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25 Greatest Live Bands Now!
Spin.com is trying to keep the top half of its list of the 25 Greatest Live Bands Now! under wraps, wanting readers to seek out the September issue of the magazine to learn the identities of Nos. 10-1. Interference.com member Edgette has the magazine and is sharing the news that U2 has topped the list.
Check out scans from the issue here or get the article for yourself at your local newsstand. You can check out what Spin readers have to say about the list in the magazine's forum.
Of the band, Spin says:
Every generation gets the Bono it deserves, from the ponytailed shaman of "The Joshua Tree" to the leather-clad Ironosorous Rex who hosted ZooTV to the do-gooder of today. But despite the band's aesthetic whimsies (especially the iffy "Pop" tour), U2's must-see status has never wavered: The set lists spiffily update their vintage material, mixing requisite anthems ("Bad," "Sunday Bloody Sunday") with newly reenergized near classics ("The Electric Co.," "11 O'Clock Tick Tock"). But what's most impressive about U2's huge tours is that the quartet can cut through the precisely timed techno clutter and deliver moments of true spontaneity.
Best Moment: "Where the Streets Have No Name," whose near-ceremonial, late-in-the-show appearance never fails to feel momentus.
Congratulations to U2 and the entire Vertigo Tour crew on all their work in putting on the tour to see.
Spin.com is trying to keep the top half of its list of the 25 Greatest Live Bands Now! under wraps, wanting readers to seek out the September issue of the magazine to learn the identities of Nos. 10-1. Interference.com member Edgette has the magazine and is sharing the news that U2 has topped the list.
Check out scans from the issue here or get the article for yourself at your local newsstand. You can check out what Spin readers have to say about the list in the magazine's forum.
Of the band, Spin says:
Every generation gets the Bono it deserves, from the ponytailed shaman of "The Joshua Tree" to the leather-clad Ironosorous Rex who hosted ZooTV to the do-gooder of today. But despite the band's aesthetic whimsies (especially the iffy "Pop" tour), U2's must-see status has never wavered: The set lists spiffily update their vintage material, mixing requisite anthems ("Bad," "Sunday Bloody Sunday") with newly reenergized near classics ("The Electric Co.," "11 O'Clock Tick Tock"). But what's most impressive about U2's huge tours is that the quartet can cut through the precisely timed techno clutter and deliver moments of true spontaneity.
Best Moment: "Where the Streets Have No Name," whose near-ceremonial, late-in-the-show appearance never fails to feel momentus.
Congratulations to U2 and the entire Vertigo Tour crew on all their work in putting on the tour to see.
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