Leo

She believes in the kindness, cleanliness and healthiness of strangers 

She believes in the kindness, cleanliness and healthiness of strangers 

She believes in the kindness, cleanliness and healthiness of strangers 

I meant to take note of all the songs she sang, but wasn't able to due to the craziness in the pit.  I do know she did NOT sing FMWUTTT.  I'll admit, I don't know some of her older/unreleased material, so I can't confirm YCBTB.  Not sure about UATW either, or if she went straignt from West Coast to Born To Die.  There was a short pause before Born To Die, too.  Also, she stopped West Coast about 30 seconds in due to sound balance problems, which is when she did an a cappella sound check (which was beautiful -- same one she did last year at Hollywood Forever, but I don't know what song it was; she didn't sing as much of it last night as she did at HF).
 
It was kind of cool that she sat down to sing Chelsea Hotel.  I suppose it goes with the more subdued nature of the song.  She did NOT sing National Anthem, or (thank goodness) Carmen.  No Body Electric, either, which was surprising, so Cola was the only representative from Paradise. 
 
Since some people asked, I'll post my personal account of the concert here:
 
I arrived on-site at 8:45 AM.  Parking lots were closed, so I parked almost a mile away and walked down the hill with my chair, umbrella, and backpack.  I was in line right behind a group of people who had arrived at 8 AM (surprising that no one had arrived between them and me).  Everyone was in the same line to start, regardless of the ticket type.  I estimated that I was about #50 in line.  We did not do the number thing, but the line was very calm and everyone was respectful about maintaining their places.  They had portable bathrooms for us, too, although no handwashing station, so I was glad I brought hand wipes and sanitizer.
 
Thanks to @@buster for the tips on what to do, so I had plenty of food and water with me, and the chair was an excellent idea.  We were told later that sometime around 2-3 PM, Natalie from VIP Nation (part of LiveNation) would come around to separate out the VIP people from the regular ticket holders.  The group I was hanging out with had one Silver VIP ticket holder among them.  I had also sold one of my extra VIP tickets to someone else, who arrived around noon or so.
 
Around 3 PM, Natalie came by to find the Silver VIP ticket holders.  After confirming our IDs, she gave us all yellow numbered wristbands.  She said we would be lining up at a separate location at 5 PM to go in at 5:30.  At that point, we no longer needed to stand in the regular line and were basically free to leave or whatever we wanted to do, as long as we were back by 5.  The girl who bought my extra ticket had also parked up the hill like me, so she and I walked back to our cars.  She went to a store to buy some things, and I ran home (I live close by) to drop off my extra food and my chair/umbrella.
 
I got back to the theater around 4:15.  By then, the parking lots were open.  I parked and found where the VIP crowd was, and found my other two silver VIP friends and hung out with them.  Another friend of mine had agreed to buy my other extra VIP ticket (last-minute extra since my wife opted not to go to the show), and arrived around 4:45 and got in line with us.  We were ID-checked again and led inside the gates at about 5:30 or so.  We then had to wait inside for security to tell us to proceed.  Another 30 minutes, and then we were led to the entrance to the pit, where we waited again for another 30 minutes or so.  At about 6:30, we were finally allowed into the pit, and we scrambled for good spots.
 
I managed front-row pit!  I was just to the right of the stair platform.  The original schedule had Courtney Love coming on at 7:30, and Lana at 8:45.  That got pushed back about 45 minutes or so; Courtney was scheduled for 8:15 (she came on closer to 8:30), and Lana at 9:30 (she came out at about 9:45).  Courtney was fun, though I don't know any of her music and it was hard to understand the words.  She did a good cover of Stevie Nicks' "Gold Dust Woman."
 
In the pit, there was an annoying guy behind/next to me.  He was basically behind me and the girl to my left, but he had a hand on the barricade.  He kept trying to push his way up to the barricade, and at one point during Courtney's performance, had somehow managed to get up there and push ME back.  After Courtney was done, though, I muscled my way back up to the front and held on for dear life.  We held our positions waiting for Lana to come out, which she finally did.
 
Every time Lana even got *near* our side of the stage, I could feel the pit crowd surge forward.  It was like being moved by current in the water; sometimes I felt like I was going to be picked up and moved.  I had to hold onto the barricade and really hold my ground to avoid being pushed back.  The annoying guy I mentioned also had smelly hair, which didn't help every time his head got in my face.  My one friend that bought my 2nd extra ticket had to leave about 2/3 of the way through Lana's set, another annoying guy that was behind her got her spot.  (He was annoying because he kept yelling "Lana, fuck me!" and "Lana, take me backstage!"  He was yelling the same thing to Courtney, too.)  But it was all good.  The concert itself was fabulous.
 
As I mentioned, I was just to the right (stage left) of the stairs.  Unfotunately, when Lana came down off the stage, she started going to the left (her right), and when she came back, she stopped 3 people down from me.  When she went back up the stairs, she said she'd be back, but she didn't come back down again, so I didn't get my selfie.   I also was unable to personally hand her the CD some friends of mine and I had made for her, so I gave it to one of the security guys at the end, who put it on the stage with some other stuff people had given them for her.
 
Other than that, the concert was really good.  I liked the covers she performed, and the fact that she sang some previuosly unreleased songs.  Courtney Love was fun, too.
 
I'm glad I got to experience the whole arriving early and getting into the pit thing, but would I do it again?  No.  Not even for Lana.   Once was definitely enough.  My lower back is not the best, and by the time it was over, it was *really* sore from standing so much.  My feet were hurting, too, and my chest/abs were hurting from being pushed up against the barricade so much.  It was worth the discomfort one, but I wouldn't do it again.  Hopefully, I'll have an opportunity to meet Lana someday, but time will tell.

Maybe she just likes the word honeymoon sonically. She likes the mix of the words 'honey' and 'moon' because 'honey' reminds her of a sunset in the morning and 'moon' reminds her of the night and she thinks that's interesting because night and morning are kinda the opposite of each other. Also she really likes the word 'moon' because it reminds her of space and she loves space and finds it way more interesting than feminism and just life in general.

I hope this intro she uses for her tour is an indicator for the sound of HM: I could imagine MTWBT as a song with this kind of vibe.
And maybe some songs with a similar vibe to UATW/YCBTB, since she performs them out of the blue. Like, yeah she said she just wants to do them, so there isn't a high chance they will be on the album themselves. But the fact she likes them again could mean that she did some similar stuff on HM.

0:15 "I fucking hate encores"

0:15 "I fucking hate encores"

0:15 "I fucking hate encores"

aw her personality there

people coming onto lanaboards after being inactive for a few days be like

It's going to be okay, you don't have to live in denial.

I don't know how I feel about this, The chorus seems to be a biT lame

what kind of parallel world you live in 

First of all, let me acknowledge and be grateful that this performance is not another Poolside-gate. Fair enough that it's a show, of a tour, so expectedly people will record, but still... was trying not to hype myself too much when people posted the rehearsal snippets.
 
But it's here, and thank you again, for everyone that record and uploaded the performance, esp. Serial Killer.
Somehow listening to it give me this nice, eerie, nostalgic atmosphere of that time when we all first get to know each other and was geekily super excited over anything and everything Lana #mustbethestrings
 
Those times when we have simple arguments over misheard lyrics like this. And to answer your question @@PrettyBaby, I always think it's...
 
 

I'm speechless. That setlist, her vocal performance, how much she seemed to be enjoying herself, ending with OttR... This was more than I could ever hope for  Sadly I've grown more and more indifferent towards Lana for some time now, but this launched me right back into hysterical fan mode  . Just... Thank you Lana, and thank you @ for the amazing videos!
 

I'm speechless. That setlist, her vocal performance, how much she seemed to be enjoying herself, ending with OttR... This was more than I could ever hope for  Sadly I've grown more and more indifferent towards Lana for some time now, but this launched me right back into hysterical fan mode  . Just... Thank you Lana, and thank you @ for the amazing videos!
 

Checked the thread from 2012. Back then we had "only" 86 songs to choose from (and we were still whining over how hard it was  ). Now, approximately 2 years later, that number has grown to almost 200. Gives you perspective on how privileged this fanbase is, even though it may sometimes seem like ages between interesting news/events.
 
Also, we had 54 votes last year. Only 18 now? Come on people don't be so lazy 

I'm speechless. That setlist, her vocal performance, how much she seemed to be enjoying herself, ending with OttR... This was more than I could ever hope for  Sadly I've grown more and more indifferent towards Lana for some time now, but this launched me right back into hysterical fan mode  . Just... Thank you Lana, and thank you @ for the amazing videos!
 

literally considering becoming relgious bcos this is an act of god

This is my very personal opinion but I don't know why, I'm feeling extremely positive for the future. I may still be in the haze of the excitation but I feel like if this is where the tour is headed it's going to be better than the Paradise one. To this point I don't even care anymore if she's releasing or not unreleased songs on Honeymoon, she seemed happy to perform them and it's all that matters. I am so thrilled to see where this is all going, I don't have any expectations anymore she's so damn unpredictable, I always end up slain anyways so I'll just be sitting there and not so patiently waiting 

I'm speechless watching these videos. So often when an artist will do obscure or 'fan favourite' songs, they will do a half assed version, as though just remembering them is enough. But Lana looks to be genuinely enjoying singing songs most of us had resigned ourselves to only ever hearing on demos and leaks. I don't even care what this means for the future - this is Lana reclaiming her own past.

I need her to tour through Europe with this setlist, preferably this year

i'm just realizing how shaky they are (particularly brooklyn baby) -- swaying a bit with the camera in one hand oop 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4Hq-LWvrI  
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V4W62iDDbM[/YOUTUBE]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYqIdRrC03s
 
chelsea hotel is really still tho everyone in the crowd was about to pass the fuck out