Setlist Speculation / Hopes / Desires / Fantasies

[Chizip]

Being in Vegas they have to play Two Shots of Happy One Shot of Sad

Also, bring back Last Night on Earth, that song is a rocker live

That's it

 

[prbiker15]

Well they’re already turning one of my fantasies into a reality by playing my favorite album of all time live.

But other than Achtung Baby, that city and venue screams “Justice for Pop”. Give me Do You Feel Loved, Gone, Please, Last Night on Earth…even if Popmart opening night was “meh” by U2 standards, they have a shot at redemption.

Really intrigued to see how they’re going to structure this setlist.

 

[Hewson]

Wishful thinking: No acoustic mini set.

Play AB in full (whether in order or not), add in a few war horses, HMTMKMKM, 3 songs from Pop, nothing from SOE, only Sleep Like a Baby and maybe Volcano from SOI, and a few early nuggets like OOC, Electric Co and Gloria.

Yeah that works.


Also:

If Peef makes the journey, play Achtung Baby in order but substitute Magnificent for The Fly that one show only so long as it's not 10/25.

 

[DeVaul]

Repeating myself here, but if they don’t play Discotheque inside a giant ball in Las Vegas, they’re really fucking stupid

 

[Chizip]

Good point

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'd be fine if they played most by not all of Achtung Baby, and mixed it up into a more ZooTV like set vs. JT30, but Achtung Baby now.

But I'm good either way.

I've never been to a first show of a tour before so going to try really damn hard to avoid spoilers.

 

[Chizip]

I did the opener of the Vertigo in San Diego and it was pretty amazing. Only thing that could spoil the opener is people posting soundcheck songs. Gonna avoid social media the days before.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Well... I think I'm going to get to Vegas Wednesday night, so I'll be drunk for a day and a half leading up to this thing so will likely forget anything I stumble upon anyways

 

[DeVaul]

SOS intro: Out of Control

R&H starter pack: “falling in love… with America” Hawkmoon 269/Heartland (rotating), AIWIY, Desire

AB in sequence

Zoo-Pop sensory overload: Numb, Discotheque

ZooTV: Bullet-RTSS-Streets

Larry sings Satellite of Love on pre-recorded video

Encore: Vertigo, IWF/Gloria/Electric Co (rotating), Invisible

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

If you're assuming that they're going to shoehorn a couple of SOS songs into the show, how does that work if you play Achtung Baby straight through?

I suppose you could open with AB, take break, come back with a mini SOS set, and then close with all the hits.

 

[DeVaul]

I’m only giving them one because that’s all it should be

 

[cobl04]

If Peef makes the journey, play Achtung Baby in order but substitute Magnificent for The Fly that one show only so long as it's not 10/25.

Repeating myself here, but if they don’t play Discotheque inside a giant ball in Las Vegas, they’re really fucking stupid

If they didn't play it on 360 they're not playing it here. They will ignore Pop entirely and in eight years time do the hugest ATYCLB30 world tour.

 

[cobl04]

Beyond my dreams: Zooropa, Passengers and Pop tracks, nothing released after 1997.

My dream: Bullet the Blue Sky / Running to Stand Still (electric guitar, allelujah and Dirty Old Town snippet) / Where the Streets Have No Name

Hopes: Achtung in full, opening the show. Full-band Stay, Lemon, a bunch of classics to close out the main set, including Mirrorball Man Desire. An encore that isn't just Beautiful Day, Vertigo, Every Breaking Wave, Love is Bigger and 13. Some searing tracks to close the show on a high.

Expectations: Achtung in full early on in the tour, cutting a few tracks by midway through, at least three SOI/E tracks, two or three songs in SOS style and an encore that makes you wish they'd played the show in reverse.

Please god no: Anything played in SOS style, American Soul, Own Way, Best Thing, The Miracle, Ordinary Love and about 10 other post-NLOTH songs

 

[Bluer White]

Red Flag Day

 

[dan_smee]

Would not be surprised if there’s an 80s medley/mega mix to start the show - IWF merging into SBS into Pride into Streets into WOWY into AiWIY into zoo station intro.

Maybe 10 minutes into AB in full.

Hopefully some fun with the 90s schtick - including some Pop love.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I think one thing is certain... The set on night one will be the set on night 25.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Following a basic theme of the JT30 gigs... how about this?

Zooropa
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Discotheque
Stay

Achtung Baby in full

Vertigo
Beautiful Day
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (SOS style)
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
Where The Streets Have No Name
Bad

 

[DeVaul]

If they didn't play it on 360 they're not playing it here. They will ignore Pop entirely and in eight years time do the hugest ATYCLB30 world tour.

They snippeted on 360, which was even more infuriating

 

[Chizip]

I think one thing is certain... The set on night one will be the set on night 25.

Edge did say this production won't give them as much flexibility with the setlist as they've had on previous tours, I had a little chuckle reading that

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Edge did say this production won't give them as much flexibility with the setlist as they've had on previous tours, I had a little chuckle reading that

The video production element is such that they're not going to be able to drop a song after 4 gigs... thus making it less flexible.

 

[rosephile]

Repeating myself here, but if they don’t play Discotheque inside a giant ball in Las Vegas, they’re really fucking stupid

Yesssss! Give us some Pop, unless you’re stupid!

 

[Chizip]

Yesssss! Give us some Pop, unless you’re stupid!

You should make that a sign and bring it to the show

 

[rosephile]

You should make that a sign and bring it to the show

I mean, I made one that was similar once but not aggressive. Maybe you gotta get in these guys’ face a bit. (uh, I’ll leave that to someone else irl)

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

"Play Discotheque you cowards," said the sign being held by the man with the Dirty Day wristband

 

[Chizip]

If they don't play Dirty Day I'm going to write my congressman

 

[DeVaul]

Following a basic theme of the JT30 gigs...

That’s why I figured a late 80s lead-in.
None of us are going to be happy no matter what they do, of course.

 

[cobl04]

Something like this would be wonderful.

Zoo Station
Even Better than the Real Thing
One
Until the End of the World
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
So Cruel
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Acrobat
Love is Blindness

Zooropa
Numb
Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Stand Still
Where the Streets Have No Name

Desire
Lemon
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
I Will Follow
Bad
40

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I don't think they'd play 40 without Larry

 

[DeVaul]

I don't think they'd play 40 without Larry

Correct

 

[Chizip]

A balls to the wall rendition of Please would be great