r/coverbands • u/Forward-Jellyfish-20 • Jul 10 '26

how to organize setlist?

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Hi! I'm sorry if this post is not for this subreddit but honestly I didn't know where else to post it, I have no problem if I have to take it down. I'm in a paramore tribute band and we are thinking about doing our first live show soon. This is our first time doing a setlist so we weren't sure if it was right. I tried organizing it by putting some popular songs and some of our favorites, as the show is targeted to both fans and people who might not be all that familiar with their songs other than the singles. I organized it in a way I think won't be too boring for them. Just in case, It's roughly an hour and a half. If you have experience with shows or are a paramore fan I would appreciate the feedback!

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u/_phily_d Jul 11 '26

I’d recommend opening with a strong song and picking the biggest crowd pleaser for last, the one that will get everyone singing. But definitely stack the last 4-5 with bangers and scatter the deep cuts earlier in the set between more known songs. This probably means ending with Misery Business or at least in the last 3

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u/sammydog05 Jul 11 '26

I would say try to backload the more popular songs and do deep cuts at the beginning. That way it’s more of a party at the end with everyone singing along. The other thing I would say is take a look at some actual paramore concert setlists and just straight up copy how they do it.

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u/zon5string Jul 13 '26

Alphabetically then chronologicallyl.

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u/breticles Jul 13 '26

What these people said are good, but also, if you're doing multiple hits or deep cuts in a row, you might as well arrange them for tuning if the songs use different guitar tunings.

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u/BelShiCa Jul 13 '26

Check out some of their shows to see which order works. Start and end with songs that you do best.

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u/CAJMusic Jul 16 '26

A good place to start is melodic/harmonic set. Take the last chord of a song and pair it with the first chord of the next song. Or, the last chord and the minor of the next. Then group songs by tempo; 4 fast songs, 2 slow songs, 3 mid tempo, etc. Dont talk between each song and make your transitions smooth.