10-21-2018, 06:02 PM
(10-21-2018, 08:44 AM)danfromnj Wrote: Everyone that is touring as well as their backups have received a lengthy list of possible songs for this tour. Everyone practices and learns on their own the songs that may involve them. They get rehearsed over 2-3 weeks in Council Bluffs and songs get dropped as they narrow down the official setlist. Rehearsals typically begin right around Nov 1, with some of the folks arriving a bit sooner.
Yeah it's been two to three weeks for rehearsals for years now. Never 30 days. For any show that's overdoing it a bit unless you're going to be on tour for over a year. You also have to remember that the band members rarely change and they've pretty much done these songs, regardless of the show itself, in rotation many times before. It's just a matter of knowing the order and/or new stage directions that come in. Any new singers who may join the group only have one or two solo songs at most to rehearse so its a simpler process for them.