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You can look it at a few ways but i wouldn't say either is bad. When they get booked constantly in the same city, for hardcore fans they get to catch them more so than other cities. And with a heavy tour year round, getting that opportunity is rare - only a few locations repeat a year. All the same if you are a hardcore fan, you get sick of the songs being played and want to hear others. However, as Randy pointed out, the live set is all original tracks by them. Therefore, as the case with almost all bands, they tour with the same set for a year or two. Then when they get a break they try changing it up. So if you are a hardcore fan, you can show up to all the shows in the same city for the tracks you like, or skip out on a few and see them again at a later chance with an almost identical set.
Now for those who have not seen them many times, either cause the many times they play the opportunity is not there (age restriction, work, etc.) having them booked multiple times is great. And promoters know the show will work in advance. If all people who attended were hardcore fans, turnout would be decrease. But the shows almost always pack if not sell out and this is because the market is growing/changing or promoted to a different crowd all together. If people stopped coming to the shows or the many shows would only fill up half way, then Infected would get booked far less to sell out a few shows at a higher cost then multiple shows at less of a cost - which in the end can lead to greater costs.
As a fan though, hell yea I would love to see them get booked many times in a city. Though as a hardcore fan, I would also love to see entirely different track selection. Since they don't tour like rock bands do, where they have one set and then stop touring to change it up, Infected only play two to three new tracks every year and a half or so. Would be great to have them stop touring and change the entire set for the next tour, but then that brings up the point i made about how others are missing out from seeing them. And the end game is to make profit afterall. If promoters can keep selling venues out and Infected keep getting booked, they don't need to change anything up.
*What they do do however is if they have played in a city recently and are booked there again they will play the same set almost 95 percent through, but test out a new song, or add a classic in the mix. And believe me, two new/old tracks in a set that is exactly the same changes the entire feel to it for hardcore fans in my opinion.
So yea, if you want to see them with a different set entirely, this is your chance. This show should be great - and the venue is brand new. Amazing visuals and round venue will make this a fun experience for sure. They dont get booked much as a dj set because the market for them is more for the live show, and they probably wont make as much profit - so the opportunity cost could be getting booked somewhere else for a live set with a greater pay.
*What I would love is for them to get booked under more Classic Live sets. So still a live show - maybe without Rogerio and Tommy/Netz, but with classic tracks.
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