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Wow, Manchester was fantastic tonight. Saw them at the Roundhouse which was a great show, full of warmth, but tonight was something else.

They had that extra energy I think from being at the end of a successful, well received tour. But there were several other factors too.

Neil addressing the abortion issue in the states, and the conflict in Ukraine, before Don't Dream It's Over felt like an important message of defiance.

The famously changeable Manchester weather gave us a warm night and dramatic, orange sunset as the band played.

Johnny Marr was a surprise guest, joining the band at the end of Whatever You Want to play a solo, and then did Weather With You too.

They played Message To My Girl. Never thought I'd get to hear Crowded House playing that. A real 'hair standing up on the back of my arms' moment!

And then followed it with Bowie's Heroes. After they did Moonage Daydream in London, it made me think every band should do a Bowie cover in their set.

Plus, the crowd seemed like a such a lovely, fun bunch of people, all in the right spirit, waving at the trains as they passed by.

Oh, and a dancer, who I think might have been Tchad Blake's son (?), joined them on stage fo a few tracks as well. Never thought I'd see Crowded House with dancers.

Castlefield Bowl, Manchester set list:

Distant Sun

Nails In My Feet

To The Island

Goodnight Everyone

Fall At Your Feet

Pineapple Head

Some Greater Plan

Show Me The Way

Don’t Dream It’s Over

Playing With Fire

Black And White Boy

When You Come

Private Universe

Four Seasons In One Day

Sister Madly

World Where You Live

Whatever You Want (w/Johnny Marr)

Weather With You (w/Johnny Marr)

Something So Strong

Message To My Girl

Chocolate Cake

Heroes

Better Be Home Soon

Liam performed an extended opening set at this show (approx 40 mins) and had a drum kit and his loop and theremin pedals on hand. He Improvised a song as suggested by his kids and was joined by Elroy on drums for the Outkast cover:

Better To Be, Fire In Your Belly, Bum Bums & Toilets (Improv), Hey Ya!, Energy Spent, Second Chance, Lead Balloon

Festival Jardins Pedralbes, Barcelona, Spain. 2nd July 2022:

Distant Sun

Nails In My Feet

To The Island

Fall At Your Feet

Pineapple Head

Show Me The Way

Playing With Fire

It’s Only Natural

When You Come

Private Universe

Four Seasons In One Day

Too Good For This World

Love Isn’t Hard At All

World Where You Live

Don’t Dream It’s Over

Whatever You Want

Weather With You/Once In A Lifetime

It’s Only Natural

Chocolate Cake

Heroes

Message To My Girl

Better Be Home Soon


In a departure, Message To My Girl was performed solo on piano in response to a request.

Liam’s opening set featured son Buddy throughout sometimes using the tremolo arm on his guitar as his father played and eventually plugged in bashing away on Liam’s spare guitar himself:

Sweet Dreams, Better To Be, Lead Balloon

Noches Del Botanical: Real Jardin Botanico Alfonso XIII, Madrid. 3rd July 2022

Distant Sun

World Where You Live

To The Island

Goodnight Everyone

Fall At Your Feet

Pineapple Head

Show Me The Way

Playing With Fire

Nails In My Feet

When You Come

Private Universe

Four Seasons In One Day

Sister Madly/Aquarius

Whatever You Want

Locked Out

Don’t Dream It’s Over

Weather With You

Something So Strong

It’s Only Natural

Chocolate Cake/Golden Years

Heroes

Quicksand

Better Be Home Soon

Final show of the 2 year delayed Dreamers Are Waiting European tour!

Locked Out performed by request made in Barcelona; a valiant run through David Bowie’s “Quicksand” also by request. Portions of Bowie’s “Golden Years” highlighted during Chocolate Cake.

Liam’s opening set performed with both of his kids on stage:

Fire In Your Belly, Cold Feet, Better To Be

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