Bad has been played on every tour since its debut. Even though it was essentially cut on Popmart, it did appear very rarely. The band definitely got into it during Elevation and it ultimately dominated the Bad/AIWIY rotation.
Bad will make the cut, but it will be like Elevation tour, not played every night. It is a legendary live u2 song, it has to make the cut.
Although the song is incredible, I thought that a few nights on the last tour it sounded like the band were kind of running through the motions with this song. It sounded "tired." if thats the right word. This song and "NYD" I got that feeling about. Two live songs which are near the top of my list.
My hunch is that Bad, NYD, SBS, Pride, WOWY, IWF all show up this tour and get rotated -- sort of like the greatest hits lottery --- you get two, maybe three per night, tops. And, on rare occasions, like maybe the fourth night in Chicago -- you get a really rare gem, say Gloria or 11 O'Clock Tick Tock.
No flaming from me... I'm a strong believer in individualism. We're not all going to interpret songs the same way and therefore any kind of music will inspire different reactions from all of us.