2016-03-18 Mannheim, Germany

[superdave]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Well, think of it this way. If they play straight through their allotted time, instead of leaving and waiting to come back out for an encore, the audience gets 2-3 more minutes of playtime. Maybe that means the difference between getting Juanita and some other song that's shorter.

excellent point; espec. as Juanita was possibly the hightlight of the show for me (nearly a decade since ive seen them play that one).

however, altho i seem to be alone in this opinion in this thread, ive come to "expect" encores when seeing a band live. regardless of the extra 3-5min of music, its the "feeling" of the main part being done, the anticipation of the last ending part, and the final hoorah of the night.

on this particular night they rocked us from start to finish.....and after a gorgeous rendition of Nuxx (it never gets old in my opinion!), they left, the house lights came on, and security immed. started sheparding us out......

the highest high to the most nasty reality check ever.....

simply said, an encore is a buffer. and, in my opinion, a necessary one

regardless, epic night! so clean, it was dirty