The rumour mill is currently producing talk of U2 visiting Australia, New Zealand, and East/Southeast Asia in late 2019. We've already had proposed setlists in a couple of threads, and there are some of us who will inevitably brainstorm ideas, so let's just have a dedicated thread for them.
If - and it's a whopping big if - this tour happens, how will the band go about it? They haven't been to Australia or New Zealand since 2010 or Japan since 2006. They've never been anywhere else in the region. It will be the thirtieth anniversary of Lovetown (Rattle and Hum being easily U2's best-selling album in Australia), and of course the band have plenty of segments and stage elements they could reuse from IE, JT30, and EI.
Go nuts.
Here's a thought from me for the Australia and NZ shows, aiming to provide a flavour of the three most recent tours and make a nod to Lovetown.
1. The Blackout
2. Lights of Home
3. I Will Follow
4. The Miracle
5. Beautiful Day
(Speech about touring with BB King...)
6. When Love Comes to Town
7. Angel of Harlem / All I Want Is You
(Speech about Greg Carroll...)
8. One Tree Hill
9. Exit
10. Until the End of the World
--- Intermission: HMTMKMKM ---
11. Elevation
12. Vertigo
13. Desire
14. Even Better Than the Real Thing
15. Acrobat
16. The Best Thing
17. Every Breaking Wave
18. Where the Streets Have No Name
19. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
20. With or Without You
21. Pride
(Speech continuing the trend of every post-ATYCLB tour of Australia as a "sorry we didn't come here on Elevation" apology tour...)
22. Kite / Stuck in a Moment
23. Love Is Bigger
24. One
If - and it's a whopping big if - this tour happens, how will the band go about it? They haven't been to Australia or New Zealand since 2010 or Japan since 2006. They've never been anywhere else in the region. It will be the thirtieth anniversary of Lovetown (Rattle and Hum being easily U2's best-selling album in Australia), and of course the band have plenty of segments and stage elements they could reuse from IE, JT30, and EI.
Go nuts.
Here's a thought from me for the Australia and NZ shows, aiming to provide a flavour of the three most recent tours and make a nod to Lovetown.
1. The Blackout
2. Lights of Home
3. I Will Follow
4. The Miracle
5. Beautiful Day
(Speech about touring with BB King...)
6. When Love Comes to Town
7. Angel of Harlem / All I Want Is You
(Speech about Greg Carroll...)
8. One Tree Hill
9. Exit
10. Until the End of the World
--- Intermission: HMTMKMKM ---
11. Elevation
12. Vertigo
13. Desire
14. Even Better Than the Real Thing
15. Acrobat
16. The Best Thing
17. Every Breaking Wave
18. Where the Streets Have No Name
19. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
20. With or Without You
21. Pride
(Speech continuing the trend of every post-ATYCLB tour of Australia as a "sorry we didn't come here on Elevation" apology tour...)
22. Kite / Stuck in a Moment
23. Love Is Bigger
24. One