After just lately discovering themselves below hearth for underwhelming some followers with their back-to-back headlining exhibits at their first-ever ‘Device Stay In The Sand‘ vacation spot pageant earlier this month, enigmatic various metallic titans Device launched the Latin American tour yesterday, March fifteenth. The kickoff present passed off at Explanada del Estadio Azteca in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico.
Should you by some means missed what transpired on the ‘Device Stay In The Sand‘ pageant in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the storied group headlined each the March 07th and March 08th dates of the fest, which given it’s distinctive locale commanded a excessive premium for a lot of people attending.
Whereas followers who made the journey to catch the multi-platinum chart toppers had been anticipating ‘two distinctive setlists’, the group as a substitute upset a vocal contingent of their fanbase by together with 4 of the identical songs (“Worry Inoculum“, “Rosetta Stoned“, “Pneuma” and “Jambi“) in every of these two setlists. For reference, these setlists could be discovered beneath.
Friday, March 07th:
“Stinkfist”
“Worry Inoculum”
“Rosetta Stoned”
“Pneuma”
“Jambi”
“Schism”
“The Grudge”
“The Flood”
“Invincible”
“Vicarious” (first time since 2020)
Saturday, March 08th:
“Worry Inoculum”
“Ænema”
“Rosetta Stoned”
“Pneuma”
“Jambi”
“Descending”
“Chocolate Chip Journey”
“Intolerance”
One fan who attended the pageant was Stas Rusek, an Augusta, GA-based lawyer who listed these two exhibits as being his twenty seventh and twenty eighth respective instances seeing the band stay. Rusek has since been actively pursuing purchasers who attended that pageant for a possible class-action lawsuit. That grievance can be filed on the premise of Device allegedly failing to ship on their obvious claims of performing ‘two distinctive units’ on the fest.
Rusek spoke to Steel Hammer final week about that seemingly pending case, which he described a ‘bait and swap’, stating:
“What it boils all the way down to is that purchasers of the pageant bundle had been promised ‘two distinctive units’ by Device. Whereas the feedback on these posts argue about what ‘distinctive’ means, the truth is that the chance to see Device play two distinctive units, ie no repeats, was the figuring out issue for many attendees to tug the set off on spending 1000’s of {dollars} to attend.
Most Device followers, like me, have attended a number of exhibits on the identical tour, and we all know that, as a result of spectacular and sophisticated nature of their present, most songs will likely be repeated. Nevertheless, this isn’t what pageant attendees had been promised.”
Rusek went as far as to start out canvasing for purchasers by way of ads on social media, searching for to signal on disgruntled attendees of the pageant to maneuver ahead with the case. It stays to be seen if he has reached the specified threshold and can undergo with submitting the precise grievance.
For now, these curious to see if Device rallied again in response to the rampant criticism they’ve confronted over the previous week at the least now have a glimpse into what to anticipate nightly from the band amid this long-awaited first headlining run all through the South American territory. Final evening’s set ran as follows:
“Worry Inoculum”
“Jambi”
“Rosetta Stoned”
“Pneuma”
“Ænema”
“Descending”
“Schism”
“The Grudge”
Encore:
“Chocolate Chip Journey”
“The Pot”
“Invincible”
“Vicarious”
As you possibly can see for your self, no curveballs or rarities had been served up, because the band seemingly keep away from the chance to generate some goodwill to these left feeling betrayed by the pageant setlist. Device‘s speedy touring plans embody:
03/15 Mexico Metropolis, MEX – Azteca Stadium Esplanade
03/18 Guadalajara, MEX – Calle 2 (feat. The Cult & Seven Hours After Violet)
03/22 Buenos Aires, ARG – Lollapalooza Argentina
03/23 Santiago, CHL – Lollapalooza Chile
03/28 Bogotá, COL – Pageant Estereo Picnic
03/30 São Paulo, BRA – Lollapalooza Brasil