After seeing a few concerts over the years, the formula pretty much goes.1) Play a couple of old tunes to get the crowd into the show.
2) Play a couple of tunes from the album you're trying to hock.
3) Make a few obligatory compliments about the city.
4) Finish strong.
5) Play the songs under the original arrangement.
and finally, save a couple of the crowd favorites for the encore which you'll do no matter what anyway.
So it was refreshing when Heart came out, no intro and kicking ass right away. I think they went song to song to song for a good half an hour before stopping to make a couple of comments and then back into the show.
They also played some covers by The Who (Love, Rain on Me) and two Led Zeppelin covers for the encore (Black Dog and Misty Mountain Hop). It was one of the best shows I've ever seen.
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