I am happy the boys are on stage again. I am troubled they are playing the same set yet again. What a shame. Hope they mix it up, their catalog is amazing. It doesn't have to be different every night, but jeepers, not the same as the past two years, minus the good songs.
Exactly.
It would be rather silly to expect a major overhaul. After all, this is U2 we are fans of!
Still, they could've easily made some changes. Just like they had Love Rescue Me, Scarlet, All I Want Is You, Desire and One Tree Hill last leg.
And like they had North Star, Glastonbury, Mercy, I Will Follow, Boy Falls, Every Breaking Wave and Stingray for the European leg.
Silver and Gold would've been perfect in place of Scarlet or Miss Sarajevo.
EBTTRT could've been fit in somewhere.
They could've done Please or Gone.
What happened to Kite?
Or No Line On The Horizon?
And where's an older live favorite like 2 Hearts Beat As One?
Simple things, a few slots. General skeleton of the set still the same.
Given what others have pointed out about the rarity of a S Africa visit, I've no problem with BD, IWF, Pride, SBS, WOWY, SHF, MW, COBL, Vertigo, One and Streets, etc in the same set.
My issue is with songs like MS, Scarlet and Walk On overstaying their welcome to the neglect of the back catalog.
I am overall disappointed, but have to say I am ecstatic that they kept I Will Follow!
Dropping that would've added insult to injury for me..........
All this being said, I'd still take the shows they're doing now over the 2 I saw in Boston in 2009.
At least the buzz seems like it's back!