Rock AM Ring 6th June 2014 (Complete show)

Rock am Ring was the band's 11th show after a short layoff in 2014, initiating several months worth of festival campaigning in support of TWOYL. This year saw them visiting some countries that were definitely off the beaten track, certainly in terms of their usual haunts like Belgium, Germany and Italy etc. Between February and December 2014 they performed 34 shows and stopped off in South Africa for the first time, as well as Malaysia, Croatia and back to Mexico for a couple of dates at the end of the year. It was those last dates that prompted the rearrangement of their final gig at Rolling Stone Weekender.

The setlist here is a smooth concoction of old and new, although Sugar had yet to settle into its rightful place at the beginning of the show. It's also a little unusual hearing Nothing so early, given that it's more often the rallying call for the latter part of the proceedings during concerts at that time. I checked some other setlists from that year and this was something of an anomaly, because in the dates they played prior to June 2014 Sugar was usually the first number and Nothing was way down near to the finale. For whatever reason, they mixed everything up for the 5 concerts in June and then the natural order was restored from July onwards. Variety; it's the spice of life.

Look out for the ever stylish and talented Nic Willes on the keys and guitar who joined the band to cover Elliott's absence. The reason floated at the time was that Mr Williams was pursuing his own musical interests as a solo artiste with Y.O.U. (Your Own Universe), but according to my (totally fictional) sources within Editors' inner circle the truth of the matter is he was sitting his G.C.S.E. exams. You always get the real stories when you visit the Archive. Probably.

Enjoy the music ;)

The Setlist
01. Nothing
02. The Racing Rats
03. All Sparks
04. A Life as a Ghost 
05. Formaldehyde
06. Honesty
07. Sugar 
08. Munich 
09. Smokers
10. A Ton of Love
11. Papillon 

Video - stream it here

MP3s
01. Nothing - download here
02. The Racing Rats - download here 
03. All Sparks - download here 
04. A Life as a Ghost - download here 
05. Formaldehyde - download here 
06. Honesty - download here 
07. Sugar - download here 
08. Munich - download here 
09. Smokers - download here
10. A Ton of Love - download here 
11. Papillon - download here 

All in a zip - download here

brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x