So if U2 does, in fact, adopt one of these download programs whether it be through itunes or music today or whomever, where you are able to download any and all of the concerts on the tour for a fee (usually around $10 per show mp3, $13 FLAC or high quality), I hope and expect that will mean what it did for fans of the other bands that have done this. At least for Metallica and Pearl Jam, anyway, but also for the jamband circuit, what ends up happening is that in order to make the download product more successful - to entice people to buy more than just one or two shows - bands start varying their setlists like crazy and then find they enjoy the variety of not playing the same show every night. I would love to see U2 do this. Metallica for example used to vary maybe 1 or 2 songs a night, now their setlists change up to 10-11 songs every night.
Maybe I'm wrong and bands don't make enough money off the download system to mix up their playlist or don't care, but I think I'm right about this. We could conceivably really see U2 probe the depths of their catalog on this tour, which would be nice (and also create insane ticket demand as people try to see them multiple times).
Maybe I'm wrong and bands don't make enough money off the download system to mix up their playlist or don't care, but I think I'm right about this. We could conceivably really see U2 probe the depths of their catalog on this tour, which would be nice (and also create insane ticket demand as people try to see them multiple times).