Cologne #1 Setlist Thread

[ElectricalVoice]

Brilliant MacPhisto speech.

 

[DRay9911]

When is the soundcheck spoiler song going to be played? I couldn’t tell from that picture of the setlist.

 

[prbiker15]

Spoiler

I don't think it's going to be played. #NegativeNancy

 

[Popmartijn]

When is the soundcheck spoiler song going to be played? I couldn’t tell from that picture of the setlist.

I don't want to know.

I just got in, starting with the MacPhisto speech. Thought there was a bit too much talk-singing in Acrobat (in the MacPhisto character) to judge the voice.

You're The Best Thing About Me now

 

[Popmartijn]

That's

16. You're The Best Thing About Me

apparently.

 

[DRay9911]

I completely forgot and tuned in during Elevation.
I work in a concrete tomb so my phone connection sucks
I fired up Mixlr on the work computer and probably set off a dozen warning flags in IT.
If I get fired I’m suing the band

 

[prbiker15]

LANXESS Arena - Köln, Germany - September 4, 2018

---------- It's a Beautiful World / The Great Dictator ----------
01 - The Blackout
02 - Lights of Home
03 - I Will Follow
04 - Red Flag Day
05 - Beautiful Day
06 - The Ocean
07 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
08 - Cedarwood Road
09 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 - Until the End of the World / William Blake's Introduction to Songs of Experience (snippet)
---------- INTERMISSION: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Gavin Friday Mix) ----------
11 - Elevation
12 - Vertigo / Rebel Rebel (snippet)
13 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
14 - Acrobat
15 - You're the Best Thing About Me
16 - Summer of Love

 

[rennowba]

When is the soundcheck spoiler song going to be played? I couldn’t tell from that picture of the setlist.

Maybe they were rehearsing songs for the 4 gigs in Paris

 

[superchuk5]

I find it hard to believe it was the smoke machine that did it.

:adjusts tin foil hat:

It was the Deep State

 

[Popmartijn]

17. PITNOL

And Bono's sounding pretty good.

 

[superchuk5]

GOOYOW sounding very nice.

 

[prbiker15]

LANXESS Arena - Köln, Germany - September 4, 2018

---------- It's a Beautiful World / The Great Dictator ----------
01 - The Blackout
02 - Lights of Home
03 - I Will Follow
04 - Red Flag Day
05 - Beautiful Day
06 - The Ocean
07 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
08 - Cedarwood Road
09 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 - Until the End of the World / William Blake's Introduction to Songs of Experience (snippet)
---------- INTERMISSION: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Gavin Friday Mix) ----------
11 - Elevation
12 - Vertigo / Rebel Rebel (snippet)
13 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
14 - Acrobat
15 - You're the Best Thing About Me
16 - Summer of Love
17 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
18 - Get Out of Your Own Way
19 - New Year's Day

 

[rennowba]

That New Year’s Day version is superb. Really freshened it up [emoji41]

 

[prbiker15]

Agreed, it's fantastic.

 

[prbiker15]

LANXESS Arena - Köln, Germany - September 4, 2018

---------- It's a Beautiful World / The Great Dictator ----------
01 - The Blackout
02 - Lights of Home
03 - I Will Follow
04 - Red Flag Day
05 - Beautiful Day
06 - The Ocean
07 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
08 - Cedarwood Road
09 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 - Until the End of the World / William Blake's Introduction to Songs of Experience (snippet)
---------- INTERMISSION: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Gavin Friday Mix) ----------
11 - Elevation
12 - Vertigo / Rebel Rebel (snippet)
13 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
14 - Acrobat
15 - You're the Best Thing About Me
16 - Summer of Love
17 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
18 - Get Out of Your Own Way
19 - New Year's Day
20 - Ode to Joy (snippet) / City of Blinding Lights
---------- Women of the World ----------
21 - One

 

[superchuk5]

Ain't happening today

 

[prbiker15]

Let's be honest, playing that song today would have sent Bono back to the doctor.

 

[ElectricalVoice]

That's it. Went well. I am glad.
Can't wait for 13. november. Decided to go back to Berlin for that concert.

 

[prbiker15]

No changes, but The Showman's voice has returned.

LANXESS Arena - Köln, Germany - September 4, 2018

---------- It's a Beautiful World / The Great Dictator ----------
01 - The Blackout
02 - Lights of Home
03 - I Will Follow
04 - Red Flag Day
05 - Beautiful Day
06 - The Ocean
07 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
08 - Cedarwood Road
09 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 - Until the End of the World / William Blake's Introduction to Songs of Experience (snippet)
---------- INTERMISSION: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Gavin Friday Mix) ----------
11 - Elevation
12 - Vertigo / Rebel Rebel (snippet)
13 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
14 - Acrobat
15 - You're the Best Thing About Me
16 - Summer of Love
17 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
18 - Get Out of Your Own Way
19 - New Year's Day
20 - Ode to Joy (snippet) / City of Blinding Lights
---------- Women of the World ----------
21 - One
22 - Love is Bigger Than Anything in It's Way
23 - 13 (There is a Light)

 

[TooMuchTV]

He just needs to remind us that he is a human.

Has anybody ever heard Adam or Larry fuck up? I know Larry has occasionally dropped a stick or something, but have either of them ever really obviously just played the wrong shit and really bombed it?

They had to restart WOWY in Santa Clara during the JT30 tour. Not clear what caused it but Adam was off.

https://twitter.com/u2gigs/status/865257054352662528

https://twitter.com/WTSHNN/status/865063915507507200

 

[Sickly Vulpine]

Glad Bono is okay and back in fine form. Wasn't really that worried, but all the same it is reassuring to see him bounce back quickly.

As for band member flub ups, I was at the JT30 show in Santa Clara, and Adam being out of time with the rest of the band sounded awful and was really glaring. It was almost humorous. Not sure how it happened.

A few others: Glastonbury. Edge was out of sync with The into to Streets - of all things to mess up! The Popmart opening night issues are well documented, but I think you can chalk that up to it being opening night and being under prepared. When the band dusted off New Year's Day to add to the Zoo TV lineup I believe there were some obvious timing issues for the first few performances. Speaking of Zoo TV, the famous Boston show on Saint Patrick's Day had its share of minor mistakes. It's a great show, and there are very good recordings of it, but it seems pretty clear all four of them had a few(maybe more than a few) before hitting the stage. Can't blame them given the day and location.

 

[bobbvis]

One of this year's Philly shows, Larry is fiddling with his ear monitors when the rest of the band started Elevation. It was funny because he started to click them in with his sticks then reached for his ears and everyone just went without him.

 

[DRay9911]

Larry’s gonna find you and kick your ass for posting that.

 

[Axver]

Larry botched the start of one show in Melbourne in 1984. He comes out and goes into Gloria, the usual (but not permanent) opener... problem was, the rest of the band were doing Out of Control.

U2 Melbourne, 1984-09-15, Sports And Entertainment Centre, Unforgettable Fire Tour - U2 on tour

 

[kabigon]

Let's not forget Edge saying "thank you Sydney"... in Melbourne

 

[rennowba]

Glastonbury had a couple, even better then the real thing as the opener was awful, all over the place. The intro to streets was messed up but I didn’t even notice when I was there. Still think about that show and what could have been