What's a better closer for a show?

[00Kevin]

Bad or 40?

 

[Axver]

40.

Bad.

40.

Bad.

... 40! That is my final answer!

 

[Ellay]

Bad's much more up tempo

40's a better sing along


So i'll have to say vertigo (x2)

 

[Zooropean103]

Vertigo x2

 

[popacrobat]

Bad

 

[discothequeLP]

both!

 

[KUEFC09U2]

vertigo x2

 

[bathiu]

Vertigo

 

[Nube Gris]

Mofo

 

[popacrobat]

i like vertigo x2 to end the show, but bad is better.

like i've said, i rank them bad > vertigo > 40. i've seen all three close shows multiple times, and i can safely say that.

 

[RademR]

Bad has been the best so far, 40 is right there with it though.

Out of Control would be the best closer, though.

 

[Numb1075]

I was at NJ 2 for this tour and they closed w/ Bad. It was unfreakingbelievable. I think it would be tough to top that. With that being said, I've never been to a U2 show where they finish w/ 40.

All things being equal, I think 40 is the better closer....of course if Bad was elsewhere in the set.

 

[Westblue]

crumbs from your table or walk on (but this one is highly unlikely)

 

[Bluer White]

Walk On. The lyrics make it a great fit.

To me, 40 is too much of a downer to end the show with. Better used as a transitional piece.

 

[U2ElevatesMe415]

40

 

[Drea]

40, definitely... But having the last two songs be Bad then 40? Absolute bloody heaven

 

[Axver]

40, definitely... But having the last two songs be Bad then 40? Absolute bloody heaven

Seconded

 

[00Kevin]

40, definitely... But having the last two songs be Bad then 40? Absolute bloody heaven

That's what they did at my concert.

 

[Harbinger]

Bad --> 40 (full, not just a snippet) --> Vertigo x1 would kick serious butt IMO.

 

[God Part III]

Bad into 40.... I mean, how come we never thought of this genius before it was played?

 

[Ellay]

At the Astoria in 2001, they played a monster version of Bad that went on for AGES, Bono got into the crowd and we all held him up (I had his right knee I think)..

They left the stage so we all started singing 40, and then they came back on and played it.

It was awesome, I didn't think the crowd singing at the very end was ever going to stop.

Until the End of the World
Beautiful Day
Elevation/Stepping Stone (Monkees Cover)
Stuck in a Moment
Gone
Discotheque
Staring at the Sun
New York
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
I Will Follow
Desire
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Mysterious Ways
One
Unchained Melody (segues directly in from One)
All I Want is You
Bad (Ruby Tuesday/Sympathy for the Devil)
"40" Sung by Crowd - U2 has left the stage.
U2 return to stage to play "40"

 

[Aparofan]

I'd have to go with 40 although I thought Bad worked really well as a closer earlier in the tour.

 

[Mynthor]

Nobody has tough of Yaweh???

 

[Blue Room]

Bad, hands down.

Its funny though, before this tour I would have probebly said Bad would be a "bad" closer. But it works VERY well. I was excited about 40 during rehearsals but I think it was because of nostalgia more than anything. I think 40 is a good closer (as it was on the JT, Unf. Fire and War tours.) But I dont think it works as well on this tour. It just doesnt seem to fit the show for me for some reason.

 

[Only Alive]

Last Night On Earth.

Or 40.

-Nick

 

[AtomicBono]

GONE!!

 

[BoMac]

Love is Blindness!