Changing the setlist for 2026?

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Changing the setlist for 2026?

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I'd add Paninaro '95 and remove Jealousy. They've yet to play the final version live. The show could use a flashback from their more bombastic eurodisco moments now that they skipped Go West.

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I’d add Minimal. 😎

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It's about time for Boys to remember DJ Culture exists.

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Greetings,
spacewalker wrote: Fri 03 Oct 2025, 11:05 pm It's about time for Boys to remember DJ Culture exists.
Alas, I can't see it happening. Once you go with "greatest hits" set-lists on tours, you never go back.

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#5 Post by Patrick Bateman »

Still don't understand why they don't play I'm Not Scared. Yes, the hit wasn't theirs but it's definitely one of their bangers.

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MikeyC wrote: Fri 03 Oct 2025, 11:00 pm I’d add Minimal. 😎
Yes and Love, etc.

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Hello Spaceboy and She's Madonna were quite the hits too

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Losing My Mind/Im Not Scared/Loving Kind medley as a “other artists top ten songs” bit
is is and isnt isnt

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tottenhammattspurs wrote: Sat 04 Oct 2025, 8:40 am Losing My Mind/Im Not Scared/Loving Kind medley as a “other artists top ten songs” bit
Yes to this!

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retrofuturist wrote: Fri 03 Oct 2025, 11:51 pm Greetings,
spacewalker wrote: Fri 03 Oct 2025, 11:05 pm It's about time for Boys to remember DJ Culture exists.
Alas, I can't see it happening. Once you go with "greatest hits" set-lists on tours, you never go back.

Metta,
Paul. :)
Yeah, as much as I would love to hear a deep cut, I suspect its too enjoyable to have a hit packed setlist and see everyone invested in every single song. . it must be kind of defeating when they play a new song and they can just literally see the crowd shut down like a machine blowing a fuse

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#11 Post by Skybluearmy87 »

Liberation , should definitely be in the set list , one of my favs and was number 12 or 14 in the uk charts so was a hit

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retrofuturist wrote: Fri 03 Oct 2025, 11:51 pm Greetings,
spacewalker wrote: Fri 03 Oct 2025, 11:05 pm It's about time for Boys to remember DJ Culture exists.
Alas, I can't see it happening. Once you go with "greatest hits" set-lists on tours, you never go back.

Metta,
Paul. :)
I wouldn't exactly call A New Bohemia, Monkey Business, Vocal and Dreamland as "greatest hits", all of which have been performed at various stages of the (neverending) Dreamworld Tour. If they have been played then both DJ Culture and Flamboyant would be welcome additions in the set list.. DJ Culture was more of a bona fide "hit" chart wise than any of the 4 I mentioned above..
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#13 Post by markus »

I'm all for Dj Culture too. It's just needs to be pitch perfect or it's toilet break time. It can't be wasted away like Domino Dancing which works in any form, they need the London symphony orchestra onstage.

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#14 Post by retrofuturist »

Greetings,
y3potential wrote: Sun 05 Oct 2025, 5:54 pm I wouldn't exactly call A New Bohemia, Monkey Business, Vocal and Dreamland as "greatest hits", all of which have been performed at various stages of the (neverending) Dreamworld Tour.
I'd suggest that (based on my viewing at the cinema, at least, since that's all us Aussies have experienced of it...) Vocal and Dreamland have earned themselves a place within the over Dreamworld presentation, which is what keeps them in there.

As for A New Bohemia or Monkey Business, once they're no longer deemed "current", they'll drop off too, if they haven't already done so. Once they're dropped, don't expect them back.

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markus wrote: Sun 05 Oct 2025, 10:33 pm I'm all for Dj Culture too. It's just needs to be pitch perfect or it's toilet break time. It can't be wasted away like Domino Dancing which works in any form, they need the London symphony orchestra onstage.
A Stuart Price mix to perfection! That could potentially make DJ Culture the highlight for us fans!

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