Reworking the SoE setlist...

[theu2fly]

While I initially have no complaints with the setlist itself, it seems rather odd to be playing a continuation of Innocence songs on the Experience tour even they go hand in hand. That being said, any kind of 'swap outs' or additional songs aren't too rare because they won't straight up play a ton of rarities (alienating their audience)

That being said, here's what I believe is a realistic setlist with better segues.

1. Love Is All We Have Left
2. The Blackout
3. Lights Of Home
4. Beautiful Day
5. I Will Follow
6. Last Night On Earth
7. All Because Of You
8. The Ocean
9. Landlady
10. Red Flag Day
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Until the End of the World
(Intermission - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me)

13. Elevation
14. Vertigo
15. Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
16. Acrobat
17. Book Of Your Heart
18. Summer Of Love
19. Pride (In the Name of Love)
20. Get Out Of Your Own Way
21. American Soul
22. City of Blinding Lights

encore(s):
23. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in its Way
24. 13 (There Is A Light)
25. The Little Things That Give You Away

12 Songs from SOE.

A little more structure as once you go past Acrobat, thought Book Of Your Heart is almost a ZooTV/AB type song, so it allows Bono to play up MacPhisto very theatrical.

Then Summer Of Love starts to veer into a more political type direction.

A song from POP to showcase more of a rocker than just ABOY. Segue from Ocean into Landlady would be seamless.

 

[nbelcik]

I posted this in another thread but here's mine:

So...I think I fixed the setlist, I tried to substitute certain songs in the set with other songs that had similar themes but I tried to make the show more experience focused instead of innocence and take advantage of the newer and cooler screen so I chose songs that I think would have cool visuals, additionally I tried to make sure it was lighter on stuff that was played on JT 2017 and I+E aside from the big hits:

1. Love Is All We Have Left
2. The Blackout
3. Lights of Home
4. Beautiful Day
5. Discotheque (to kick off the mini Pop set and replace All Because of You)
6. Gone (replacing I Will Follow)
7. Mofo (replacing Iris, they're both about Bono's mom but Mofo is from an older man's perspective)
8. Kite (replacing Cedarwood Road and this song is about Bono's dad)
9. Landlady (replacing Song for Someone, this is the Ali song)
10. Seconds (always felt this song had a bigger world focus than SBS thus fits more with experience plus it shows they were writing about experience at an early age)
11. Please (replacing Raised By Wolves, this is more of an experience song)
12. Until the End of the World (duh)
*intermission* Numb
13. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (this should kick off the encore, it's one of their best live songs and playing a prerecorded version in the intermission is a cop out, replacing Elevation)
14. The Fly (replacing Vertigo)
15. A Man and a Woman (here's where the acousticish section starts, replacing Staring at the Sun)
16. You're the Best Thing About Me
17. Desire (full band)
18. Acrobat
19. Bullet the Blue Sky
20. Drowning Man (used as a transition piece)
21. Where the Streets Have No Name (replacing City of Blinding Lights)
22. Pride
23. Get Out Of Your Own Way
24. American Soul
*encore break*
25. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
26. All I Want Is You (replacing One)
27. Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It's Way

 

[allbecauseofu2]

Guess anythings possible since acrobats being played.

 

[The_acrobat]

I actually wish I could’ve seen the Tulsa setlist. Just remove SFS and add NYD, and I’d be very happy. I’m ok with TJT not being there.

 

[DeVaul]

You people are crazy. They're lazy. They're not going to do a Pop mini set. You have to make the switch outs easier and still keep the thematic consistency. Drop SOI songs for other songs. The hits have to remain in same qty.

Love Is All We Have Left
The Blackout
Lights of Home
Beautiful Day
The Best Thing
I Will Follow
The Ocean
Iris (Hold Me Close)
Cedarwood Road
Landlady (with SFS coda)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Please
UTEOTW
-Elevation Influx PA-
HMTMKMKM
Acrobat
The Showman
Desire
Vertigo
Red Flag Day
Staring at the Sun
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Pride (In the Name of Love)
Get Out of Your Own Way
American Soul
City of Blinding Lights
-
WGRYWH
One
TLTTGYA
Love is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (with 13 coda)

I'm fine with the mostly downer ending being lifted up by Love is Bigger to send everyone out on a high note.

 

[Tommy WM]

If I was Willie Williams I would push for this set list. Nothing extremely crazy and also quite easy to rotate a few songs without drastically changing the themes of the show.

Love is All We Have Left (purely as an intro piece with no awkward Bono lip sync)
1. The Blackout
2. Lights of Home
3. All Because of You
4. I Will Follow
5. The Ocean
6. New Years Day
7. A Sort of Homecoming
8. Get Out of Your Own Way
9. 13
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday
11. Raised By Wolves
12. Until the End of the World
HMTMKMKM (interval)
13. The Fly (Bono as the Fly)
14. Acrobat
15. The Miracle of Joey Ramone (acoustic)
16. Staring at the Sun (acoustic)
17. The Little Things That Give You Away
18. Zooropa
19. Where The Streets Have No Name
20. Pride
21. American Soul

22. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
23. Love is Bigger Than Anything Else
24. Angel of Harlem
25. Bad/40

Definitely include The Electric Co, Gloria, Out of Control and Two Hearts Beat as One in the opening rotation slot. SOH needs to make an appearance but realistically I can see Beautiful Day taking that spot. Switch up Staring at the Sun with either Stay or Stuck in a Moment. An acoustic Joey Ramone can be used to switch up You're the Best Thing About Me. Drop the Macphisto persona so we can pull back on some of the cringe. Bring back The Fly (both the song and persona) to liven up the place. Zooropa -> Streets segue is simply SUPERB. Close the show on a high with Bad, 40 (whole song or snippet) or All I Want is You.

 

[Gonna Run 2 U]

1) Love Is All We Have Left
2) Red Flag Day
3) Electric Co
4) Gloria
5) Beautiful Day
6) Iris
7) Cedarwood Road
8) Sunday Bloody Sunday
9) New Years Day
10) Heartland
11) Acrobat
12) Mysterious Ways
13) Staring At The Sun
14) Party Girl
15) Landlady
Intermission HMTMKMKM
16) Lights Of Home
17) Bad
18) Pride
19) A Sort Of Homecoming
20) Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
21) City Of Blinding Lights
22) All I Want Is You
23) Where The Streets Have No Name

Encore
24) Kite
25) Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It’s Way
26) 13

 

[jphelmet]

1) Love Is All We Have Left
2) Red Flag Day
3) Electric Co
4) Gloria
5) Beautiful Day
6) Iris
7) Cedarwood Road
8) Sunday Bloody Sunday
9) New Years Day
10) Heartland
11) Acrobat
12) Mysterious Ways
13) Staring At The Sun
14) Party Girl
15) Landlady
Intermission HMTMKMKM
16) Lights Of Home
17) Bad
18) Pride
19) A Sort Of Homecoming
20) Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
21) City Of Blinding Lights
22) All I Want Is You
23) Where The Streets Have No Name

Encore
24) Kite
25) Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It’s Way
26) 13

That would be a huge improvement and a great show.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Fixed... Only added one song that isn't currently being played, but it's from the new album so it fits. Otherwise just moved some things around and changed acoustic to full band.




01 - Love is All We Have Left

02 - The Blackout

03 - Lights of Home

04 - I Will Follow / Mother (snippet)

05 - Gloria / Van Morrison's Gloria (snippet)

06 - The Best Thing (full band)

07 - The Ocean

08 - Iris (Hold Me Close)

09 - Cedarwood Road

10 - Sunday Bloody Sunday / Johhny Comes Marching Home

11 - Raised by Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet)

12 - Until the End of the World / Allen Ginsberg’s America (snippet)

---------- INTERMISSION: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Gavin Friday Mix) ----------

13 - Elevation

14 – Vertigo / The Jean Genie (snippet)

15 - Desire

16 – Red Flag Day

17 - Staring at the Sun

18 – Sympathy for the Devil (snippet) / Acrobat

19 – This is Not America (snippet) / Pride (In the Name of Love)

20 - Get Out of Your Own Way

21 - American Soul

22 - City of Blinding Lights

---------- Women of the World ----------

23 - Beautiful Day

24 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

25 – One / 13 tag

26 - Love is Bigger Than Anything in It's Way

27 - The Little Things That Give You Away

 

[DeVaul]

Switch the last two and tag 13 for the very end so Bono can get his theatrical closure and I'm in. Still think the MacPhisto section needs The Showman.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Switch the last two and tag 13 for the very end so Bono can get his theatrical closure and I'm in. Still think the MacPhisto section needs The Showman.

I think he can still do his theatrical little lightbulb thing on Little Things, only end with a bang instead of a whimper.

 

[prbiker15]

I think he can still do his theatrical little lightbulb thing on Little Things, only end with a bang instead of a whimper.

Now that you mention that, it would be fucking amazing - at least in my mind.

 

[DeVaul]

You still get the big bang at the end of the more sing-along-y Love is Bigger, and it's an upbeat note. Little Things crescendo benefits from the four man huddle positioning. I'm ok with splitting the band for the final song across the I, E and "C" stages... if it's not Little Things.

 

[jjflyer]

I totally agree with all that this setlist needs to be reworked. I do really like SOI/SOE so I’m fine with them having a big presence but things are way too stagnant. In 2015 for most of the US leg at least the alternate stage set was mixed up every night. As well as the Out of Control/Electric Co slot and the closer and occasional “Bad” performance. Dropping Wild Horses was a mistake this tour. But it wouldn’t shock me if it returns at some point.

With all that said, I am not panicking. It’s very early in the tour and as I’ve learned from past tours things can change overnight. At some point I think it will here. Most of the suggestions posted here seem reasonable and big improvements.

Looking forward to the tour swinging out east next month and getting to a couple shows!

 

[rennowba]

Any predictions on what the rework of the set will be for the European shows? If any at all? Will American soul survive

 

[Gonna Run 2 U]

After seeing the show twice and having my heart broken over Gloria, I wanted to revisit the setlist to how I feel it would work best for me. Just using songs they’ve done over these two tours, no wild wish list inclusions.

1) Love Is All We Have Left
2) The Blackout
3) Gloria
4) Electric Co.
5) Beautiful Day
6) The Ocean
7) Iris
8) Cedarwood Road
9) Sunday Bloody Sunday
10) Raised By Wolves
11) Until The End Of The World
HMTMKMKM
12) Elevation
13) Vertigo
14) Two Hearts Beat As One
15) Acrobat
16) Party Girl
17) Staring At The Sun
18) Pride
19) Get Out Of Your Own Way
20) American Soul
21) All I want Is You
22) City Of Blinding Lights
Women Of The World
23) Red Flag Day
24) Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
25) Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It’s Way