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Old 11-09-2011, 10:55
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Just seen the live Cure gig at Bestival they done a 2 and a half hour set with 2 encores. So they went off once purporting to be finished then come back on again, play a few more songs, go off again saying bye then come back on again and do another few songs before actually saying bye for real....

I love this, personally I think of the whole encore thing is a bit unimaginative nowadays and been to plenty of gigs were they have done 1 or none but never 2.

How many encores have you seen a live band do and when?
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Old 11-09-2011, 11:07
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Indie bands usually do this. The mainstream artists don't really bother with encores.
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Old 11-09-2011, 11:14
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Indie bands usually do this. The mainstream artists don't really bother with encores.
On the official setlists they normally just class the final 1 or 2 songs as the "encore", even though they'll be performed regardless.
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Old 11-09-2011, 12:19
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The most number of encores I've seen in a single show is four which was at a Mary Chapin Carpenter gig.
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Old 12-09-2011, 12:04
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Indie bands usually do this. The mainstream artists don't really bother with encores.
Not just Indie bands, just about every rock band I've seen in the last 30-odd years has done an encore.....
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Old 12-09-2011, 13:16
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Indie bands usually do this. The mainstream artists don't really bother with encores.
I can't recall ever going to a gig where they didn't do an encore and that includes Oasis, The Killers, Kings Of Leon etc.
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Old 21-09-2011, 04:24
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Pearl Jam at Hyde Park last year played 2 encores 4 songs each - which made it a 30 song set - not to shabby!!!!!
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Old 21-09-2011, 04:32
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Not just Indie bands, just about every rock band I've seen in the last 30-odd years has done an encore.....
Totally agree in fact I cant remember anyone not doing an encore.
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Old 21-09-2011, 05:18
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Robyn did two encores when I saw her last year. I've think she's the only artist I've seen do that, but pretty much everyone does at least one encore.
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Old 21-09-2011, 09:30
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Madonna hasn't done encores in her concerts for years.
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Old 21-09-2011, 12:08
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I've not been to a concert that hasn't had an encore.
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Old 21-09-2011, 13:04
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Madonna hasn't done encores in her concerts for years.
That's because she normally turns up so late that most of the audience have left by the end.
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Old 21-09-2011, 13:46
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Shakira's The Sun Comes Out World Tour has two encores.

Main concert ends with Ojos Asi, then she goes away for 10 minutes, comes back to perform Antes de las Seis and Hips Don't Lie, then another mini-break before closing with Waka Waka.
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Old 21-09-2011, 14:18
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Leona Lewis performed Bleeding Love as her encore during The Labyrinth tour.
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Old 21-09-2011, 21:08
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prince will do 3 or 4 encores, maybe more. but he will play almost 4 hours at a gig, and then maybe do an aftershow and play another 2 to 3 hours, so the encores just give him and the band a break to get a drink and some energy back before giving a good performance to end with
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Old 21-09-2011, 21:26
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It's less common in the middle of an opera... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9gsFDDBn2U

and encore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FKGRk5ZXqw
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