Oh we doing Coming Down today ?!

I'm not ready for his current vocals to kill the living **** out of the song

We are eating GOOD

HE IS GONNA SING COMING DOWN WTF

we f***ing lost so hard man

europe niggas getting trilogy deep cuts imma cry

we gonna need another US leg fr cause what the hell man

I'm sorry y'all have to experience this Fam

i'm gonna need a high quality recording of the coming down performance

You are taking me back

Him re-recording HOB rn would be nuts

NIGGA HE DID MONTREAL?!???

His europe fit >>>>

he's been performing all the old classics

he performed Tears In The Rain for the first time EVER during this leg

so the album isnt called Afterlife but one of the songs in that album is named Afterlife.... and we are supposed to get the name of the album soon.... album this year?

“The performances are mostly in the daytime, so I get to see the audience. It’s easier to connect with their eyes and feels a bit more intimate, so instead of a performance, it feels like more of a conversation with them. Every night I’m changing up the set — I never do that, it’s usually very formulaic — so I’m spicing it up and going into deep, deep, deep cuts and older songs. I’ll rehearse it the day-of, and if the band is down, we’ll just throw a mini-set in there.”

Man.

Early 2024 if I had to guess, rollout starting in the fall to put some distance between it and, the tour, and The Idol

“I’m in my tourist era rn”

This f***ing guy

BRO COMING DOWN LMFAOOOO I KNEW IT HAHAH

INTERVIEWER: How does it feel to be back on tour?

ABEL: It feels great. I usually overthink before my tours, and I overthink while I’m onstage, because the wheels are always turning — especially on the last leg of the North American tour. But this one I feel very free and in control, and I’m having much more fun.

INTERVIEWER: Why is this tour so much more fun?

ABEL: The performances are mostly in the daytime, so I get to see the audience. It’s easier to connect with their eyes and feels a bit more intimate, so instead of a performance, it feels like more of a conversation with them. Every night I’m changing up the set — I never do that, it’s usually very formulaic — so I’m spicing it up and going into deep, deep, deep cuts and older songs. I’ll rehearse it the day-of, and if the band is down, we’ll just throw a mini-set in there.

INTERVIEWER: The entire show is basically just you and the set. Don’t you feel alone up there on that huge stage?

ABEL: No, and I’d thought I would. I guess from the audience’s perspective it feels that way, because I’m just a little dot in the middle of the stadium. But I can see a lot of faces and I’m making a lot of connections out there. And I’m feeling so much positive energy because I haven’t been to these cities in years, since before the pandemic, so I feel how happy they are to be there. It’s been a long journey for the for the fans and myself in Europe, and we’re finally here.

I’m also I’m having much more fun because I’m in my tourist era right now. Usually when I tour I just stay in the hotel, but now I’m walking everywhere, taking in the sights. When I went to in Copenhagen, I went to this fair called Tivoli, I think it’s the fair that inspired Disneyland. It was amazing, the photos don’t do it justice.

INTERVIEWER: It must be an exhausting concert to put on — do you even walk offstage once to take a breather?

ABEL: No. The set’s only a two and a half hours now.

INTERVIEWER: “Only”?

ABEL: Yeah, but I’m having fun, it doesn’t feel like that. I’m getting offstage like, “Fuck, I feel like I need two more songs.” If it wasn’t for the curfew I think we would go full Bruce Springsteen and just keep running.

INTERVIEWER: It’s a different show — in North America it was very dark and you were wearing black and the dancers were in red, but now everyone’s wearing white and the set is slightly different.

ABEL: Yeah, it’s in the same universe, but there’s chrome and white — it’s bringing the next phase of the chapter to life, bringing the poster to life. But also, there’s a heatwave over here in Europe, so we’re not trying to be out here rocking black in the sun. (Laughs) The sun is a big factor in the stadiums — we knew that we were going to be performing in the daytime, and the set that we had in America wouldn’t complement the show, so we’ve got sun rays hitting the chrome, metallic reflections. It’s really catered to daylight, and a little homage to midsummer as well, too.

Every leg will be different, and we’re already like working on the next one, taking notes about where we can spice it up and give every continent their own show.