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I know I'm early posting this, but whenever anyone can, I really want spoilers haha! And this thread is for anyone else who wants them too lol. I'm just dying to know what they sang and who sang what and everything lol. Just so excited!

So I start with some pictures took by someone in the audience, the set is really magic, it's a new design, something we haven't seen so far, I have no words to describe it.

[mod note: Links removed, CW explicitly doesn't allow photos taken during the show so please don't post them to the forum. aislin]

The Sky, The Dawn, The Sun is back (I'm nearly sure that is the opening), The Parting Glass is still three too and I think (according to the video of the rehearsal posted yesterday that they kept Nil Se'n La, Orinoco Flow :)

OH MY GOSH! Awesome!!! So happy they kept The Parting Glass and brought back SDS!
Can't wait for the full setlist!!!

over on the Mairead forum, Rachel said that Lynn will be temporarily filling in for Lisa during March, but will return this summer. Scott replied "don`t count too much on LL`s return....can`t say anymore right now" .   What`s going on???? :o :o :o :o :o :o

We don't know why Lisa is off but I'm sure she will return.

Here the setlist guys !!

The Sky, The Dawn, The Sun (All)
Dulaman (Lisa)
Newgrange (Mairead C)
The Butterfly (with a different arrangement) (Mairead N)
The New Ground (Tommy)
Orinoco Flow (Lisa, Mairead C, Susan)
The Moon's a Harsh Mistress (Susan)
Amazing Grace (Lisa, Mairead C, Susan)
Si Do Mhaimeo (All with choir and dancers)
"Then two songs : Acoustic + Dancers"
Teir Abhaile Riu (All)

I Know My Love (Mairead C)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Lisa)
The Call (Susan)
"Ray's Bodhran solo"
Nil Se'n La (All)
Granuaile's Dance (Mairead N)
Danny Boy (All)
Mo Ghile Mear (All)
You Raise Me Up (All)
The Parting Glass (All)
Finale (New arrangement) (All)

I wonder what the 2 acoustic songs are!
OMG AWESOME LIST! And I can't wait to hear what Lynn will do with Bridge Over Troubled Water! And Susan sings The Call as a solo? COOL! I'm sad Mairead C won't be doing Scarlett Ribbons, but I'm also excited she'll be doing something else of her own!
Do they still have the funny singing fight at the beginning of TAR? If so I can't wait to hear Lynn do it haha!

Yes they kept each introductions for both TAR and NSL ;)

YAY!

Sad to see Mo Ghile Mear go though.

Mo Ghile Mear is in the second act just before You Raise Me Up ;)

Oops, I overlooked that on the list. :-[

Mairead C sings Newgrange? :o  I hope someone posts this on Youtube soon!  And yay for Susan singing The Moon's a Harsh Mistress! ;D  Si Do Mhaimeo sounds fun too!

Amen to that!!!

Glad to see Si Do Mhaimeo back. But I can't help but notice that there's only one new song. Still, it's a great one : I Know My Love. Can't wait to hear Mairead's version.

There might be some new songs when Lynn returns. I hope she will have other songs. Her Dúlaman is nice, but that song gets a little over-used and Bridge Over Troubled Water wouldn't suit her very well. And the 1st act dresses look lovely, SO exited for the 2nd act dresses!

Agreed on Dulaman.  I love Lynn's rendition, but I think it'd be nice to see something different.  Imagine if they bring Carolina Rua back! ;D

That would be cool, but I'd also like something COMPLETELY new. Maybe even something she hasn't sung yet. But of the songs she did before, I would love Suantrai or Summer Song.<3

And I love her Dúlaman, but her version is - for me - maybe the least interesting one. Méav, Lisa and Hayley sound all quite different, while Lynn's version sounds too much like Méav's.

I didn't even think of Summer Song. :o  I'd love to hear that!  I mentioned Carolina Rua because it's cute and upbeat and it suits her really well.  I got to see her perform it on Isle of Hope and it was so fun! ;D  I guess we'll wait and see! :)

I do not believe they will cut Dúlaman when Lynn is back. About "Bridge Over Troubled Water", I really can't imagine her singing this. She could sing Suantrai or Scarborough Fair again.  ::) ::) ::) ::)

We'll just have to wait and see.

Actually, I hope they WILL cut Dúlaman. It's such a lovely song, but using it again and again makes it less special. It would be nice to have a "break" from it and bring it back later. Suantrai would be lovely, just as Scarborough Fair, but I'd like to hear something new. And well, I CAN imagine her singing Bridge Over Troubled Water, it would be nice. But not wonderful and I WANT wonderful.

Susan singing "The Call" solo?! :o So awesome! ;D

I know!!! I can't wait to hear it!!!

I would have like to have seen it deviate more from last years tour, a few more new songs, and bringing back Spanish Lady.

About SDS, is it the extended version? The version with the second verse where the girls sing, "Now let the day begin..." or just the studio version?

I'm absolutely thrilled about the return of The Sky, Dawn & Sun. ;D I never got to hear it live. Also excited about Newgrange & Si Do Mhaimeo I. The dance pieces sounds also fun, that's something on which they've definately improved over the years. More showtime for the other touring members.

I'm quite suprised to see that Scarlet Ribbons is gone. Mairéad had a lovely introduction about the song on the European tour last year, and it was really well received. Thought that would become her showcase song. Well, I Know My Love is one of my favorite songs, happy to see it on the list.

Sad to see that Máiréad doesn't have an slow air though, and that the Finale Encore is gone (according to an review on the Máiréad-forum, it's now an reprise of The Call) Never guessed they would drop that one.

But what I actually really hoped for was an brand new solo for Susan. She has been doing old songs on all the tours, except for HfC. After her glorious version of It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, I excepted an at least one new song for her this tour.

But you can't please everyone. If they return to Europe, I'll be there.  ;D

Dis they keep the voice over intro of SDS too?

Well, it seems that they will keep Dulaman. For the second act, Lynn probably will sing My Lagan Love, according to the official setlist, where it is written "Bridge Over Troubled Water / My Lagan Love". I saw it here: http://maireadforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6421.15

That's rather disappointing... Bridge would have been more exiting, after thinking about it. My Lagan Love is lovely but I want new songs. New songs for CW would be the best but at least new songs for Lynn!

It'll be weird seeing Lynn sing Dulaman, If that is her first act solo. Lisa was always so flashy and vibrant with it. And the spoons! How will Lynn come back to do that one again?

Wait... is mairead still in Moon's a Harsh Mistress? I hope she is I always loved her violin parts in that one!

If anyone wants to see the pictures of the second act dresses. Michael Elder (their former hair stylist) has some snapshots on his facebook page. They're absolutely gorgeous. I love the strong colors:

https://www.facebook.com/michael.elder.5?fref=ts

Btw, here is his official page. He always posted great shots of the ladies when he was on tour:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-K-Elder-Celebrity-Stylist-and-Custom-tailored-Clientele/555118087860335?id=555118087860335&sk=photos_stream

Lisa might give her lessons. XD If not though I also really love Lynn's version of Dulaman.

I read Nick, the new choir member, plays the spoons in Dulaman

Sooo... why did Lisa and Mai C get new second act dresses and Susan and Mai N not? They still have the 2013 dresses!

Anyways, all of them look lovely! I heard that Lisa's dress was orange and purple, but it seems to be only orange. Still lovely.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, I already guessed so, and I first thought so because of her empire waist first act dress, but now also because of the way she looks on the second act photos and all new photos of her. Can it be? Can it really be? Does Lisa take a break for a VERY special (and lovely and lucky) reason? *ooooooooh* I'm just speculating, but it looks like that. It sure does.

A Lil Lil Lambe? :D :D

Looks like it. Also on some Twitter pics. OK, it might be the cut of the dress. Or she just put on a little weight (on ONE body part, not very likey?!) but I think (and hope) we'll get a cute little Lambe...<3

Sorry to crush your dreams, guys, but didn't she tell someone at a MG that she was not pregnant? And there are photos on twitter of her drinking champagne. If she was pregnant, I don't think she would be drinking. Maybe I'm wrong, though.

Oh cool!!

From Lisa's own words she is NOT pregnant.

actually from the pics I saw of her dress its an orange lace pull over half jacket that is high! In other pictures she has it off and it is a strapless dress w pink on top!  So her dress is pink and orange! Love the color choice(s)!

So! I'm curious about The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun! I assume Lisa takes over Meav's part, Mairead C takes Chloe's, and Susan Lisa K's lines. But who takes over Orla's part? Also! Does anyone know if its the studio version like on the ANJ and TGJ cds and dvds? This version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFLqGqmIrQU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFLqGqmIrQU) Or is it the extended version seen on the tour? Like in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUMcs_LE81Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUMcs_LE81Y)

I really wanna know! HELP!!! Plus I've gotta admit I REALLY wish Lisa would be at my concert. I can totally picture her just jamming around to SDS like no other!

The champagne could have been alcohol free. But, as she said it herself (I didn't know that!), she is obviously not pregnant. Sorry for bringing up that speculation! Her dress just looked so... well, you know...

You're not the first, nor the only one to wonder that, and it's not wrong to wonder it, more than enough unusual things have gone on here to set people wondering.  However, now we know otherwise.

I was actually wondering about the same thing myself.

ABout what? The dresses? As for Lisa, she isn't pregnant, as said above.

Sounds like our little Lambe is going to be in a play back home
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Yeah, about the dresses. I'm not talking about her being pregnant. I was wondering why Lisa got a new dress, but the Susan and Mairead N. didn't.

Nearest I can figure (and I'm a guy with absolutely NO knowledge about dresses) but I imagine its cuz Lisa's 2nd Act dvd dress looks too similar to her 1st Act tour dress. And they're all in green 1st cuz its the EMERALD Tour. And they had to give Mairead Carlin her own dress, so...

Oh. Well, I guess that would make sense then. Thanks :)

I have a question for those who got to see Lynn on the tour. Any change in the song list?

I believe the only change is that  (Lynn) is doing Lagan love instead of bridge over troubled water.

They've Always Done This  :) - Look back at the ANJ tour, Lisa K/ Alex wore dark green and Chloe wore a Navy Blue., - Orla, Meav, Hayley/Lynn had the same dresses as The A New Journey Taping, with Lynn styled as her own dress similar to Mairead C's new dresses on Emerald.

Song's From The Heart & Believe
I Believe SFTH & Believe respected the entire dresses, Believe added some sleeves, so 98% means SFTH was the only PBS taping and tour with 100% exact experience, Did the Nil Sen La dresses go to at the Ceili, since Nil Sen La back then was an intro song, they all were in white Alex, Lisa, Lynn, Chloe & Mairead N? I think so ;)..

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Actually, the SFTH tour dresses were slightly different from the DVD, as the skirts were by far lighter and not nearly as huge as gown-like as they were on the dvd.

Really--- how would you know so ;) this piece of artifact?  Makes sense they were heavy, or they had to be extremely careful :)

Otherwise SFTH kept the colors and same appearances of the dress on tour, I can add Believe but am not sure if the light green dresses were used for TAR.. ;)

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they were used for the 2012 tour, I don't remember if they apeared in the 2013 tour

I think they were used yes

I know from the photos. The tour dresses definitely had lighter skirts.

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 ;)Very interesting observations because that very same tour period once Lynn joined and wore the green 1st act, people been speculating she had a bump of sorts too. Somebody even made it a topic on a website and posted photos with arrows.
Two Birth speculations all in 1 tour, plus if were true, you'd think Lynn be taking on the job for Lisa while pregnant her own!