** SPOILERS** The soundcheck thread

[prbiker15]

The soundcheck thread

Are we sure Zooropa was actually live? I could see it being the intermission song this leg too.

I think there's a good chance one of the two scenarios will happen.

 

[Galeongirl]

That would be incredibly cruel.

 

[david]

My immediate thought is that Zooropa will be an intermission song.


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[nbelcik]

Apparently Zooropa was performed as an outro to Bullet.




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[corianderstem]

Ahhh, a "Where are the hands to rebuild America" replacement.

So .... like the "Zoonited nations" rant throwback? Cool.

 

[dan_smee]

"Don't shoot" "don't shoot" "and don't worry baby, it'll be alright"


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[prbiker15]

Didn't see that part. Interesting!

 

[gareth brown]

That would be incredibly cruel.

Yeah, bloody hell....I'll report back to threads sober to double check facts before responding in future. Bastards.

 

[prbiker15]

U2 > News > Stage Direction

 

[RoKKeR]

U2 > News > Stage Direction

Oh hello, Zooropa!

Fuck me why do I not live in Europe.

 

[gareth brown]

Oh is that it?!

BOO! that's a shame.

 

[bobsaget77]

The soundcheck thread

*band rehearses Zooropa multiple times*
*never plays it*
*snippets it during Ordinary Love*



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[gareth brown]

my mighty heart is breaking.

 

[prbiker15]

my mighty heart is breaking.

Why? Rehearsals are only starting!

 

[david]

U2 > News > Stage Direction

That sounded cool.


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[Hewson]

U2 > News > Stage Direction

Stage and catering in same direction....insert Bono joke here.

 

[sharebear]

Wow, Edge trying out Bullet for this tour. Astonishing!

Not sure where Zooropa would fit in the set. NYD probably in the 2nd slot on a rotational basis.

Zooropa replacing Hands that Built America. NYD replacing Pride.

Gotta ditch that America mini-set.

 

[U2387]

Zooropa replacing Hands that Built America. NYD replacing Pride.

Gotta ditch that America mini-set.

I could see Bullet-Zooropa-NYD as the new main set closer.

Only thing is, I'm in no rush to see Pride dropped this tour.

It could get rotated with NYD. Or just do Pride after NYD like on UF through Lovetown. That always worked well.

Or they could play it earlier in the set.

I'd welcome anything over the Hands segue, though.

If I was writing the set list, it would go like this:

NYD in the 2nd slot as a rotating song or before Pride.

Zooropa opening the 2nd set.

Running To Standstill after Bullet.

 

[bobsaget77]

This will never happen, but it would be sick. Zooropa outro in Bullet with sort of a weird, cool electronic thing and emphasizes the "dream out loud" part which slowly fades into Acrobat. Then they follow up with The Troubles, October and NYD.
It would look like this....

Every Breaking Wave
With or Without You
Bullet/Zooropa(snippet)
Acrobat
The Troubles
October
New Year's Day



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[U2387]

2nd set ends like this:

Bullet
Running To Standstill
Bad
NYD
Pride

Running and Bad seem redundant when looked at on paper, but are absolutely gorgeous together. I saw Joshua Tree, U2 tribute out of Boston, do this back in 2012 and it made by neck hair stand up. No exaggeration at all.

 

[dan_smee]

U2 > News > Stage Direction

Sounds very much like a stripped down snippet to go after Bullet. Which will work well. Shame it isn't the full song, but maybe it will turn into it by the time the HBO broadcast rolls around. So happy this one is in Europe, not the US - for the crowds, and for the lack of American Blowjob

 

[Rockhound252]

For the info i got yesterday began the soundchecks and the ifo i could get from fans are that they have sounchecked Every breaking wave, Bullet, October, Zooropa and New Year's Day. Today we will get more info

 

[Mack_Again]

wow Zooropa sound-checked? I wonder why they didnt figured out how to play that prior to 2000s?

 

[cobl04]

What part of Zooropa is Bono snippeting? There's no overt references to Europe in the lyrics.


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[djerdap]

He's shouting Vorsprung durch Technik 20 times in a row.

 

[cobl04]

hahaha


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[Yahweh_OMG]

He's shouting Vorsprung durch Technik 20 times in a row.

 

[Axver]

Europe's not a union! It's an idea!
Europe's not a continent! It's an idea!
An Italian idea! A Dutch idea! A French idea!*
Dream up the Europe you want to live in!
Dream out loud!
Dream out loud!

*But definitely not an Irish idea because the tour's still not fucking going there

 

[Mack_Again]

He's shouting Vorsprung durch Technik 20 times in a row.

Wow is he in Audi commercial now? selling soul is real problem.

 

[cobl04]

Europe's not a union! It's an idea!
Europe's not a continent! It's an idea!
An Italian idea! A Dutch idea! A French idea!*
Dream up the Europe you want to live in!
Dream out loud!
Dream out loud!

I'd laugh but this sounds too real.


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