** SPOILERS** The soundcheck thread

[Earth_Angel]

Anxious to hear what Chi 5 gets. We were at Chi 3 & 4 and Bono was the ultimate performer for Crystal Ballroom!! Both nights we stood closer to e-stage, but Gloria was incredible too, even though I couldn't really see them.

 

[The_acrobat]

Stuck and IALW for the e-stage "wild card set".


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[corianderstem]

Not seeing much Twitter buzz, except that Larry, Adam and Edge came and signed about 45 mins. - 1 hour ago. No Bono or soundcheck reports. Think Two Hearts will wait til Boston or NYC...

Bono was out there as well, apparently.

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[Lila64]

Not full band, no. But Bono and Edge did play it with BB King in 2008, so they at least had a little practice.

BB King tribute in a Blues city like Chicago would work well.

Yeah, it would have

 

[ben.heff10]

I want to go down to listen to soundcheck today. What time do they usually start at?

 

[Pop Artist]

They usually start soundcheck around 3:30-4, could be a little later or as early as 2-ish.

 

[LemonMelon]

Confirmed rumor: Crystal Ballroom was soundchecked this afternoon.

 

[corianderstem]

A friend on FB is teasing: "something old that has not been played yet on tour has been soundchecked. Not Two Hearts."

I don't see anything on Twitter about soundcheck songs, other than a mention of Invisible.

 

[prbiker15]

I have a feeling Two Hearts will be the Drowning Man of this tour. What could it be?

 

[bobsaget77]

Maybe it's Running To Stand Still....I'd love to see it replace Hands/Pride.


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[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'm going with One Tree Hill.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Could be An Catr Dubh or arguably 11TT/Ocean depending on how you interpret the word "tour". NYD fits the description, especially if the twitter user isn't overly excited.

RTTS would be very welcome. Very cool guitar version at the Coliseum in Vancouver.

 

[daygloeyes2]

It was New Years Day.

 

[trojanchick99]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[prbiker15]

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It was New Years Day.

About time.

 

[U2FanPeter]

It was New Years Day.

What new song get's the heave-ho?

I'm hoping SBS gets dumped and Please/NYD get added to the opening half of the show.

This also means that U-Fire would be the ONLY song on the 80-90 comp that hasn't been played/rehearsed on the 2 dozen or so shows so far.

 

[Outsider]

It was New Years Day.

Awesome! Keep it on the rotation if it's not a big ole sound check tease


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[Axver]

I don't see anything on Twitter about soundcheck songs, other than a mention of Invisible.

It was New Years Day.

Just curious where this has been reported, since my Twitter search powers must be poor.

 

[trojanchick99]

daygloeyes2 heard it herself. She was in the GA line.

 

[Axver]

Oh sorry, didn't realise that!

Any further reports? I haven't found that tweet of Invisible.

 

[DeVaul]

What new song get's the heave-ho?



I'm hoping SBS gets dumped and Please/NYD get added to the opening half of the show.

A man can dream. Please and this screen should've been an obvious call months ago.


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[corianderstem]

Oh sorry, didn't realise that!

Any further reports? I haven't found that tweet of Invisible.

I saw it browsing through the #u2ietour tag. I *think* it was posted by one of the atU2 staffers who is at the show I could be confusing that with other tweets I saw from atU2Sherry, though.

 

[nitebusnitebus]

The Fly!!!

will never ever get sick of this song. they could play it every single show and it would always be great.

 

[trojanchick99]

I love that damn song. Curious how they'll play it with just one guitar. It reminds me of when they soundchecked it in Seattle. The person who is very, very excited about this soundcheck is me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw25UrixFeg

 

[prbiker15]

The Fly!!!

Wow! Loved hearing it live on the last tour. I would lose my shit if they even considered doing the Elevation Tour version, since Bono's not playing guitar on that one.

 

[U2FanPeter]

I'm conflicted with this one. Except Popmart, it's been played on every tour for the past 23 years. I'd really only welcome it if it replaced EBTTRT and the band actually got some better mileage out of their multi million dollar screen.

In Vancouver the day after Fallon they did a one-off Bono-Edge acoustic guitar version of this song. No twang singing and no voice distortion. An interesting take, but really only a novelty worth a couple of airings. This tweet doesn't say if it's electric or acoustic, full band or duo.

I LOVE this song, but can't help but being annoyed at the near complete lack of 2015 setlist in-sight into their back catalogue that made the past couple tours so fascinating. Basically, all the "rarities" so far are new songs or just rehashes from the past couple tours. It single handedly re-enforces the notion that U2 are only a singles act and don't have a half dozen GREAT albums.

 

[nitebusnitebus]

I'm conflicted with this one. Except Popmart, it's been played on every tour for the past 23 years. I'd really only welcome it if it replaced EBTTRT and the band actually got some better mileage out of their multi million dollar screen.

In Vancouver the day after Fallon they did a one-off Bono-Edge acoustic guitar version of this song. No twang singing and no voice distortion. An interesting take, but really only a novelty worth a couple of airings. This tweet doesn't say if it's electric or acoustic, full band or duo.

I LOVE this song, but can't help but being annoyed at the near complete lack of 2015 setlist in-sight into their back catalogue that made the past couple tours so fascinating. Basically, all the "rarities" so far are new songs or just rehashes from the past couple tours. It single handedly re-enforces the notion that U2 are only a singles act and don't have a half dozen GREAT albums.

the next tweet talks about it featuring a segue into Invisible. you and I have the same thought, Peter. while I love Electric Co, Gloria, etc they were also just done on Vertigo. the most excitement we get out of setlist threads are appearances of Bad or AIWIY, both played fairly regularly. there hasn't been an Ultraviolet/UF/HMTMKM/Zooropa/etc moment this tour yet aside from In God's Country or When Love Comes to Town. hilariously, many of us are begging for the return of New Year's Day. don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed the tour so far, but there hasn't been a song revival that's really knocked us all on our feet.

that said, the Fly is always a great song and I think would be the perfect choice to return to the stage and get the audience's attention, something that Invisible (a song I do really love and think works) doesn't really do. The Fly would get people back, and then Invisible would fare a lot better I think.

 

[bobsaget77]

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The Fly, UTEOW and NYD could be played every concert of every tour and they would never get old.

What if The Fly is added after UTEOW and Invisible ends the opening set....that'd be sick. Real Thing could open set 2.

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[nitebusnitebus]

The Fly, UTEOW and NYD could be played every concert of every tour and they would never get old.


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I agree. these are the three biggest of the regulars that I would agree with. none of these songs have ever sounded tired throughout their live history, nor would I have any complaints about revisions/etc

I would've said the same about Even Better but it feels really...off this tour. it gets good when they get onto the e-stage, but it really doesn't work until then I don't think. I understand it's the way they're able to transition to the e-stage, but I don't really think it works that well energy wise, or in the version they're playing, which worked perfectly on 360, but not so much here.

and I'd be very surprised if UTEOTW wasn't the last song of the first set. it works perfectly there, being "the end of the world" and all, which really fits the first set's theme. we've established the second set has no theme whatsoever, so I think the Fly would fit perfectly as the opener.

 

[trojanchick99]

The Fly into Invisible would be the best thing to happen to Invisible. It seems people get confused when it starts in the screen and don't really react until the big reveal. And any excuse to play The Fly is a good one.