[Jack Straw]

The only lighting production I have ever noticed with the Hip is during Blow at High Dough when they do the big intro rif and the lights all go on. with Last of the unplucked gems when gord sings "im kinda dumb and so are you" they have the lights shine out onto the audience. Other than that I dont really see the lights matching up to anything. A hamster could work the Hips light show.

I've seen every tour since the mid 90s and the Hip have always had either first class lighting or a capable lightman who knew all the songs and cues (when using the house light system). A few of tours, the lightshow was unreal (phantom power arena tour and the 09 club tour)... However, the lights would have nothing to do with inserting some album cuts in the setlist....not that complicated.

Exactly. I can't believe that lighting would be used as an excuse for static setlists. I know it's an extreme example, but Phish have arguably some of the most varied setlists in rock, as well very engaging and complex light shows. Mind you, their lighting director (Chris Kuroda) is a legend, but it still strikes me as a very poor reason to not vary a setlist.

My hope is that this "setlist" was meant for festival-type gigs only and will not be indicative of the upcoming tour.

CK5 melts faces as he ad libs the controls of the inFAMOUS Mothership... If the setlist is static due to your lighting guy, you got the wrong lighting guy...

One thing I will say though, they do go through an inordinate amount of equipment changes between songs...