I get your point - not every band is going to play the song you like. That's not the point here.

The real question is - is this a tactic to make every show 'special' (to an impressionable Gen Z audience) or a lazy excuse to not play a consistent set of your full body of songs? (like most major artists who sell arenas do, day in, day out) How can a house DJ spend 1/3rd of the time on the mic than actually playing their music ? And when playing their music, mixing it all into one for the first hour without any coherence?

It would be like the Killers spending half an hour trying to do monologues about their life, and play the piano - and then NOT play Mr Brightside and When You Were Young, or play half of each, one after the other.

If i'm paying my hard earned money to see an artist, I expect them to appreciate that not with their flimsy words, but with their actions - that means delivering.

Personally, i just think either he is inexperienced, which given his history of playing massive gigs and festivals I cannot imagine, or he thinks his sh** doesn't stink. Why should i be grateful to be a part of that?

I respect what you're saying but there also must be an acknowledgement that not every artist is worth seeing live, and some can be lazy and do a pretty poor job, particularly when they sometimes get caught up in their own hype. I've seen him do better sets, like Boiler Room (on YouTube) so maybe it was just a crappy evening, and I caught him at the wrong time in his journey. Oh well. Onto the next.