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The Elevation haters need to let that crusade go. If you have actually been at one of the shows, especially on the floor, you will realize there is NO WAY the band is going to ditch that song while the Vertigo Tour has breath in it. The crowd involvement and energy is off the hook. I'd gladly...

I think we get Electric Co. one last time (hasn't been played since Nov. 28; that was also the last performance of ABOY until 12/17)... but I'm also holding out hope for Out of Control, which has been known to grace tour-closing shows before. I also wouldn't rule out Bad working its way into...

I'm hoping for 40>Larry's "solo">Vertigo 2. Go out guns a-blazing.

To my dismay, All Because of You has been played just twice (Nov. 28 & Dec. 4) in the last 12 shows (that's as of Dec. 12). What gives? Are they just getting too bushed to rock out at the end of the show? I'm very surprised they're giving up on one of the few really up-tempo HTDAAB songs...

Sooooo tired of Ways. Unfortunately, the encores are looking pretty static for the stand-alone shows.

I've been purposefully brain-dead about the whole GA operation (I've just had reserved seats so far at other shows)... but since I have floor tix for Portland, I figured I should brush up on the procedure. How does it work? Is there benefit (a greater chance of getting inside the ellipse) to...

Hmmm... tough to talk about this without acknowledging that the band probably won't tinker with the core Vertigo setlist at all for 2006. The only time they've altered their pattern for a subsequent tour of "distant lands" was LoveTown, and even that kept certain linked elements and just moved...

Drop The Co.? Absurd. It's already been played too little. I pity the long-time fan who could only make it to one show on this tour, and got Mysterious Ways instead. It's one of their best live songs, and has been missing for too long as it is.

Elevation... and even though I know "to each his own," I don't understand how anyone who loves the harder, heavier edge of U2 (no pun intended) could pick anything else. I love the intro on the Vertigo version, when they get it right (the guitar echoing as Larry's funky drums cut... pretty...

Has anyone heard the 1993 NZ versions of One Tree Hill? Was it a snippet, a full electric version, what? Setlists show it came after One and before Unchained Melody on the two kiwi shows, Dec. 1, 1993 in Christchurch and Dec. 4, 1993 in Auckland.

I have to agree. At Vegas 2 it was a nice treat, because it hadn't been played much lately and the whole belly-dancing thing just seemed very *Vegas*. But the inclusion of the early rockers (The Co., Gloria, I Will Follow) has been one of the best parts of this tour. I felt blessed to finally...

They always manage to surprise and delight me. I took my wife for the first time; we sat in section 220, behind Adams left shoulder. Great sightlines; closer than the 200-level in Seattle. I got my tix through TM on-line back at the on-sale time; $50 standard plus the service crap. Guy behind...

Vegas 2: great show. The band was clearly tired by the end of the main set, but it was a good tired. They were giving it their all. Edge was animated all night, and seemed to be giving it that little extra. Bono... what can I say? He's been a freakin' trooper this whole tour. Probably the...

Showtime is listed as 8 p.m. for Vegas. What time should U2 hit the stage? Thanks!

Well, I don't think it will be played, and I never really thought it would. They might bring it out for the third leg, as they did with One Tree Hill in 1987... but modern U2 is a bit more set in its ways. I think they clearly like the set the way it runs now, and in the midst of a tour they...

If it was the bass, wasn't that Edge then, considering Adam and he usually switch instruments for 40? That used to be standard practice, and they did that in 40 when I saw them in Seattle.

I believe the current arrangement is very purposeful... that although it starts angry as always, it quickly grows tired and frayed. Edge's playing has a disillusioned, shell-shocked quality, as it slips into the ruminative, Johnny-Comes-Marching part. So I think I get what they're doing, but I...

Going into the tour, I think perhaps U2 saw the rust on some of the "classics," like SBS, NYD, Pride, WOWY, Bullet, One, Streets even. I don't believe they wanted to do these songs just for the sake of doing them; they wanted this show to have an artistic statement. But they found a way to both...

I never said it was "ok." My point is that railing about U2 have static sets is like yelling at a native Mexicano for not speaking English. The person could learn otherwise, but it sure isn't going to come naturally. I really don't think that U2 does share or will share in our belief that...

I've been as big a proponent of anyone for them to mix things up, and dig into the back catalog. But let's not forget, they trotted out The Electric Co. (hardly a hit single) for the first time in 18 years, and An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart (even more obscure) for the first time in 21 years and...

Vertigo Beautiful Day Pride> Streets One Pride>Sreets & One will be directly lifted from their currrent show, with probably some reduced patter from Bono. Besides covering "the hits," those three are at the core of the message of hope and inclusion that they're preaching on tour. Vertigo and...

I wasn't there, but I *am* 100 percent sure that the backing track to With or Without You started playing, as Bono was saying "Adam Clayton..." over and over. I have no idea whether Adam played a note of WOWY, but the backing music had CLEARLY started to play, and continued for several seconds...

When I saw Seattle I, Streets didn't move and thrill me at all, and that's the first time it's ever failed to do so at a show I've attended. I think the JT, Zoo TV, PopMart and Elevation versions (at least that I saw) were all spot-on and hair-raising.

I fully agree with Blue Room; no one "deserves" anything at a show other than the band's best effort. I also agree with him that I "deserve" to see One Tree Hill. :wink: Especially these days, if you give a rip, you can find out what they're playing and sell your ticket (quite possibly at a...

Back in the days after JT was released, and I was busy sitting in Sociology class drawing up would-be setlists, MLK>Streets was my opening for the JT tour, and I still have mix tapes (or now, iPod mixes) with the MLK outro blending into the Streets intro. In hindsight, it wouldn't have worked...