Toto kicked off their 35th anniversary tour on Thursday night at the Voorst National in Brussels, Belgium.
Toto
On Wednesday, the band had stated on their website that their new show was “filled with 23 songs, some of which have never been played live before.” It turned out that it was actually a 20-song show (even though snippets of other songs were heard during some performances) that mixed their greatest hits with some very deep album cuts.
The show opened with two deep cuts from the rarities album Toto XX followed by two from 1979’s Hydra. The latter album was one of the two most represented on the set list with the other being 1982’s Toto IV. Four songs were performed from each. Overall, the performed songs from eight of their twelve studio albums, missing tunes from Turn Back (1981), Isolation (1984), Tambu (1995) and Through the Looking Glass (2002).
The lineup for the tour is original members Steve Lukather, David Paich and Steve Porcaro along with Joseph Williams (first joined 1986), Simon Phillips (1992) and Nathan East (2010).
The set list:
Main Set
On the Run (from Toto XX, 1998)
Goin’ Home (from Toto XX, 1998)
Hydra (from Hydra, 1979)
St. George and the Dragon (from Hydra, 1979)
I’ll Be Over You (from Farrenheit, 1986)
It’s A Feeling (from Toto IV, 1982)
Manuela Run (from Toto, 1978)
Rosanna (from Toto IV, 1982)
I Won’t Hold You Back (from Toto IV, 1982)
Wings of Time (from Kingdom of Desire, 1992)
Falling in Between (from Falling In Between, 2006)
99 (from Hydra, 1979)
Pamela (from The Seventh One, 1988)
White Sister (from Hydra, 1979)
How Many Times (from Kingdom of Desire, 1992)
Better World (from Mindfields, 1999)
Hold The Line (from Toto, 1978)
Africa (from Toto IV, 1982)
Stop Loving You (from The Seventh One, 1988)
Encore
Home of the Brave (from The Seventh One, 1988)
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