Top 11 songs seen live:
Tumbling Dice 29
Brown Sugar 28
Jumping Jack Flash 28
Born to Run 27
Honky Tonk Women 27
Start Me Up 27
Jesus etc 25
The Promised Land 25
Badlands 24
I’m the Man Who Loves You 24
It’s Only Rock n Roll 24
So evidence there that Satisfaction (23) is not played every single night!
I also normally avoid checking setlists before my first show of any particular tour, but have been known to check during a concert to see how many encores there are in order to facilitate a quick getaway. Many artists I see regularly mix things up a least somewhat though
Boblinks has Dylan set lists sliced every which way and going back to prehistoric times.
https://boblinks.com/
including the Bobby Vee concerts?
Well, they aren’t Bob concerts.
I sort of collect actual set lists, the bits of paper on the floor by artists feet, although I increasingly find a photo often sufficient. Again, a handy aide-memoire to the show, and, if snapped pre-show or in the interval, a guide as to when get going.
I have a Lucinda Williams setlist from one of the gigs I saw her do on the Outlaw Country cruise. It’s a bit pointless though as it does not correspond to the songs she actually sang
The Radiohead setlists over the past two weeks have been really interesting. They’re up to about 44 different songs having been played, with some appearing every night, and others weaving in and out, and jiggling up the order. Last night they introduced Kid A and Talk Show Host.
Last night:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/radiohead/2025/unipol-arena-casalecchio-di-reno-italy-1340c9d5.html
The first night:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/radiohead/2025/movistar-arena-madrid-spain-340c9df.html
Still though, nothing off Pablo Honey (not a surprise), and tracks like You Might Be Wrong, Knives Out, Punch Up at a Wedding, Morning Bell, We Suck Young Blood, High & Dry, My Iron Lung, Burn The Witch haven’t appeared yet.