Now that NLOTH is available...make your dream setlist

[LemonMelon]

We already have two threads discussing various facets of setlist creation/prediction, but 99.9% of the posts were made before the album's release, and the speculation would bury the new fresh, new discussion. Now that you have the tracks on hand to come up with some solid transitions, let's get this thing going.

Remember, this is merely for creating setlists that would be enjoyable for you alone. No one should be looking for realism here. There are prediction threads for that.

I feel this would be pretty fantastic:

1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. Magnificent
3. Until The End Of The World
4. No Line On The Horizon
5. Electrical Storm
6. Crumbs From Your Table
7. Unknown Caller
8. Where The Streets Have No Name
9. Moment Of Surrender
10. Kite
11. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
12. City Of Blinding Lights
13. Breathe
14. New Year's Day
15. Wire
16. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
17. White As Snow
18. All I Want Is You

ENCORE #1

19. Fez (snippet)/Get On Your Boots
20. Stand Up Comedy
21. The Fly

ENCORE #2

22. Please
23. Cedars Of Lebanon
24. Bad/40

 

[Axver]

Alright, let's see. This is the first time I've setlisted these tracks. Credit to coolian2 for putting me onto the Unknown Caller --> Streets idea yesterday. I'm aiming for at least some element of realism here, I mean I'm not throwing around Hawkmoon 269 or Zooropa, but the absence of anything from Achtung puts this into the realm of fantasy. That was purely accidental, by the way; I initially considered Mysterious Ways for the first five tracks and The Fly for the encore. I suppose One would slot into the second encore but we all know I hate that song. Could sub out Bad/40 for Love Is Blindness to end on a sombre note.

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Desire
3. Get On Your Boots
4. Vertigo
5. Crazy Tonight
6. Beautiful Day
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. All I Want Is You
9. Stay
10. White As Snow
11. A Sort Of Homecoming
12. Unknown Caller
13. Where The Streets Have No Name
14. Wire
15. 11 O'clock Tick Tock
16. Magnificent

17. Breathe
18. Electrical Storm
19. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
20. Gone

21. City Of Blinding Lights
22. Moment Of Surrender
23. Bad/40

 

[Axver]

OK, now I'm going to throw realism to the four winds and make a completely out-there setlist.

1. Hawkmoon 269
2. Desire / Breathe (snippet) [Lovetown Desire, shredding solo leads into Breathe's solo and chorus to close]
3. 11 O'clock Tick Tock / Drowning Man (snippet)
4. Twilight
5. Wire / Give Me Some Truth (snippet)
6. The Unforgettable Fire
7. One Tree Hill
8. White As Snow
9. Heartland
10. A Sort Of Homecoming
11. Where The Streets Have No Name
12. Gloria
13. Rejoice
14. New Year's Day
15. Magnificent

16. Zooropa
17. Fez-Being Born
18. Exit / Riders On The Storm (snippet) / VM's Gloria (snippet)
19. God Part II
20. The Fly

21. Spanish Eyes
22. Slug
23. Cedars Of Lebanon
24. Bad/40

Well, that was fun.

 

[bono_man]

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Magnificent
3. Get On Your Boots
4. Even Better than the Real Thing
5. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
6. One - MLK
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. Seconds
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Stand Up
11. Moment of Surrender
12. Cedars of Lebanon
13. Beautiful Day
14. Until the End of the World
15. Discotheque
16. Vertigo

17. Where the Streets Have No Name
18. I Will Follow
19. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
20. With or Without You

21. Crazy Tonight
22. Bad - 40

 

[mirrorballman]

01. Vertigo
02. Vertigo
03. Vertigo
04. Vertigo
05. Get on Your Boots/Vertigo (snippet)
06. Vertigo
07. Vertigo
08. Vertigo/ Vertigo (snippet)
09. Vertigo
10. Vertigo
11. Vertigo
12. Vertigo
13. Vertigo
14. Vertigo/Vertigo/Vertigo (medley)

15. Vertigo (tape)
16. Vertigo
17. Vertigo

18. Vertigo
19. Vertigo (acoustic)
20. Vertigo

 

[adypole]

1.unknown caller
2.magnificent
3.where the streets have no name
4.city of blinding lights
5.moment of surrender
6.fez-being born
7.a sort of homecoming
8.zooropa
9.ultraviolet light
10.please
11.acrobat
12.cedars of lebanon
13. bullet the blue sky
14. miss sarejavo
15. exit
16. 40
17. vertigo
18. get on your boots
______

19.mofo
20.stand up comedy
21.crazy tonight
22.zoo station
23. until the end of the world
24. breathe
____
25. wake up dead man(snippet/mlk/no line on the horizon (snippet)

 

[Hawkfire]

My list would look a bit like Axver's.

1. Hawkmoon 269
2. The Fly
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Two Hearts Beat as One
5. Magnificent
6. One Tree Hill
7. Stay (Faraway So Close)
8. Last Night On Earth
9. Ultraviolet Light
10. One / Mystery Girl
11. God part II
12. Kite
13. Drowning Man (acoustic)
14. Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World
15. Dirty Day
16. Crazy Tonight
17. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
18. October
19. New Year's Day
20. In God's Country

21. Lemon
22. No Line on the Horizon
23. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
24. Running to Stand Still
25. Bad / 40

 

[LemonMelon]

01. Vertigo
02. Vertigo
03. Vertigo
04. Vertigo
05. Get on Your Boots/Vertigo (snippet)
06. Vertigo
07. Vertigo
08. Vertigo/ Vertigo (snippet)
09. Vertigo
10. Vertigo
11. Vertigo
12. Vertigo
13. Vertigo
14. Vertigo/Vertigo/Vertigo (medley)

15. Vertigo (tape)
16. Vertigo
17. Vertigo

18. Vertigo
19. Vertigo (acoustic)
20. Vertigo

Where's Vertigo x2 and Vertigo (Temple Bar Mix)?

 

[Fly2000]

I'd probably go with something like this:

INTRO: FEZ

1. Being Born
2. Get On Your Boots
3. Stand Up Comedy
4. Magnificent
5. Moment Of Surrender
6. The Unforgettable Fire
7. Please
8. Where The Streets Have No Name
9. One
10. White As Snow
11. New Year's Day
12. Dirty Day / The First Time
13. Do You Feel Loved?
14. Mofo
15. Gone
16. All I Want Is You
17. Kite
18. Unknown Caller
19. No Line On The Horizon
20. Ultraviolet

ENCORE

1. Zooropa
2. The Fly
3. Breathe
4. Cedars Of Lebanon

 

[Slopsy]

This is very difficult indeed. I'm not sure how well some of this would flow, but here's a general idea:

1. Magnificent
2. Get On Your Boots
3. Vertigo
4. Until The End Of The World
5. New Year's Day
6. Wire
7. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
8. Twilight
9. FEZ - Being Born
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. Stay
12. Electrical Storm
13. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
14. White as Snow
15. Exit
16. Gloria
17. Walk On

18. The Fly
19. Mysterious Ways
20. No Line On The Horizon
21. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

22. Bad
23. One Tree Hill
24. Love Is Blindness

There are a lot more songs I'd like to include, like ASOH, Stories for Boys, EBTTRT and COBL, but I can't seem to fit them in very well.

 

[Lemonfix]

Not realistic at all, but I like it

1. NLOTH
2. Crazy Tonight
3. Vertigo
4. Electric Co.
5. 11 o Clock Tick Tock
6. UTEOTw
7. Running to Stand Still
8. Stay
9. Desire
10. Streets
11. Please
12. wire
13. Bad
14. Stand Up Comedy
15. Breathe
16. Magnificent

17. Mofo
18. Dirty Day
19. Exit
20. Ultraviolet

21. GOYB
22. walk On
23. Moment of Surrender / 40

 

[The Sad Punk]

01. Vertigo
02. Vertigo
03. Vertigo
04. Vertigo
05. Get on Your Boots/Vertigo (snippet)
06. Vertigo
07. Vertigo
08. Vertigo/ Vertigo (snippet)
09. Vertigo
10. Vertigo
11. Vertigo
12. Vertigo
13. Vertigo
14. Vertigo/Vertigo/Vertigo (medley)

15. Vertigo (tape)
16. Vertigo
17. Vertigo

18. Vertigo
19. Vertigo (acoustic)
20. Vertigo

Where's Vertigox24 when you need him?

 

[bono_212]

I have no idea how to put any of this into any particular running order, I just know what songs I'd like to hear. Maybe I'll collaborate with a good friend of mine on this and get back to you.


pssst, Axver, we need to talk

 

[Axver]

I have no idea how to put any of this into any particular running order, I just know what songs I'd like to hear. Maybe I'll collaborate with a good friend of mine on this and get back to you.


pssst, Axver, we need to talk

I charge a consultation fee now.

But I'll waive it for a fine respectable sort such as yourself.

 

[bono_212]

I charge a consultation fee now.

But I'll waive it for a fine respectable sort such as yourself.

phew

 

[LemonMelon]

Hey, what am I, chopped liver? I've put together a playlist or two in my time.

 

[bono_212]

You never are online anymore


Here it is, in all its glory:

1. Zooropa
2. Red Light / Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (snippet)
3. Ultra Violet / Just Like Heaven (snippet) / My Way (snippet)
4. Stand Up Comedy
5. Breathe
6. In God's Country
7. Please
8. October
9. The Unforgettable Fire
10. Running To Stand Still / One (extra verse snippet)
11. The First Time / Book Of Love (snippet)
12. Elvis Presley And America / Elvis Ate America (snippet) / America (snippet)
13. Scarlet
14. Heartland / Bass Trap (snippet)
15. A Sort Of Homecoming
16. Unknown Caller
17. Psalm 116 (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
18. Out Of Control
19. Acrobat
20. Love Is Blindness / All Along The Watchtower (snippet) / September 1913 (snippet)

21. Hawkmoon 269
22. Magnificent / Spaceman (snippet)
23. Crazy Tonight / Lovecats (snippet)
24. Seconds
25. Walk On

26. City Of Blinding Lights
27. Shadows And Tall Trees
28. With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet)
29. Bad / I'm On Fire (snippet) / Norwegian Wood (snippet)
30. 40 / Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet)



You'll have to forgive some of the in jokes, but Ax is right, I'd pretty much die if I ever saw this show.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

01. Magnificent
02. No Line On The Horizon
03. Two Hearts Beat As One
04. Unknown Caller
05. The Unforgettable Fire
06. White As Snow
07. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
08. Stand Up Comedy
09. Fez – Being Born
---- WAR AND AFRICA FOOTAGE ----
10. Silver And Gold
11. London Calling
12. Surrender
13. If God Will Send His Angels
14. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
15. Acrobat

ENCORE I:
16. Mofo
17. Get On Your Boots
18. Beautiful Day
19. Cedars Of Lebanon
20. Moment Of Surrender

ENCORE II:
21. Breathe
22. Vertigo
23. Kite


After a year of touring:

01. Magnificent
02. No Line On The Horizon
03. Even Better Than The Real Thing
04. Gone
05. The Unforgettable Fire
06. North And South Of The River
07. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
08. Stand Up Comedy
09. Mercy
---- WAR AND AFRICA FOOTAGE ----
10. Silver And Gold
11. London Calling
12. ... Like A Song
13. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
14. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
15. Acrobat

ENCORE I:
16. City Of Blinding Lights
17. Beautiful Day
18. Breathe
19. Cedars Of Lebanon
20. Moment Of Surrender

ENCORE II:
21. Vertigo
22. Get On Your Boots
23. All I Want Is You


Yes, I'm delirious but I like it.

 

[Harbinger]

Here's mine. I'm quite happy with most o the flow, though trying to find a good spot for Crumbs/UF was hard, and placing IWF was also a bit tough; but I wanted something from Boy on there. I'm also quite happy with the Ultraviolet/Cedars transition... sounds real nice on the studio versions, anyway.

City of Blinding Lights
A Sort of Homecoming
Magnificent
Stand Up Comedy
Until The End of the World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
New Year's Day
I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Kite
Acrobat
Crumbs From Your Table
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
Where The Streets Have No Name
No Line on the Horizon

Breathe
I Will Follow
Ultraviolet
Cedars of Lebanon
One
Walk On

 

[MMP]

Well, you said dream, so here it goes:

[Intro - Fez with additional "Let me in the sound"s very, very loud]
1. Being Born
2. Magnificent
3. Stand Up Comedy
4. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
5. Moment of Surrender
6. No Line on the Horizon
7. Mysterious Ways
8. So Cruel
9. City of Blinding Lights segues into
10. Bad / The First Time (snippet) segues into
11. Levitate / Zooropa (second section)
12. In God's Country
13. God Part II
14. Elvis Ate America (snippet) / Buffalo Gals (snippet) / Desire [full band version]
15. Even Better Than the Real Thing
16. Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car / Miami
17. MOFO
18. Elevation
19. Vertigo / Stories for Boys (snippet) / Boy-Girl (snippet)
-ENCORE-
[Now a full orchestra goes on stage]
20. Unknown Caller segues into
21. Where the Streets Have No Name
22. The Fly [yes, an orchestral version of Boston DVD version]
-ENCORE-
23. Bittersweet Symphony
24. Lady with the Spinning Head segues into
25. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
26. Get on Your Boots
["Let me in the sound"s echoes through the stadium as the band leaves]

None of the songs are jokes.
If I saw this, I would never need to see another U2 show again.

 

[MMP]

I really shouldn't have done that. Now I'll be dreaming with that happening through the tour.

 

[Acrobatic]

I don't have that kind of time, BUT, Magnificent should definitely be the opener, no questions!!!! Listen and you will understand (specifically if you have been touring since POP)!!!!!

 

[rwolins1]

My personal dream setlist

Where the Streets Have No Name
Unknown Caller
I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Dirty Day
One Tree Hill
The Unforgettable Fire
Acrobat
Pride
Electrical Storm
Desire
No Line on the Horizon
Zooropa
Sunday Bloody Sunday
With or Without You
Kite
Gone
Moment of Surrender
One
Walk On

Encore 1

Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
Wild Horses
Window

Encore 2

All I Want is You
A Sort of Homecoming
Bad / 40

 

[achtungbaby92]

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. A Sort Of Homecoming
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
5. Magnificent
6. Vertigo
7. The Electric Co.
8. Get On Your Boots
9. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
10. Stay
11. Stand Up Comedy
12. Moment Of Surrender
13. City Of Blinding Lights
14. Running To Stand Still
15. Where The Streets Have No Name
16. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. New Year's Day
20. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

21. Breathe
22. Walk On
23. Beautiful Day
24. Bad/40

Not gonna happen most probably, but we can only dream
Here's for springsteen-esque length sets

 

[namkcuR]

Main Set:
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Stand-Up Comedy
Unknown Caller
October/Magnificent
New Year's Day
A Sort Of Homecoming
[Acoustic Set]
Alternate: Drowning Man/So Cruel
Alternate: All I Want Is You/The First Time/Heartland
Alternate: Stay(Faraway, So Close)/Staring At The Sun/Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
White As Snow
[/Acoustic Set]
The Unforgettable Fire
Fez-Being Born
Alternate: Dirty Day/Gone/Discotheque/Exit
Alternate: Bullet The Blue Sky/Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me/The Fly/11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Please
Where The Streets Have No Name
Alternate: Pride(In The Name Of Love)/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Breathe

Encore 1:
Fez-Being Born(snippet, just the 'Let Me In The Sound' reprise)/Zooropa(the whole thing)
Alternate: Beautiful Day/Mysterious Ways
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Ultraviolet(Light My Way)
Alternate: Until The End Of The World/Mofo/Last Night On Earth/Acrobat

Encore 2:
Bad
Your Blue Room
Lemon
Moment Of Surrender
Alternate: With Or Without You/One/Love Is Blindness/One Tree Hill
Cedars Of Lebanon

A couple of notes:
1. Every album is covered except for Boy and Bomb, because Boy was covered in depth last tour and it's Zooropa and Pop's turn, and because I don't think anything on Bomb is worth getting rid of anything here, and I didn't want to go over 30 songs.

2. I've designated nine "Alternate" spots, which means, for example, they'd play "Dirty Day" every four shows, "Discotheque" every four shows, "Gone" every four shows, and "Exit" every four shows. Or "Bullet The Blue Sky" every four shows, "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me" every four shows, "The Fly" every four shows, and "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" every four shows. Or "Pride(In The Name Of Love" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" are played every other night. You get the idea. Allowing nearly 1/3 of the show to be in "Alternate" slots means that they can make songs that haven't seen the light of day in a while become semi-regulars while also keeping a good deal of the warhorses as semi-regulars. I really want this to happen.

3.My mouth waters at the thought of the Lemon/Moment Of Surrender transition. Imagine the last 'midnight is where the day begins' repetitions being sung over the MOS organ intro.

 

[HansaTonImbiss]

It's Time: Your NLOTH Tour Setlist

Here goes:

1.) Fez/Being Born
2.) Get On Your Boots
3.) Stand Up
4.) Magnificent
5.) Moment of Surrender
6.) Still Haven't Found
7.) Even Better Than the Real Thing
8.) One
9.) Until the End of the World
10.) Acrobat (okay, max optimism here)
11.) No Line on the Horizon
12.) With or Without You
13.) White as Snow
14.) Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
15.) New Year's Day
16.) Bad
-----------
17.) Crazy Tonight
18.) Elevation
19.) Mysterious Ways
20.) All I Want Is You/Unknown Caller
------------
21.) Out of Control
22.) Streets

REPRESENTATION:
NLOTH: (9)
AB: (5)
JT: (3)
ATYCLB: (2)
WAR: (1)
HTDAAB: (1)
R&H: (1)
UF: (1)
BOY: (1)

22 is a huge number, but it's been a while I hope they'll do it up right this tour- I think the potential is there for a lot of these songs to translate great live. I could also see them slipping in something cheeky, like "Lemon" to show off Bono's smoke-free pipes. Just a thought.

Alright, have at it!

 

[JOFO]

I don't know, but I think they have to open with NLOTH, otherwise it's going to sound out of place after anything else, if they are going to play it.

I predict a ZooTV type thing where they play 5 tunes from the new album before doing any older tunes.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

If you think the opening songs will be anything other than this:

1) NLOTH till the bridge, then NLOTH 2 till the end.
2) Get On Your Boots

Then you’re drunk.

 

[Axver]

There is already a setlists forum in the tour section for threads like this.

And 23 isn't long! No show on the European leg of Vertigo was shorter than 23 songs.

 

[HansaTonImbiss]

There is already a setlists forum in the tour section for threads like this.

And 23 isn't long! No show on the European leg of Vertigo was shorter than 23 songs.

We're both talking about the band that wanted to take four days of the week off, right? I'll stick to 23. Although I could totally see a expanded set for the stadium shows, etc. And let's think a sec- they have revisited several albums over the last two tours with mini-sets. Is it time for UF to make more of an appearance?