theu2fly said:Rumor has it, Bono didn't want Zoo Station opening the ZOOTV concerts, they did a dress rehearsal where they played Pride, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, then Zoo Station...
Thats not true at all, they were just playing new songs that night and they did what they planned to doerfect Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Years Day, songs which had not been played in years, they also probably wanted to see how Pirde sounded straight after new years day. After those first three songs that setlist SBS, NYD and Pride they played a normal set with Pride even closing the main set, (that is the only concert with Pridex2) They continued to open with Zoo Station for the rest of the tour and NYD was played in the set every concert after and SBS in a lot of concerts after during the 2nd and 3rd legs
Admittedly there is a recording where they rehearse opening with Acrobat, they play the George Bush Rap, then Acrobat then Zoo Station but this never matieralised.
Keeping with the tone of the thread I love this song, it is the perfect opener for a perfect album and a perfect tour