John and Yoko go on tour in 1981. What's their setlist?

So John and Yoko go on tour in 1981 as they intended. What would their setlist be?

I'm going with a heavy Double Fantasy and Milk & Honey setlist naturally as their latest records and I reckon John would have only done a handful of Beatles songs.

Instant Karma
I'm stepping out
Just like starting over
Kiss kiss kiss
I don't wanna face it
I'm losing you
I'm moving on
Come together
Walking on thin ice
Whatever gets you through the night
Woman
Grow old with me
Imagine

Encore

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
I Feel Fine
Twist and Shout
Give peace a chance

 

Death Don't Have No Mercy

 

Very cool idea!

 

They actually postponed their tour til 1982 after the tragic railtrack accidental death of Johns former songwriting partner Paul who was forging guitar picks out of pennies whilst smoking weed.

 

To start, I don't think the Milk and Honey songs would have factored in as John hadn't released those songs, and probably wouldn't have by the time this tour would have started.

 

Well...
First off , only John and his band perform. Yoko takes care of the management and promotion aspect of the concerts.

 

16 minute version of "Why" to loosen everyone up for the evening...

 

C'mon. It'd have to open with Starting Over surely.

Oh, and can Yoko stay at home? Please?

 

My guess is that any 1981 tour would have followed a similar pattern as the 1972 shows. John and Yoko would have done many (or most) of their Double Fantasy songs. And if they also recorded another album to coincide with the tour in 1981 (which likely would have been similar to the Milk and Honey album), then they would have done some of those as well. Once they finished those tunes, there probably would have been room for maybe a handful of others: some solo John (maybe 3 or 4 solo highlights, like Instant Karma and Imagine), and maybe a smaller number (2 or 3) of Beatle tunes. But that would have been it. They weren't going to be performing more than 35 songs like Paul does now. Back then, we would have been lucky to get 20 songs at the most, split between John and Yoko.

 

Hopefully

Why
Don’t Worry Kyoko.....
Listen the Snow is Falling

Walking on Thin Ice should be in the encore. It’s their best collaboration.

 

Naw

 

One World One People Intro ( I remember reading something about this prospect or I'm making it up in my head)

Strawberry Fields Forever
Just Like Starting Over
Clean Up Time
Instant Karma
I'm Losing You
I'm Moving On
Hard Times Are Over
Walking On Thin Ice
Woman
Help! (Gospel style)
Across the Universe
It's So Hard
Dont Worry Kyoko
Whatever Gets You Through The Night
Dear Yoko
Imagine
Watching the Wheels
All You Need Is Love
Come Together
Give Peace A Chance

 

Unfortunately, I think they would have toured as John and Yoko, so I think we've got to presume some of Yoko's songs would be performed.

 

Naw. Her type style of music was actually more current and gaining traction at the time. Johns were a bit more old school.

 

That sound engineer deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

 

No one would be buying a ticket to see Yoko though would they? Johns first ever tour, twelve years after the fabs split, would be the hottest ticket in the world and I don't believe anyone would turn out to see Yoko's stuff. And Yoko's 'style of music' might have been gaining traction but Yoko's actual music never did.

 

John, Paul, George and Ringo go out on a short five-date jaunt.

What's their setlist?

Fix'd.

 

ALSO:
The game plan, if John had lived, was to release Double Fantasy; then do promo work for it in early 1981, including TV, international travel (for TV and or press publicity), and maybe an isolated show or two; and then go back into the studio to finish Milk and Honey in late 1981, whereupon the John and Yoko show would go on a full tour.

 

They said they wouldn't go on tour though until the 2nd comeback album was out.

 

Both. But if course John is the big draw. But Yoko's music was going through a rediscovery period starting around 78 with the punk new wave movements her work was very influential to lots of new bands being played.

In face when Double Fantasy was release sine felt the Yoko tracks were more exciting.

 

Walking on Thin Ice
Kiss Kiss Kiss
Death of Samantha
Hard Times Are Over
Midsummer New York
Mind Train
Don't Worry Kyoko
Listen, the Snow Is Falling
Sisters, O Sisters
Why
We're All Water
(Just Like) Starting Over
Imagine
Open Your Box
Yang Yang
Men, Men, Men
Now or Never

 

Correct.

 

That about sums it up.

 

If I had a choice, I'd use this as a set list. He didn't seem interested in doing Beatles songs the last time he played live, but who knows.

Instant Karma
Starting Over
Revolution
# 9 Dream
Come Together
Mind Games
Remember
Stand By Me
Hey Bulldog
Imagine
New York City
Money
Cold Turkey
I Want You
Give Me Some Truth
Ain't That A Shame
Steel and Glass
Yer Blues
Watching The Wheels
Whatever Gets You Through The Night
Give Peace A Chance