big setlist omissions from SOE

[Celebration]

Disappointed to see no mention of Landlady, Summer of Love or Red Flag Day being rehearsed (or Drowning Man). Sorry gents but Showmen is the weakest track on the record.

 

[Macfistowannabe]

An interview of Adam revealed that they rehearsed "Drowning Man" for the 360 Tour, but decided it wasn't going to work.

"We rehearsed up a version of "Drowning Man" for the 360° tour. I think we rehearsed it up until the moment we were rehearsing in stadiums. I think some of the fan chatter said that. I think in the end it seemed like really an obscure song to submit a stadium audience to [laughs]. But it has something. It really does have something. What we were doing with it was quite interesting, but you instinctively know that's not going to carry in a stadium. It could carry in a club situation because it is … that's right off War. It probably isn't that well-known, but it is a beautiful piece of music, really evocative. Perhaps there is a way to put it in."

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...-joshua-tree-tour-songs-of-experience-126429/

Agreed on The Showman. I usually skip it, though it does fit the live theme.

And Landlady, Summer, and Red Flag Day would be great, even if rotated for inclusion by the night.

 

[kabigon]

Did they decide Drowning Man wasn't going to work before or after playing Your Blue Room multiple times?

 

[zoopop]

Did they decide Drowning Man wasn't going to work before or after playing Your Blue Room multiple times?

I think before. Your Blue Room came during the 2nd leg of the 360 tour and I think that was all Bono. He wanted to tie it in with the space theme going on.

I saw Blue Room in Houston and it was a surreal moment. Very out there but cool. Felt like the whole stadium was in a trance.

 

[YBORCITY]

I still would have thought Landlady and The Little Things That Give You Away would both fit into the narrative, even on a rotational basis and their my favorite songs on the album.