2017-03-17 Alexandra Palace

[jetpig]

While I agree that collecting and such has been kinda pointless as of late, I don't think they are(were?) trying to tailor their set to a certain crowd anymore now than they did in the past. The lack of the reworks is definitely missed, but they never went without playing Nuxx and always a majority of Cowgirl/KoS/TMO/Moaner/PG/PU/Dark* up through 09. The reworks suited to be fresh to the old fans, please the casuals, and be true to "Underworld Live" all at the same time.


I think the continued static setlists beyond the Dubno2 tour is due to the idea of not being "Underworld" that went into so much of the BB material. Truly putting all those expectations and preconceived notions aside on their own terms (as opposed to for the stage production as in Barking-era or for the sake of doing the whole of DNBWMHM) I'm sure was MUCH more important than appealing to the festival-attendee-nonfan.