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i get there's a difference of opinion - but i don't need to see "new" to be entertained. and i don't consider a band playing their own songs to be them turning into a tribute band of themselves.

touring for touring's sake is not giving up.
I'll certainly give you that. Touring is freaking hard no matter what you're out there for. It's certainly not giving up.

and yeah, I get it. It is just a difference of opinion. I don't watch a whole lot of sports for the same reason. I'm not expecting to see anything different/new from week-to-week. So what's the point. Granted, U2 is something more magical than that in a live setting; hence the debate I'd have to have with myself.

Essentially I'd love a U2 hits tour, if they went away for a longer period of time; which it's already been pointed out, they don't really have that luxury.
 
You don't need to see new, but you need all those other songs you've seen played like 20 times already once again?

I've had my fill of the hits.
That's why I think it would be cool if they did something ala what Biffy Clyro just did. Play 3 nights in a city, and play a different album in full each night. They did it with their first 3 albums, but U2 could do something cool like "NYC, you're getting Pop, HTDAAB, and Boy".
 
The best gig I have seen from them was 2015 in Glasgow,gloria 40 and bad all played. All the new songs flowed well with the old.

It was a fantastic gig from start to finish. They certainly have the songs to do a varied greatest hits tour.
 
i get there's a difference of opinion - but i don't need to see "new" to be entertained. and i don't consider a band playing their own songs to be them turning into a tribute band of themselves.

touring for touring's sake is not giving up.
Everyone has a different way of appreciating this band - and thus values something different from it.

Me? I've seen U2 enough times that I honestly don't care if I ever see them live again. But new music? That's what I look forward to.
 
I've started fantasising about travelling to Dublin for their last ever shows. 30 songs, career-spanning, none of the new garbage, that's what I want. Not interested in a new album, because we know it's not going to be a true reflection of where they're really at.
 
I’m always up for more new U2 music. I think a hard and fast view of it against their old stuff is bound to lead to disappointment, and there is no shame in enjoying it for what it is.

I still get excited for my first listen of a new u2 song, and still feel the magic of those humans making sounds together.

I would be happy with whatever they give us, and if new music doesn’t happen (I think if Larry could never come back we’d at least get SOA), then a greatest hits tour would be amazing.

The most positive thing u2 fandom for me is the recent edge quote about Bono not liking his voice on the HtDAAB demos, but they still released them. If nothing else I hope this is an indication that the vaults may be slowly opening with each of these album anniversaries and we might end up hearing some real lost gems.
 
They've got such a massive back catalogue of songs and styles that the options for tours in the time they have left are endless. Even some one-off shows themed around eras which are filmed and released would be a great way to celebrate those songs which never see the light of day normally.
 
I'm not being delusional.

18-20 static war horses and 4 rotating war horses. All the hits. All the songs that took on new life live. Every night. Streets. One. Sunday bloody Sunday. Bad. Out of Control. Beautiful Day. Bullet. The Fly. WOWY. Still Haven't Found. Pride. Vertigo. Mysterious Ways. Until The End Of The World. I Will Follow. Gloria. Discotheque. Stay. Even Better Than The Real Thing. City of Blinding Lights.

Rotate Zoo Station, 11'O'Clock Tick Tock, Acrobat, Zooropa, Two Hearts, Exit, Running To Stand Still. Elevation, Stuck.

Bada bing bada boom take my money. All of it.

I'd see as many shows as my wife would allow me to before divorcing me for seeing too many shows.
 
I'm not being delusional.

18-20 static war horses and 4 rotating war horses. All the hits. All the songs that took on new life live. Every night. Streets. One. Sunday bloody Sunday. Bad. Out of Control. Beautiful Day. Bullet. The Fly. WOWY. Still Haven't Found. Pride. Vertigo. Mysterious Ways. Until The End Of The World. I Will Follow. Gloria. Discotheque. Stay. Even Better Than The Real Thing. City of Blinding Lights.

Rotate Zoo Station, 11'O'Clock Tick Tock, Acrobat, Zooropa, Two Hearts, Exit, Running To Stand Still. Elevation, Stuck.

Bada bing bada boom take my money. All of it.

I'd see as many shows as my wife would allow me to before divorcing me for seeing too many shows.
It would absolutely tear down every stadium it played in. Stadiums, not arenas. That opening JT30 pack of hits but for 2 hours. They could do it now or at the end, and I’d be similarly broke. And I hate stadium shows.
 
I'm not being delusional.

18-20 static war horses and 4 rotating war horses. All the hits. All the songs that took on new life live. Every night. Streets. One. Sunday bloody Sunday. Bad. Out of Control. Beautiful Day. Bullet. The Fly. WOWY. Still Haven't Found. Pride. Vertigo. Mysterious Ways. Until The End Of The World. I Will Follow. Gloria. Discotheque. Stay. Even Better Than The Real Thing. City of Blinding Lights.

Rotate Zoo Station, 11'O'Clock Tick Tock, Acrobat, Zooropa, Two Hearts, Exit, Running To Stand Still. Elevation, Stuck.

Bada bing bada boom take my money. All of it.

I'd see as many shows as my wife would allow me to before divorcing me for seeing too many shows.
Yes! And I know they had a hard time rotating that Sphere interlude the way they advertised. However, I totally understand being in a brand new to the world venue, having your first line up change and focusing on playing a whole album limited them in this regard . It had to have.

I think the far better fan experience was getting all the Sphere integration right- especially for the AB songs.

I still have every bit of faith in the world in them to rotate 5 songs around and have a solid 12-15 ready to go in addition to an 18-20 baseline you mention . Hell, they came reasonably close on Vertigo and I&E. Especially Vertigo.

They could even through in an Invisible here, an Atomic City there, an Atomic Bomb re-release here and a brand new song there. 1 of the 5 rotators being something new if they need to satisfy that urge.

Just, as you always advocate for, headache, GET OUT THERE and play your songs! That’s why I’m assuming most of us love this band, their songs! LMAO

That opening run of songs on the JT30 tour was amazing. As was the almost uninterrupted run through the bangers in set 2 on I&E . The crowd/band connection and overall energy is far and away the best when they barrel through the anthems like that.
 
Saw AC/DC this year. Of the original band only Angus is still there. Brian's voice was poor and he appeared out of shape. Over half of the concert was stuff prior to 1980. They played 2 songs from their most recent album, which by then was 2 years old.
The concert was one of my favourite shows I ever attended by anyone.
Perhaps talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
 
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They've got such a massive back catalogue of songs and styles that the options for tours in the time they have left are endless.

Nope. Not when Bono’s voice is shot to bits. His lower register is mostly gone. Many many older songs just wouldn’t work or would be embarrassingly bad compared to the original. Like no way he can sing Gloria like he used to. I think their options re older material are actually very limited.

This is why I’d prefer new material. Craft some songs that suit his present day voice. The mixing and production needs to get better though. I’d bury his voice deeper. It’s way too out front and harsh on SOI and slightly less so on SOE.

Bono’s voice and Edge’s refusal to make interesting sounds is what has killed this band over the past 15 years.
 
Nope. Not when Bono’s voice is shot to bits. His lower register is mostly gone. Many many older songs just wouldn’t work or would be embarrassingly bad compared to the original. Like no way he can sing Gloria like he used to. I think their options re older material are actually very limited.

This is why I’d prefer new material. Craft some songs that suit his present day voice. The mixing and production needs to get better though. I’d bury his voice deeper. It’s way too out front and harsh on SOI and slightly less so on SOE.

Bono’s voice and Edge’s refusal to make interesting sounds is what has killed this band over the past 15 years.
I heard Gloria live many times in 2018 and the crowd went nuts every single time. Of course Bono can't sing as he use to. By no means he can yell Wide Awake like in 87, but still they can play pretty emotional Bad live...
 
I'm not being delusional.

18-20 static war horses and 4 rotating war horses. All the hits. All the songs that took on new life live. Every night. Streets. One. Sunday bloody Sunday. Bad. Out of Control. Beautiful Day. Bullet. The Fly. WOWY. Still Haven't Found. Pride. Vertigo. Mysterious Ways. Until The End Of The World. I Will Follow. Gloria. Discotheque. Stay. Even Better Than The Real Thing. City of Blinding Lights.

Rotate Zoo Station, 11'O'Clock Tick Tock, Acrobat, Zooropa, Two Hearts, Exit, Running To Stand Still. Elevation, Stuck.

Bada bing bada boom take my money. All of it.

I'd see as many shows as my wife would allow me to before divorcing me for seeing too many shows.
I would totally love this kind of tour. I would even got divorced for it, if I was married:LOL:
But sadly, according to u2songs, U2 tour crew are no longer on hold for next summer.:cry: So now we might be closer to a nuclear war than to a U2 tour:mad:
 
The idea that they were touring should have been taken with as big a grain of salt as the idea that now they aren't. U2songs has been right before, and they've been wrong before.

But if they truly are punting on 2025 already that's a huge mistake.

Again... Just PLAY YOUR SONGS.

We're all getting older. You are, we are. I can't keep doing this shit for ever either lol. Get out there and play live. Tell Willie he can build another giant screen, with rockets and a T-shirt gun coming out the top. Whatever. Just do it.
 
A hits tour would be pretty cool. I loved the sphere show and it was quite possibly my favorite concert ever but the energy tends to get sucked out of the room when U2 plays the rarities. I remember even my boyfriend who is a casual saying that he wasn’t fully invested into the show until the greatest hits encore.
 
A hits tour would be pretty cool. I loved the sphere show and it was quite possibly my favorite concert ever but the energy tends to get sucked out of the room when U2 plays the rarities. I remember even my boyfriend who is a casual saying that he wasn’t fully invested into the show until the greatest hits encore.
And that's my argument to those who say that JT30 and Sphere were already hits shows.

Take JT30 for example. Sunday Bloody Sunday through Bullet was amazing. Banger after banger after banger.

Running to Stand Still was known enough, and obviously there will always be some slower songs out there. But from there on the vibe definitely shifted. Yes - the crazies loved hearing Red Hill for the first time. But there was a lot more "chatter" from the stadium crowd even into Exit. Then it picked back up on the encore (dying a slow death for Miss Sarajevo).

They could crush stadiums playing nothing but hits. It would also be a hell of a reminder to people just how many great songs they actually have. It's what (most) people want. Give it to them.


I'm an ideal world they'd also play a fan club only club show at each city, similar to what the Stones did once, and play deeper cuts. But we know that's unlikely.
 
And that's my argument to those who say that JT30 and Sphere were already hits shows.

Take JT30 for example. Sunday Bloody Sunday through Bullet was amazing. Banger after banger after banger.

Running to Stand Still was known enough, and obviously there will always be some slower songs out there. But from there on the vibe definitely shifted. Yes - the crazies loved hearing Red Hill for the first time. But there was a lot more "chatter" from the stadium crowd even into Exit. Then it picked back up on the encore (dying a slow death for Miss Sarajevo).

They could crush stadiums playing nothing but hits. It would also be a hell of a reminder to people just how many great songs they actually have. It's what (most) people want. Give it to them.


I'm an ideal world they'd also play a fan club only club show at each city, similar to what the Stones did once, and play deeper cuts. But we know that's unlikely.
Yep. That tour was actually rough. Died down during side B of Joshua Tree. What were they thinking with Miss Sarajevo???
 
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