I don't know if you realise this...

[Zooropean103]

... but this is the first tour since... lovetown? that includes songs from EVERY album (passengers included!). Pretty good for a tour that gets lots of bitching about the setlists huh?...

 

[The Disciple]

WOW... that's pretty amazing!

 

[If you shout...]

Yes, that is definitely true. While it still bothers me in principle (just because of all their talk about not bothering with the past, not wanting to be a greatest-hits band, etc....though this IS NOT A GREATEST HITS TOUR SO DON'T FLAME ME) sometimes, I am pleased that they've at least sort of payed attention to all the albums. It took 'em long enough, but I guess it's all good.

My main complaint isn't quite as much about albums being under-represented as it is about mostly the same songs being re-represented over and over and over again from those albums. I'd gladly take something other than "Pride" from The Unforgettable Fire or something--anything--other than "Sunday Bloody Sunday"/"New Year's Day" or "Bullet the Blue Sky" from War and The Joshua Tree, respectively.

But, yes...I can't help but admit to feeling a bit cozy that they've scooped out the occasional under-appreciated song from the back catalogue to give us lunatics something to be happy about (whether or not we admit we're happy, though, is another matter entirely...).

 

[LJT]

OK i think we can all respect that the guys HAVE to play a number of their hits at their concerts as the majority of people there are there for the hits....

So what would be an acceptable number of hits to play for a hardcore fan?

I agree with many for instance that Pride should go...but i would still like New Year's Day and the likes of Bullet to stay...

 

[Miricale_Drug]

new years day was the american break through song

Pride will never go. sorry.
With or without you / stil lhaven't found will never die

One will never go

Beauitful day is here for the long haul


So in summery of that:

U2 will almost certainly play
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Years Day
Pride
WOWY/ISHFWHLF
One
Mysterious Ways / The Fly
Beauitful Day
Vertigo

Then Fan Hits:
Streets
Bad will keep reappearing
I will follow/out of control

This is a minimum of 11 songs.

U2 obviuosly have to play songs from their current album. And then the rarer tracks. There will probably be 12 of them.
Sometimes/City/LAPOE/ABOY/Yahweh/MD gives us the current album stuff

Total of 18 Songs.

This means that there is up to 5 places up for 'Experimentation'

In reality this is 3 As 'Electric Co' and 'Elevation' will be there for rest of this tour. As i would guess will be Miss Sarajevo,

So every ngiht there is possibly 2 places open for the 'shocker' - For a long time one of these was ZOO Station. Now we have the first time / discoteque. What next? for the first time ever can honestly say... i dont no

 

[Stroubidoul]

I didn't like Miss Sarejevo that much before earing it in San Sebastian... But now... Wouaaaa