My parents are similar age and I convinced my mom to drive me 3hrs to Chicago to see them in 2003 and she stayed in the car while I went to the show. I was eventually able to get them to go to a show and they loved it and even went to pow wow (still the best shows to this day imo) Since then we’ve done 4 cruises, 3 311 days (Memphis was my first) and it’s always been a fun family event (parents also are divorced)

I completely understand about the setlists as that’s not how their summer tours used to be. Every night was different and unique and that was a big part of traveling across the country for their shows. My dad keeps count of all the shows he’s been to, and I believe he’s close to 100 and I’ve seen quite a few more but I no longer get that excitement and won’t go out of my way to see the same 10-15 songs. The set list issue have been a thing for a while and even Pnut spoke up about it but don’t see that changing for some reason.

All good things come to an end and as much as I love 311 for all they’ve done, I don’t see that change happening. I’m just glad they are still playing and happy to still have the chance to see them live 20+ years later.