U2 Tour 2009: Setlist

[PRoMenADeZoO]

My guess:

1)Fez-Being Born
2)Get On Your Boots
3)Magnificent
4)Beautiful Day
5)Vertigo
6)Even Better Than The Real Thing
7)The Electric Co.
8)Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
9)Gone
10)October
11)New Year's Day
12)Sunday Bloody Sunday
13)No Line On The Horizon
14)Unknown Caller
15)Wave Of Sorrow (Birdland)
16)Moment Of Surrender
17)Bad
18)Pride (In the Name of Love)

Encore 1
19)Breathe
20)Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
21)Where The Streets Have No Name
22)Window In The Skies

Encore 2
23)A Sort Of Homecoming
24)One
25)White As Snow
26)'40'

 

[adypole]

magnificent
get on your boots
vertigo
beautiful day
crazy tonight
unknown caller
city of blinding lights
where the streets have no name
no line on the horizon
the fly
mofo(Yes, I think it has a chance of being played.)
one
breathe
stand up comedy
bullet the blue sky
miss sarejavo

___

fez-being born
elevation
walk on
angel of harlem (acoustic)
white as snow
40
sunday bloody sunday
moment of surrender

suprise encore:

exit (another unrealistic one.)



but still reasonably realistic!

bold=particularly good transitions/setlisting

 

[ponkine]

What I'd Love to hear

A Sort Of Homecoming
Zooropa
Seconds
Cry/The Electric Co
Mofo
Exit
Please
One Tree Hill
A Celebration
Acrobat
Gloria



What I wouldn't like to hear (not any more please!)

One
Pride
With Or Without You
Vertigo
Elevation
Sometimes You Can't Make It
Until The End Of The World
Bullet The Blue Sky
Check Out My Pubes (aka Get On Your Boots)

 

[JUSTinPUSHPLAY]

people are crazy if they think the band is gonna stop playing one, streets, pride, bullet, vertigo, BD or sunday bloody sunday, those will be in every night, probably along with NYD and mysterious ways, and i'm sure with or without you, i still haven't found and until the end will be on most show's, you can't play a show w/ 60,000 people without those songs. i for one don't wanna be at a U2 show where i'm one of 50 people singing along to acrobat, god i love it but it's just not gonna happen, i think this is more likely, i'm closing in on perfecting it lol


Intro
_____

Get On Your Boots
No Line On The Horizon
BeautifuL Day
Until The End Of The World
New Year's Day
Magnificent
Moment Of Surrender
Unknown Caller
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/alt - Elevation
All I Want Is You/ alt - I Will Follow
City Of Blinding Lights
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Desire
Stuck In A Moment - Acoustic/ alt - Who's Gonna Ride..
Sometimes - Acoustic
Stand Up Comedy/ alt - Please
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
With Or Without You
Mysterious Ways
____________

Where The Streets Have No Name
Pride
One
____________

Breathe
Vertigo

and if the band is feeling generous

BAD

 

[BB Mac]

just a guess but im hoping its close

Fez intro
1.get on your boots
2.No line on the horizon
3.i will follow
4.2 hearts
5.magnificent
6.Breathe
7.pride
8.city of blinding lights
9.ill go crazy if i dont go crazy tonight
10.One tree hill
11.Streets
12.still havnt found
13.unknown caller
14.stand up comedy(new stage)
15.stay (far away so close) full band(new stage)
16.Beautiful day(new stage)house lights on
17.All i want is you
18.vertigo
19.sunday

oncore
20.white as snow
21.with or without you
22.moment of surrender

 

[Joninhas]

Intro-Fez
Get on Your Boots
NLOTH
New Year's Day
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
I'll go Crazy
City of Blinding Lights
The Electric Co
Unknown Caller
Breathe
Please
White as Snow
Out of Control
Gone
Ultraviolet
All I Want is You

Streets
Discotheque
Window in the Skies
Walk On

The Fly
Moment of Surrender
With or Without You
Bad/40

 

[theu2fly]

1. Get On Your Boots
2. Vertigo
3. Beautiful Day
4. I Will Follow
5. Breathe
6. Stand Up Comedy
7. Gloria
8. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
9. Original Of the Species
10. City of Blinding Lights
11. Unknown Caller
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Bullet the Blue Sky
14. Please
15. Where The Streets Have No Name
16. Pride (In the Name of Love)

17. Elevation
18. Magnificent
19. With Or Without You

20. Window in the Skies
21. One
22. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight

 

[edgeplaytheblue]

as long as they play one tree hill AND ultra violet together ... i suggest dublin 1

 

[vinucci2008]

I get goosebumps when I hear Fez... that will make for the best opener.

 

[Zooronaut]

I think this combines some setlist experimentation and 90's weighting along with some concessions to things they'll have to play. They have to play Crazy Tonight if they make it a single, and they're not going to not play Vertigo, things like that. But I think these songs do justice to the themes of the album and still fulfill audience expectations about singles, classics, etc.

The > indicates that it segues into the next song organically.

1. Magnificent
2. Get On Your Boots
3. Vertigo
4. Crazy Tonight
5. With Or Without You
6. The Fly >
7. No Line On The Horizon
8. Gone
9. Last Night On Earth
10. The Three Sunrises >
11. Unknown Caller >
12. Where The Streets Have No Name
13. Breathe
14. Beautiful Day

(Encore)
15. Ultraviolet
16. Bad
17. White As Snow
18. Lemon
19. Moment of Surrender
20. 40



I see a lot of people agree with Magnificent being a perfect opener. The buildup with the low guitar bursts, it feels a lot like Elevation--they can extend that intro as long as they need to, and when it lets loose it will be freaking glorious. Aside from that, it also feels thematically like an opener: Bono's dedicating his voice back to God, like an invocation to the Muse, and because it references singing so much it introduces the theme of sound that weaves through the album.



The Fly and No Line just have to be played side by side. The riffs match too well not to.


Unknown Caller would be great before Streets. It has the Walker Percy "ex-suicide" story, and the organ. Musically, that might be the best transition. And if someone were to convince them to lead into Unknown Caller with The Three Sunrises (Sun shine on me...), it would be .

 

[DontExpect]

The > indicates that it segues into the next song organically.

1. Magnificent
2. Get On Your Boots
3. Vertigo
4. Crazy Tonight
5. With Or Without You
6. The Fly >
7. No Line On The Horizon
8. Gone
9. Last Night On Earth
10. The Three Sunrises >
11. Unknown Caller >
12. Where The Streets Have No Name
13. Breathe
14. Beautiful Day

(Encore)
15. Ultraviolet
16. Bad
17. White As Snow
18. Lemon
19. Moment of Surrender
20. 40

Hey Zooronaut! Just made an On-The-Go playlist of your setlist and am going to give it a listen--it looks good, especially with a bunch of great live recordings thrown in there, especially the ones from the Somerville gig a few weeks back!

I'll let you know how it goes

 

[Zooronaut]

Wow, I'm flattered, DontExpect. I didn't realize anyone would pay that much attention to my setlist!
I hope you like it! I thought a lot about the order but I haven't even listened to it all the way through yet....

 

[Ifeelnumb84]

Wow, Three Sunrises into Unknown Caller would be amazing...though quite unrealistic.
Of course, who would have thought they'd play Miss Sarajevo and The Ocean with some regularity on the last tour?
While U2 don't really mix up the setlist, they aren't afraid to pull out something old if it makes sense.

 

[adypole]

another jab from me:

magnificent
please
unknown caller
where the streets have no name
city of blinding lights
ultraviolet light
bad
bullet the blue sky
seconds
exit
stand up comedy
get on your boots
vertigo
40
until the end of the world
the fly
mofo
no line on the horizon

_____
acrobat
moment of surrender
breathe
____
fez-being born
walk on

 

[BWU2Buffs]

people are crazy if they think the band is gonna stop playing one, streets, pride, bullet, vertigo, BD or sunday bloody sunday, those will be in every night, probably along with NYD and mysterious ways, and i'm sure with or without you, i still haven't found and until the end will be on most show's, you can't play a show w/ 60,000 people without those songs.

This would be very close to the dreaded 'greatest hits' tour that Def Leppard is on full time now.

Of the first 7 songs mentioned in your post, I will be surprised to see more than 2 each night. I'm not sure which 2, but some of these songs will be officially retired this time around IMO.

If I have to hear Bullet again, its my pee break.

Of those 7, I think the closest two songs to guaranteed are Streets and Vertigo -- Streets is the classic for us old-timers that works before or after quite a few songs, Vertigo is the up-tempo song many enjoy that brings the newer U2 fan along.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I think Zooropa would be a really great opener, but they always open with a song from their new album, i think NLOTH would be a great opener.

1. NLOTH
2. Get on your boots
3. Elevation
4. Wire
5. Magnificent
6. New Years Day
7. Crazy tonight
8. One Tree Hill
9. Moment of Surrender
10. Unforgettable Fire
11. Last night on earth
12. Breathe
b-stage
13. angel of harlem
14. stay /bstage
15. Being born
16. Bad
17. Where the steets have no name
---
18. Vertigo
19. Even better than the real thing
20. Do you feel loved?
21. Stand up Comedy
--
22. Unknown Caller
23. Zooropa
24. One

Wire might not really work, but other than that i think it kinda works.

 

[adypole]

heres another shot. I lurv making setlists

get on your boots
vertigo
mofo
magnificent
where the streets have no name
city of blinding lights
exit
no line on the horizon
bullet the blue sky
seconds
sunday bloody sunday
breathe
moment of surrender
please
walk on
unknown caller
ultraviolet light

acrobat
love is blindness
40
until the end of the world
stand up comedy

fez-being born
a sort of homecoming
one

 

[FlamingRudy]

First Night:

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Breathe
3. Magnificent
4. New Year´s Day
5. Vertigo
6. Crazy Tonight
7. Bad
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. Gone
10. Even better than the real Thing
11.Beautiful Day
12.Stand up Comedy
13. White as snow
14. Bullet the blue Sky
15. Moment of Surrender
16. Unknown Caller
17. Where the Streets have no Name
18. One

19. Being Born
20. Get on your boots
21. Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me
22. Ultra Violet

23. With or without you
24. City of blinding Lights


Second Night:

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Breathe
3. Magnificent
4. I will follow
5. Vertigo
6. Crazy Tonight
7. All I want is you
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. Ultra Violet
10. Mysterious Ways
11.Beautiful Day
12.Stand up Comedy
13. White as snow
14. Sunday bloody Sunday
15. Moment of Surrender
16. Unknown Caller
17. Where the Streets have no Name
18. One

19. Being Born
20. Get on your boots
21. Mofo
22. Until the End of the World

23. With or without you
24. City of blinding Lights


Third night:

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Breathe
3. Magnificent
4. New Year´s Day
5. Vertigo
6. Crazy Tonight
7. Still haven´t found...
8. City of blinding Lights
9. Even better than the real Thing
10. The Fly
11.Beautiful Day
12.Stand up Comedy
13. Stay
14. Please
15. Moment of Surrender
16. Unknown Caller
17. Where the Streets have no Name
18. One

19. Being Born
20. Get on your boots
21. Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me
22. Acrobat

23. With or without you
24. Walk on

 

[2861U2]

First Night:

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Breathe
3. Magnificent
4. New Year´s Day
5. Vertigo
6. Crazy Tonight
7. Bad
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. Gone
10. Even better than the real Thing
11.Beautiful Day
12.Stand up Comedy
13. White as snow
14. Bullet the blue Sky
15. Moment of Surrender
16. Unknown Caller
17. Where the Streets have no Name
18. One

19. Being Born
20. Get on your boots
21. Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me
22. Ultra Violet

23. With or without you
24. City of blinding Lights


Second Night:

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Breathe
3. Magnificent
4. I will follow
5. Vertigo
6. Crazy Tonight
7. All I want is you
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. Ultra Violet
10. Mysterious Ways
11.Beautiful Day
12.Stand up Comedy
13. White as snow
14. Sunday bloody Sunday
15. Moment of Surrender
16. Unknown Caller
17. Where the Streets have no Name
18. One

19. Being Born
20. Get on your boots
21. Mofo
22. Until the End of the World

23. With or without you
24. City of blinding Lights

Excellent! I'd kill to be at either of these shows. Except for possibly adding Cedars somewhere, these are the best setlists I've seen so far.

 

[Axver]

Trying for some realism, but I hope they have some more exciting picks for older songs than most of these ...

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Get On Your Boots
3. Vertigo
4. Desire
5. Crazy Tonight
6. Beautiful Day
7. A Sort Of Homecoming
8. Stay
9. White As Snow
10. Unknown Caller
11. Streets
12. Out Of Control
13. Stand Up Comedy
14. HMTMKMKM
15. Mysterious Ways
16. Magnificent

17. Breathe
18. Even Better Than The Real Thing
19. Last Night On Earth
20. Pride

21. City Of Blinding Lights
22. One or With Or Without You
23. Bad/Cedars

 

[djerdap]

An attempt at making a realistic setlist...

No Line on the Horizon
Get on Your Boots
Magnificent
The Unforgettable Fire
New Year's Day
Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me, Kill me
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet the Blue Sky
The Fly
Breathe
Mofo
Mysterious Ways
City of Blinding Lights
With or Without You
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
Beautiful Day
All I Want Is You


Fez-Being Born
Where the Streets Have No Name
Until the End of the World

One
Unknown Caller

 

[mikal]

here's my new guess. tried to be realistic and take into account that UF and AB are being remastered, so this tour is our real chance to hear some more rare songs from both albums.

1. Trance Intro
2. No Line On The Horizon
3. Get On Your Boots
4. Magnificent
5. Unknown Caller
6. A Sort Of Homecoming
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. Until The End Of The World
9. New Years Day
10. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
11. [Acoustic]Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
12. [Acoustic]I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
13. Moment Of Surrender
14. Where The Streets Have No Name
15. Beautiful Day
16. Vertigo

17. Fez/Being Born
18. Ultravioet
19. With Or Without You
20. City Of Blinding Lights

21. Desire
22. One
23. Breathe
24. Bad/Cedars

 

[Mauwer]

Hmm...here is my ( yet early ) guess
I also hope they will play more interesting old songs and suprises

01 - Unkown Caller
02 - Get On Your Boots
03 - Magnificent
04 - I Will Follow
05 - Until The End Of The World
06 - New Year`s Day
07 - Crazy Tonight
08 - No Line On The Horizon
09 - Bullet The Blue Sky
10 - Cedars Of Lebanon
11 - COBL
12 - Streets
13 - Pride
14 - Beautiful Day
15 - Vertigo

Encore 1
16 - Fez \ Being Born
17 - The Unforgetable Fire
18 - With Or Without You
19 - Breathe

Encore 2
19 - Stand Up Comedy
20 - One
21 - Moment Of Surrender

Cheers ,

Mauwer

 

[Veckatimest]

Night 1

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Get on Your Boots
3. Magnificent
4. Breathe
5. Vertigo
6. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
7. Dirty Day
8 Gloria
9. New Years Day
10. Beautiful Day
11. Seconds
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. White as Snow (Acoustic)
14. Staring at the Sun (Acoustic)
15. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Acoustic)
Electric
16. Pride (In the Name of Love)
17. Unknown Caller >>
18. Where the Streets Have no Name
19. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

Encore
20.City of Blinding Lights
21.Even Better Than the Real Thing
22.Mysterious Ways
23.Moment of Surrender
24.One
25.Bad/40

Night 2 and 3 Coming

 

[Veckatimest]

Night 2

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Get on Your Boots
3. Magnificent
4. Breathe
5. Vertigo
6. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
7. The Fly
8. Wire
9. New Years Day
10. Beautiful Day
11. I Still Havn't Found What I'm Looking For
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. White As Snow (Acoustic)
14. Yahweh (Acoustic)
15. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Acoustic)
16. Pride (In the Name of Love)
17. Unknown Caller >>
18. Where the Streets Have No Name
19. With or Without You

Encore

20.City of Blinding Lights
21.Discotheque
22.All I Want Is You
23.Moment of Surrender
24.One
25.Kite

 

[Veckatimest]

Night 3

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Get on Your Boots
3. Magnificent
4. Breathe
5. Vertigo
6. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
7. Gone
8. I Will Follow
9. New Years Day
10. Beautiful Day
11. Like a Song...
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. White As Snow (Acoustic)
14. Angel of Harlem (Acoustic)
15. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Acoustic)
16. Pride (In the Name of Love)
17. Unknown Caller >>
18. Where the Streets Have No Name
19. Red Hill Mining Town

Encore

20.City of Blinding Lights
21.Until the End of the World
22.One Tree Hill
23.Moment of Surrender
24.One
25.40

 

[believer75]

Here is a setlist that could be a possibility except for the inclusion of a couple of songs:
FEZ and then band plays Being Born
NLOTH
Breathe
Get On Your Boots
Real Thing
Vertigo
Crazy Tonight
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
White As Snow
In God's Country
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Please
One
City of Blinding Lights
Beautiful Day
Walk On or Kite


Encore:
Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
Magnificent
Ultraviolet

Second Encore:
Unknown Caller
Moment of Surrender

 

[the tourist]

01. No Line On The Horizon II
02. The Fly (played in the manner of the Boston DVD)
03. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
04. Get On Your Boots (no return to the ending after "let me in the sound" part, just directly into....)
05. Being Born (synth morphs into....)
06. Where The Streets Have No Name
07. City Of Blinding Lights (with no backing tracks, but with tonnes of shimmer on the guitar)
08. Magnificent
09. Electrical Storm
10. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
11. Beautiful Day
12. A Sort Of Homecoming
13. The Unforgettable Fire
14. Unknown Caller
15. Ultraviolet
16. Love Is Blindness

Encore Break

17. Zooropa
18. Last Night On Earth
19. Dirty Day
20. Exit

Encore Break

21. Your Blue Room (long intro)
22. Moment Of Surrender
23. Breathe
24. No Line On The Horizon

 

[dan_smee]

I just hope they open with either F-BB or Unknown Caller.

I won't be pleased if its GOYB. Too predictable, and would mean you miss out on a massive spine-tingler to start. Sure it has energy, but imagine either:

a) Whatever songs on the PA, then much louder the wierd organ linking piece thats in the middle of Fez before the key-change, and into the first part of Fez. People screaming, and Bono's voice ringing over the stadium with LET ME IN THE SOUND (like the influx Elevation mix before the elevation shows), then the linking piece and they all explode at once into Being Born.

b) the other music stops, lights go down, and you can hear birds. the stadium is pitch black and people start screaming. Edge and Larry slide onto stage in the cover of darkness. Larry plays the cymbal beat and Edge starts the slow riff. Only Edge and Larry sing the "sunshine, sunshine" bit. Adam and B go onstage, and the lights burst on as Edge hits the big G chord to go into the main song. All 4 are mic'd up, and the crowd go bananas with "Ohhh-o-o-ohhhh"

I prefer option b, but a is also good. Anything but GOYB

 

[believer75]

I just hope they open with either F-BB or Unknown Caller.

I won't be pleased if its GOYB. Too predictable, and would mean you miss out on a massive spine-tingler to start. Sure it has energy, but imagine either:

a) Whatever songs on the PA, then much louder the wierd organ linking piece thats in the middle of Fez before the key-change, and into the first part of Fez. People screaming, and Bono's voice ringing over the stadium with LET ME IN THE SOUND (like the influx Elevation mix before the elevation shows), then the linking piece and they all explode at once into Being Born.

b) the other music stops, lights go down, and you can hear birds. the stadium is pitch black and people start screaming. Edge and Larry slide onto stage in the cover of darkness. Larry plays the cymbal beat and Edge starts the slow riff. Only Edge and Larry sing the "sunshine, sunshine" bit. Adam and B go onstage, and the lights burst on as Edge hits the big G chord to go into the main song. All 4 are mic'd up, and the crowd go bananas with "Ohhh-o-o-ohhhh"

I prefer option b, but a is also good. Anything but GOYB

I also think that FEZ-Being Born could be worked into an interesting and dramatic opener. Also, I think Unknown Caller would work best as either the opener OR encore because using the birds, slow riffs and sunshines need time for the build up. I love the whole atmosphere of that song.