Some old favourites like This Is The House That Doubt Built and It’s Complicated have been back in the set for the first time in years. Should we expect a similar selection at Slam Dunk?
“I don’t know what we’ll be doing next year. I will tell you that we tried some new things with that setlist. We tried, maybe not to do medleys where we were shoving it in people’s faces, but to space it out a little where we could pack in so much more material by cutting off little sections here and there, all while ending the show in a timeframe that people want, whether they’re a superfan or not. At a point, you’re just like, ‘Damn, I’m tired.’ It’s all about finding that balance where you can fit in the rarities that people always talk about and the songs that people really want to see. That really worked out for us on this tour. The energy was off the charts. So expect us to try some new stuff, even if I’m not really sure what that is yet.”
Just not ADTR goes E Street Band with a three-hour show…
“Does anybody really want to see a three-hour show? If y’all want it, we’ll do it. We actually did it at a special show in New York once, where we opened for ourselves twice. The first thing was acoustic, the second thing was older songs, then the normal set. It was between 30 and 40 songs. The biggest set of our lives. I wasn’t able to talk for three days afterwards!”
It’ll be a first opportunity to play new songs like Feedback. How exciting is it to think what else might have made it into the setlist by then?
“It’s exciting. That song worked great live! Playing the UK in itself is just great, so I’m definitely excited to play some new stuff over there.”