Great Expectations

Gene Simmons / Bob Ezrin

When the band returned to the stage to take their bows, but Paul also took the opportunity to honor the orchestra and conductor: "What do you say we bring out David Campbell. Let's give David Campbell a rock 'n roll applause. Let's give him a rock 'n roll welcome. David Campbell." Gene chimed in with another "Oh Yeah!" Paul continued, "We couldn't do this without Peter! Wow, what a night, what a night. All full of all kinds of excitement, and let's not forget the amazing Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Let's hear it for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Yeah! C'mon, stand up be rock stars. And here comes the Australian Children's Choir. What a beautiful looking bunch (Gene: One, two). What a great bunch of kids. Alright, here's something we've never done before. You want to talk about guts. So this comes off the album 'Destroyer.' Australian Children's Choir, are you ready? You want to wave to everybody. Fabulous. Here we go, one... Two... Three..."

"Great Expectations" had been mentioned as one of the songs that were going to be performed during the show, so its inclusion was no surprise. The song had never been performed live previously, though with a full orchestra and choir a proper performance was finally possible. Lyrically, Gene did similar to "Goin' Blind" and reverted the song to an older format that was more of a hybrid of the original and album version lyrics. The third and fifth verses used different lyrics: "You watch Paul playin' guitar / And you feel what his fingers can do / And you wish you were the one he was doing it to / Well listen." And "You watch Pete beatin' his drums / And you know what his hands can do / And you wish you were the one he was doing it to /Well, listen." Paul concluded the song stating, "One more hand for the Australian Children's Choir. You're the best. Thank you. Maybe we'll see next tour." Gene followed with, "Say Good-bye."