I love these too. I've read through what everyone else would have done. A lot of good ideas, a couple of which I will incorporate. I'll try to avoid the issue some of you had with too many songs.
We've done this before, but I don't remember what my show looked like last time. Oh well.
So as far as setlist, I think the opening number has to be one that really gets the crowd going, so I would have them open with "You Keep Me Hangin' On". [[I won't get deep into the design of everything, but I think it would have been great if they opened with "Hangin" while standing on hanging platforms that slowly descend to the ground, playing up the whole "hangin" thing.)
I think all twelve number ones have to be performed in full. So that's twelve full songs for the list. "My World Is Empty" has to be performed in full because it's a favorite of a lot of people. Same with "Reflections".
A medley of "Lovelight", "Nothing But Heartaches", "Itchin", "In and Out of Love" and "I'm Livin In Shame"*gasp* could be performed. Or any of these songs can be done in full and alternated between dates.
A medley of "I Want a Guy", "Your Heart Belongs to Me", "Let Me Go the Right Way", "My Heart Can't Take It No More" and concluding with "A Breathtaking Guy" should be in the act every night.
I love the idea of there being a tribute to Flo in the act, especially the idea of some kind of video montage.
The show has to close with "Someday We'll Be Together", naturally.
I also think the show would have been even better if there were surprises for some dates. For instance maybe the Tempts come on stage for "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and "I'll Try Something New" sometimes. Or the Four Tops appear and sing these songs with the ladies at a show. Maybe Martha and the Vandellas show up for a show and the two groups sing a medley of each other's hits or songs they both recorded. Maybe Smokey shows up and sings with them on a medley of songs he wrote for the group [[or that the group recorded).
The unannounced surprised guests throughout the tour could have also added to the desirability of attendance. Just my thoughts.
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