The setlist was very much shaken in the beginning, and I really loved that at the time. I myself could hear no less than 8 Privateering songs in 5 shows, so from this point of view this really deserves to be called Privateering tour. Unlike the KTGC tour where you really wondered whether Mark was ashamed of this album... only 2 songs from it and far from being the best (TLWNF and the Fish and the Bird !).
I also highly appreciated the ressurection of Paraguay, 5.15am, Back to Tupelo, and I dug up a diamond !
But this is true that now the setlist has stabilized to a rather "classic" one, the only new songs from Privateering being the title track, CBC, IUTC and 50% of the times Gator Blood, which are hardly the best. What disappoints me most is that YTC was a gem live and has been trown to the dustbin after 3 shows; even KOG is not played nowadays, lucky was I to get in Clermont ! DOTDS is a real gem too but was only here in Germany (lucky me again). Redbud Tree was rather nice but did not even made to Europe... And, of course, 5.15am and BTT were quickly dropped.
Also, I really feel that Border Reiver, which was the best opener in ages, should have been kept.
So, in this context, the drop of Sultans, Brothers, and sometimes even SAN, in favour of SFSL / GB seems outrageous.
I'm not complaining, I really enjoyed the shows, I appreciated the renewed energy, especially for TR, the greatest song of all times... but yeah, there is a feeling that something is missing. Oh well...