The_acrobat
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I think part of the problem thematically was that NLOTH was an album much better suited to arenas, while U2 were at a point in their career where they could rock up just about anywhere and put on a stadium show.
So we ended up with a mish-mash that was undoubtedly the band's worst tour ever, from a setlist perspective.
Agreed. I've always thought the massive 360 tour should've taken place in 2005-6, after the smashing success of HTDAAB and Vertigo. Every show on the Vertigo Tour literally sold out in the blink of an eye. They were truly wasting their time doing arenas in the US, they could've been playing stadiums for sure. I would argue that there was a sweet spot in late 2004 - mid 2005 where U2 were probably just as popular as they were from 1987-1993, if not more so. Virtually no band outside of possibly Aerosmith has ever gotten a late career resurgence like U2 got with HTDAAB/Vertigo Tour.