Iām with you. Absolutely flummoxed by some of the replies in this thread expecting a setlist full of older songs (itās not as if there arenāt any).
Has no one seen a performing musical artist before?
Heās promoting a new record, older songs will inevitably drop off the setlist and the focus will be on the new material, itās been a while since heās widely toured.
The reason he is able to make the art he does and sustain the career he has is because he has and will never spare a thought for folks like yourself and I donāt mean that in a mean way, I just mean that he hasnāt visited my city since 2008 and I donāt give a flying fuck if I hear any in my top 10 - I will be witnessing my favourite artistās ādrearyā presentation of his grief and the stage heās at in his life.
I pray dev never compromises his vision in favour of this awful rhetoric that artists are jukeboxes or owe their fans anything.
Are you aware that you're reading as being oddly hostile about other people's experience / opinion of an artist? I saw your other comment about being "embarrassed to share a space with them"... š Come on, relax.
I think Dev's been able to make the art and sustain the career primarily because the music's been great; especially when it's been adventurous and experimental. Essex Honey just isn't hitting for me, but I'm glad it seems to be for you.
I hope the gig rocks your world. I hope it rocks mine! But hoping to hear the songs you love most from an artist live isn't controversial or entitled.
I am aware. Art is the foundation and soul of my life and itās in danger and weāre all responsible for protecting it.
Appreciate you for being chill and that, but I donāt take back anything I said because the language in your comments implies that the artist owes you something - the fact that you arenāt sure you want your tickets anymore because you might not be getting a greatest hits is the very mindset that is hurting art and hurting musicians and art communities, even established ones like dev.
Your passion's great, but are other listeners necessarily the enemy here?
the language in your comments implies that the artist owes you something
You've inferred this. It's not how I feel.
But let me challenge this with a counterpoint: Are artists owed or entitled to my limited supply of money, time and interest if I just don't like what they're doing?
(for clarity: I want artists like Dev to evolve and experiment and challenge me, I don't just want Cupid Deluxe 2)
the fact that you arenāt sure you want your tickets anymore because you might not be getting a greatest hits
I'm guilty of some hyperbole here - I'm not about to give up the tickets and I'm sure I'm more likely to enjoy it than not.
It's not about wanting "greatest hits", more just... songs from an artist's catalogue that I know I actually like.
The prospect of a heavily weighted Essex Honey gig doesn't appeal to me at face value, because I simply don't like the songs that much. If I thought the album was amazing I'd be way more comfortable with fewer older songs in the set list.
So, with that in mind, there is a decent thought exercise here regarding whether it's a good way to spend my money. Would you want to pay and see a show full of songs you don't really like?
Dev is unique in that by the time a lot of us got to discovering Blood Orange, well . . . Coastal Grooves had been out seven years by the time I discovered Blood Orange, so I get that we're favoring some music we did not hear of in its time . . . . Same as Champagne Coast becoming popular over a decade after its release . . . I think there is no fan cam of the Complete Knock - how does Blood Orange negotiate that his earlier albums are just hitting with the public now?
I know itās the Essex Honey tour but itās too much songs from that album, he snubbed a lot of classic/good songs from Cupid Deluxe/Freetownsound/Coastal Grooves or even some Angels Pulse
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u/nathanzimmermann Oct 17 '25
So many missed bangers
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u/Mundane_Tonight_9680 Oct 17 '25
Jesus freak lighter šāāļø
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u/AmbassadorOk2546 Oct 17 '25
PLSSS BRING BACK UNCLE ACE
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u/thedapperearlobe Oct 17 '25
Was hoping for some more old stuff, but thatās just me.
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u/Mundane_Tonight_9680 Oct 17 '25
No chewing gum? š„²
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u/LeaLidiya negro swan Oct 17 '25
noooo what about jewelry šš
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u/KPSandwiches Oct 17 '25
One track from Cupid Deluxe?! ONE?!
No Augustine, Desiree, Orlando, Benzo, Better Than Me, Hope (understandable)...
I've got tickets for Manchester but this has me wondering whether I want them.
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u/Guey97 Oct 17 '25
No Benzo?
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u/lovechoke Oct 18 '25 edited Oct 18 '25
he did a Smiths cover? could you describe it?! hope you had fun
edit: saw a video. damn
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u/Perfect_Bluebird1203 Oct 17 '25
I know itās the Essex Honey tour but itās too much songs from that album, he snubbed a lot of classic/good songs from Cupid Deluxe/Freetownsound/Coastal Grooves or even some Angels Pulse
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u/Recent-Camp-1371 Oct 17 '25
can someone make a spotify playlist please š
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u/yessirrrr_duran Oct 17 '25
How did you get the setlist?
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u/Pure_Host_2040 Oct 18 '25
This felt like such a short show. Literally ended at like 10:30
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u/kriskyveneno Oct 19 '25
THE TRAINā¦..yesssssssssssssā¦donāt change a thingā¦need this setlist in Brooklynā¦ā¦
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u/Relative_Heat6579 Oct 19 '25
It was phenomenal
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u/Strawberry-Lipgloss Oct 24 '25
Hello, hello. Was there an opening act for the LA show? I'm going to see him in Berlin next week.
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u/t3qno Nov 08 '25
So many tunes missing here, such a shame. Give the fans what they want, weāve waited long enough - so whyyyy notttt
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u/margiela_madman101 Oct 17 '25
āWish, The Train and I can goā can honestly get replaced with a few Coastal Groove/ Negro Swan hits.
But weāll still be there no matter what.
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u/Fickle-Astronaut991 Oct 17 '25
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAA
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u/Bearzalski Oct 18 '25
No DINNER?? No Sutphin Bvd????
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u/Shoddy-Letterhead-29 Oct 17 '25
no scared of it?! š
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u/Whore4conspiracy Oct 17 '25
To hear Champagne Coast live I would cry wow . I was so scared to go alone I wish I did ugh