Shuttlecock XXII: Summer of Laz

[david]

Yesterday’s performance of The Fly was so much better.

 

[LemonMelon]

I like that they're playing Stay electric now, but it's a bit empty without Bono filling in the space with a rhythm part. But I thought he said he can't play guitar anymore?

 

[iron yuppie]

Would it really be such a travesty if they just brought a supplementary guitarist on tour with them?

 

[LemonMelon]

They already have a supplemental keyboardist under the stage, so...

 

[Mack_Again]

if U2 performs onstage with 3 additional members, im not gonna complain.

 

[lazarus]

I think it would shatter the mystique, as well as firmly putting them in Dinosaur Act camp. "We can't handle this on our own anymore".

I'd rather see them retire.

And yes, Bono's hand is still too fucked up for him to play as far as I recall.

 

[Axver]

Where are these rehearsal soundcheck rumours coming from? Wtf has happened to your beautiful website Ax?

I'm on holiday in the middle of nowhere and would prefer not to spend 2+ hours of every show day on a band who, until the last couple of weeks, were playing setlists so bad that I could not bring myself to care even when I was still home, let alone wake up at like 5am to cover the shows.

I am disappointed that despite my attempts nobody has stepped into the breach, but then my attempts probably were a bit too pissweak.

Fuck I hate this tour though. The changes to the end of the first set excite me but I still have no desire to listen to that second set or the encore.

BUT a couple of days ago I timed putting on The Joshua Tree north of Auckland so well that when we turned onto One Tree Hill, a certain song of the same name began playing. That was a top experience.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

BUT a couple of days ago I timed putting on The Joshua Tree north of Auckland so well that when we turned onto One Tree Hill, a certain song of the same name began playing. That was a top experience.

Man... Sounds emotional. Must have been hard to keep the kangaroo you were riding with from crying.

 

[DaveC]

Man... Sounds emotional. Must have been hard to keep the kangaroo you were riding with on from crying.

fixed.

and surely the 'roo was already crying from having to carry axver's corpulence all around kiwiland.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Man... Sounds emotional. Must have been hard for that kangaroo to keep from screaming as you drove the car over that cliff

Much more fixered

 

[kabigon]

How to sum up 22 U2 shows:

Song 4 rotations:
Red Flag Day: 1-5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 21
All Because of You: 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 18, 20
Gloria: 14, 16, 17, 19, 22

Dropped after show 13:
The Ocean, Iris, Cedarwood Road, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Until the End of the World

Current additions:
Stay: 14-
Zoo Station, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses: 15-
The Fly: 21-

Other:
Spanish Eyes: 12
The Unforgettable Fire: 14
Landlady: 20, 22

Note: Berlin 2 abandoned after five songs

 

[mikal]

I’m not as big on bootlegs as I used to be, but wondering if there’s a good recording, or I should say “essential” recording if one of the shows from this tour. One that I can blast in the car without cringing.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I’m not as big on bootlegs as I used to be, but wondering if there’s a good recording, or I should say “essential” recording if one of the shows from this tour. One that I can blast in the car without cringing.

San Jose is pretty good. I haven't really checked in a while to see if any other good ones have come out - but the set would be identical from San Jose until like 3 or 4 shows ago, so Sam Jose's probably your best bet

 

[mikal]

San Jose is pretty good. I haven't really checked in a while to see if any other good ones have come out - but the set would be identical from San Jose until like 3 or 4 shows ago, so Sam Jose's probably your best bet

Awesome thanks man!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Just checking U2start...looks like the only other IEM since San Jose is the last MSG show. Just downloaded it. I'll let you know how the quality is. Happy to see this show pop up, since I still hold that there's a 50/50 chance that it's the last time I'll get to see them live.

 

[mikal]

Just checking U2start...looks like the only other IEM since San Jose is the last MSG show. Just downloaded it. I'll let you know how the quality is. Happy to see this show pop up, since I still hold that there's a 50/50 chance that it's the last time I'll get to see them live.

Yeah I am really kicking myself for skipping out on this tour, but I had so much other shit going on when they were in Chicago that I just couldn’t make it. I’m really hoping that they do some kind of farewell tour or something like that.

 

[mikal]

Just checked out the 7/1 audience recording of NY and it’s fantastic

 

[Axver]

fixed.

and surely the 'roo was already crying from having to carry axver's corpulence all around kiwiland.

The roo is tired and broken but would still beat Headache in a fight.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The roo is tired and broken but would still beat Headache in a fight.

I'll beat both your asses with a didgeridoo

 

[DaveC]

The roo is tired and broken but would still beat Headache in a fight.

of course. who wouldn't?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

of course. who wouldn't?

For you too

I'll beat both your asses with a didgeridoo

 

[DaveC]

good luck finding a didgeridoo in canada. ill be defending myself with a goalie stick. bring it

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Beat your little ass over the head with a moose antler

 

[BoMac]

Guys, guys. Stop this madness. Weed is legal in Canada now. Have some and chill the fuck out.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

You make a solid point

 

[lazarus]

Just checked out the 7/1 audience recording of NY and it’s fantastic

That setlist sucks donkey dick.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Somebody's gotta

 

[djerdap]

Well... I stand corrected about that one particular song being rehearsed. Turns out they did rehearse it in Manchester.

I'm pretty happy to be wrong, since I might actually witness a show that features

Spoiler

The Fly, Dirty Day and Acrobat.

That's not so bad.

 

[lazarus]

It's kind of ridiculous that they'd play that before any of the non-SATS songs on Pop.

They're carrying such an odd grudge.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Well... I stand corrected about that one particular song being rehearsed. Turns out they did rehearse it in Manchester.

I'm pretty happy to be wrong, since I might actually witness a show that features

Spoiler

The Fly, Dirty Day and Acrobat.

That's not so bad.

I wonder where it would fit in the set list.