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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

Do you know setlist.fm??? Fans diligently adding setlists for all your shows.. meaning a beautiful database of album/song statistics over the years!

Did you know Living Room is seemingly your most played ….???

https://www.setlist.fm/stats/tegan-and-sara-6bd6feca.html

Average setlists for tours / years!

(https://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/tegan-and-sara-6bd6feca.html?year=2019)

Whose covered you on their gigs!?! https://www.setlist.fm/stats/covered/tegan-and-sara-6bd6feca.html

(I love data HA)

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

I loved the medley you played while you were touring Heartthrob (Cologne 2013). That was a great way to hear even just a little bit of My Number and Monday, Monday, Monday 🫶🏽

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

I think you can see the playlists people add your music to, on spotify, right? You should share some funny ones! I also always wondered if you could see your top listeners? And who are they!? Hahah

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Aug 4, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

Who else wants a 15 year anniversary tour for Sainthood in 2024? Sainthood Covers...Sainthood Demos...

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

I loved this post, thanks for sharing, Tegan!! I can't wait to see you on tour, this will be my first one and I'm going to multiple dates to make up for the time lost hahah, so excited! Some of my favs are Boyfriend, My Number, The Con, How Come You Don't Want Me, The Cure, Downtown...... I hope to see a couple of songs from HIJLY? ❤️

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

This is beautifully written, Tegan. I’m happy we get to read about the work your band puts into making a proper setlist and create a successful tour. Light Up is my favorite and I’d love to hear it played live one day.

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Aug 4, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

I find this process absolutely fascinating. As I believe Dark Come Soon to be one of THE most well written songs...period...I obviously hope it’s played. Since you didn’t get to tour long for HIJLY, I hope to hear full album versions of Hold My Breath Until I Die or I Don’t Owe You Anything. I’m hoping for an acoustic version of I Was a Fool or Love They Say in a different key, because you’ve spoken about how hard they are to sing. I’d love to see you rock out with Hell or Don’t Rush. I know I’ve listed only Tegan songs so far, I swear I love Sara’s songs too, especially On Directing! I know all Sara’s hits will be played, but I’d be down for a deep cut like Red Belt or Downtown. Anyway, I’ll be happy no matter what. See you in Boston!🤘🏼

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

Play what you want. See you in Denver on my 70th birthday! Can't wait

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

Hell is such a banger and was the song I first heard by you guys! I think I’ll always have a real soft spot for anything off of Sainthood though 🫶

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

Loved this! I am absolutely one of those spreadsheet lovers. Wondering if you color code them at all or ever use filtering to narrow down to just Sara’s songs etc. This may be too much of a “deep cut” but I have to put in a vote for City Girl. Maybe you can sneak that one into the sound check. I’m also really enjoying the image descriptions in the audio. I’m one of those people who primarily listens, that way I can do other things at the same time. For instance, I’m on my commute home as I type this. But I know the inspiration to start doing them was for accessibility which is rad.

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

Dying to hear The Ocean and also City Girl 🥹

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Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

And THIS is why I enjoyed your show SO much the first time I saw you....it runs like a well-oiled machine (although I know you two have had your fair share of technical difficulties). I thought it was the perfect pace!!! Honestly, it was so well-organized from a fan standpoint and I finally understand why! Keep doing what you're doing. It works.

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Aug 5, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

I am hanging to hear and see Give Chase and One Second live! I have a live version of Give Chase and everytime I listen to it I get the biggest goosebumps 💛💛💛

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Aug 5, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

!!! It's like, you have to imagine putting together a setlist would be lot of work but my GOD! Thank you for all that you do! Can't wait to see you in NY!

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Aug 4, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

I am an oldie, so anything pre Sainthood would make me happy... Speak slow, You wouldn't like me, So jealous, Dark come soon, I was married, The con, Floorplan.. Oh and Living room of course. I remember you playing it the first time I ever saw you live (at a small, free festival in Malmö, Sweden - I skipped school for a few days to travel there from Norway ;)). This was when you were touring So Jealous. I just remember the rush of happiness and goosebumps when you played it. It was so great. And you sounded slightly nervous in between songs and started talking about your height at some point, comparing yourself to the Scandinavians. Haha. I really hope to see you back in Scandinavia at some point. <3

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Aug 4, 2022·edited Aug 5, 2022Liked by Tegan and Sara

Hey Tegan,

I thought this post was really cool! I like finding out that it’s not easy to be an artist, because loads of people assume that once your well known enough to make a decent amount of money from your music that your cruising. It’s great to see what it’s actually like and the intricacies that are involved. I also love the ‘GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL’! 😂! (I’ll talk more about my fav songs in a sec.).

Before I talk about songs, I have to acknowledge Sara’s baby! So happy for her and Stacey! I have a couple questions, don’t worry, I’m not expecting you to answer them (yet), I just wondered if they might be answered at some point? (Feel free to just tell me, but I suspect you won’t, a simple yes or no regarding if I’ll get the answers to the baby questions would be great?) Will we get to find out the baby’s name? Will we get to find out the babies sex, or their pronouns?

As for the songs! So glad you asked! Currently, besides being in love with the two new songs, my top two albums are The Con & Hey I’m just like you (unsurprising, I’m a teen). In terms of actual favourite songs: Don’t believe the things they tell you they lie, hey I’m just like you, all I have to give the world is me, dark come soon, the con, knife going in, please help me, BWU, hell, love they say, northshore, where does the good go (obviously), shudder to think, I’ll be back someday, I know I’m not the only one, you wouldn’t like me, divided, living room (again obvious), the first, more for me, hang on to the night, u-turn, I can’t take it, I don’t owe you anything, relief next to me, so jealous, I was married, and of course FUWM and Yellow! Are most of my favourite’s! But I love so many of your songs!

Thanks for the awesome post!

Phoenix, he/they/ri/it, 15, Australia

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