u/jalolio_13

We all know that Night Driver is the black sheep of Busted's outings. They tried something new for the reunion, and while I enjoy many tracks from the album (I firmly believe Easy is one of the best Busted songs ever), I know it is unfairly looked down on by many, and almost ignored by the band because of its mixed reception compared to the first two albums, Half Way There, and GH2.0.

I recently made a post about the ultimate Busted setlist, and included alot of ND songs, but in the comments I spoke about the potential of them playing them with their current tour setup (ie live guitars with distortion and fuzz, full drum kit etc) and it got me thinking.

Would you like to see Busted go back to ND and incorporate their style into the songs? Maybe it could result in a more synth-rock style that was more apparent on Easy and one or two others, as opposed to the pure synthwave vibe the album had, or even opposed to the pop-punk style we know and love from them.

On What You're On with guitar solos instead of sax? hefty basslines and soaring guitars on Coming Home? Eddy's drum fills on New York and the title track? Could be something special.

Let me be clear, I love ND the way it is. I dont need the songs to change, this is just a fun thought experiment.

Interested to hear people's thoughts!

Twenty-four songs. Three Guys. One show.

Got to thinking with my previous posts, that I'd love to see some of these songs played live again, so here's my ultimate Busted mega-tour setlist. At first, I thought about keeping it to 20 songs, but then I remembered that McFly had over 30 at their 21st Birthday Party, so I feel like 24 isn't the worst, especially if it's the ultimate setlist. I will say, though, I am cheating by having the nostalgia medley be one song, but still.

Honourable mention, I would've loved to include some solo work like Charlie's Flatline, Matts Don't Let It Go To Waste, and James' Safe Journey Home, much like McFly included Danny's Masked Singer song at their 21st birthday, but I had to show some sort of restraint lol

Anyway, here it is.

INTRO

Air Hostess (with Top Gun outro 🔥) straight into Shipwrecked In Atlantis Reunion Falling For You On What You're On You Said No

NOSTALGIA MEDLEY

Nineties/Britney/Fake/Why

ACOUSTIC/SLOW SECTION

Meet You There (acoustic) Easy New York All My Friends Free Fallin'

PEAK

What Happened To Your Band Sleeping With The Light On Radio One Of These Days Thunderbirds Are Go 3AM

FINAL STRETCH

Coming Home It Happens Loser Kid What I Go To School For

ENCORE

Crashed The Wedding Year 3000

I'm sure many will disagree with me on afew choices, since there are alot of good songs left off, but I tried to keep a good balance of albums, handle pacing changes, and just include songs I personally want to see.

Let's see what everyone else has got. Only two rules:

24 songs max (medley counts as 1 song) 1 medley (4 songs max)