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What would sway it back for me is a record of genuine passion. Their output seems so half baked at this point. Perhaps they're just not following their passion at the moment.

Yes, that's right, I'm almost done with U2. They look to me as though they can't be bothered anymore. It used to be all killer and no filler but since (to my mind) HTDAAB it's just gone downhill fast. Pointless anniversary tours to songs I don't listen to the end of. And now Bono saying he's...

To my mind the problem with U2 is that the music is just not consistently good anymore, culminating in SOE which to my ear didn't have a good song on it. Tours like the 2017 and 2019 Joshua Tree outing haven't helped their cause, it's just too much of a backwards step.

U2 certainly have another great LP in them. In my view there's been a steady decline in quality control since HTDAAB with more and more filler appearing on each album culminating in disinterest from the first listen of a new release. The anniversary tours in hindsight only affect a group like U2...

U2 albums post 2000 have been patchy affairs. If I took the best songs from each record, it would make a great double LP. but to my mind quality control has taken a walk off the map.

I agree with this article, although I would place their relevance up to ATYCLB. All following albums have been patchy at best and if the poor songs were removed you'd end up with at best a decent double LP. From a live point of view, 360 at the moment was the height and it seems to have gone...

The Troubles is dead and buried along with Magnificent, Zoo Station and California.

It'll be the safest set list of the tour. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) The Electric Co. Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation...

It's a great song but I hold out no hope that it will EVER get a live outing. They have so many good songs but never play them live.

The Troubles is dead and buried.

Maybe subconsciously I've not got tickets for this tour, despite them being so expensive, is because the setlist retains so many warhorses I've heard on other tours.

They still haven't played The Troubles.

I think it's safe to say The Troubles and Miracle Drug have been permanently dropped.

It would be a good closer, it can be far more dramatic than Moment Of Surrender was on 360 that was as flat as a pancake.

Has The Troubles had it's day and been dropped already?