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Hail Hayley!

November 7, 2009 at 11:26PM
Hayley Williams of Paramore
(Troy Melhus/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Photo by Marlin Levison

Biggest question after the show at Roy Wilkins Auditorium last night: What did you think of Hayley's new hairdo?Second biggest: Which songs do you think rocked best? My personal favorites were "Looking Up" and "Turn It Off." Click here to read the full review.

The one thing I think Hayley could really work on as a frontwoman is her between-song banter. Most of what she said Friday night was the standard, "We wouldn't be here without you," kind of comments. The one time she said something off-the-cuff, it was pretty funny: Early in the show when some guys in the crowd waved a sign that read, "Hayley, we want to have your babies." Her reply was something like, "Um, I don't think that would really work."

Here's the set list.

Brand New Eyes Tour Intro / Ignorance / I Caught Myself / That's What You Get / Looking Up / Emergency / Crushcrushcrush / Turn It Off / Here We Go Again / Careful / Conspiracy / Where The Lines Overlap / Decode / Tour Outro

ENCORE: Misguided Ghosts / Misery Business / Brick By Boring Brick

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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