Original post: http://www.u2eastlink.com/foro/read.php?4,1000852821We all know U2gigs' fantastic tour stats page with a lot (although somehow "automatized") of interesting stats. Our friend Pau has been compiling these kind of stats manually, on his own, since quite a few years ago, and this is the updated list including the I&E Tour. Some very interesting data in there.
Wonder how these stats will change after the Joshua Tree 30 Years tour...
SECTION I: SONGS PLAYED AT LEAST ONCE IN ALL TOURS SINCE THEIR RELEASE.
(Not including SOI)
Boy: I Will Follow (only song so far played in *every* tour of the band)
October: -----
War: New Year’s Day
The Unforgettable Fire: Pride – Bad
The Joshua Tree: Where The Streets Have No Name – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – With Or Without You
Rattle & Hum: Desire – All I Want Is You
Achtung Baby: One – Until The End Of The World – Mysterious Ways
Zooropa: -----
Pop: -----
All That You Can’t Leave Behind: Beautiful Day – Stuck In a Moment – Elevation
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb: Vertigo – City Of Blinding Lights
No Line On The Horizon: Magnificent
Close to inclusion:
Party Girl (single): all except Popmart Tour
Sunday Bloody Sunday (War): all except Lovetown Tour
Bullet The Blue Sky (The Joshua Tree): all except 360º Tour
Angel of Harlem (Rattle & Hum): all except Popmart Tour
Even Better Than The Real Thing (Achtung Baby): all except Vertigo Tour
Walk On (All That You Can’t Leave Behind): all except I+E Tour
In A Litlle While (All That You Can’t Leave Behind): all except I+E Tour
SECTION II: THE UNTOUCHABLES, SONGS PLAYED IN ALL SHOWS OF ONE TOUR
(Not including tours prior to Joshua Tree due to the lack of many setlists and the abundance of festival tours)
THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR (109 shows, 6 untouchables)
I Will Follow
Pride
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
Exit
Close to inclusion: (one only absence):
Sunday Bloody Sunday missed New York (29/8/1987)
New Year’s Day y Bad missed Chicago (29/10/1987)
With Or Without You in the opening show in Tempe (2/4/1987)
Other remarkable absences:
Where The Streets Have No Name wasn’t played in 12 of the 30 European shows.
In God’s Country missed 5 shows from the second USA leg.
LOVETOWN TOUR (47 shows, 6 untouchables)
Pride
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
All along the watchtower
Angel Of Harlem
Love Rescue Me
When Love Comes to Town
Close to inclusion: (one only absence):
Where The Streets Have No Name in Sydney (18/11/1989)
Desire in Sydney (28/9/1989)
All I Want Is You in Perth (22/9/1989)
ZOOTV TOUR (156 shows, 10 untouchables)
Pride
Bullet the blue sky
Running to stand still
Where the streets have no name
Zoo Station
Even better than the real thing
One
Until the end of the world
The fly
Mysterious ways
Close to inclusion:
Love Is Blindness missed three shows: Hampton (7/3/1992), Hartford (12/3/1992) and Tampa (10/10/1992)
With Or Without You missed 4 consecutive shows: Glasgow (8/8/1993), Londres (11/8/1993 y 12/8/1993) y Leeds (14/8/1993)
POPMART TOUR (93 shows, 17 untouchables)
I will follow
Pride
Where the streets have no name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
With or without you
Bullet the blue sky
Even better than the real thing
One
Until the end of the world
Mysterious ways
Discothèque
Mofo
Gone
Staring at the sun
Last night on earth
Please
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
Close to inclusion:
If You Wear That Velvet Dress missed 3 of the first shows: San Diego (28/4/1997), Denver (1/5/1997) y Eugene (6/5/1997)
ELEVATION TOUR (113 shows, 6 untouchables)
Sunday bloody Sunday
Where the streets have no name
One
Beautiful day
Stuck in a moment
Elevation
Close to inclusion: (one only absence):
Bullet The Blue Sky in South Bend (10/10/2001)
Until The End Of The World in Chicago (13/5/2001)
Walk On in Manchester (12/8/2001)
New York only missed 3 shows: both Slane shows (25/8/2001 and 1/9/2001) and Glasgow (27/8/2001)
VERTIGO TOUR (131 shows, 10 untouchables)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride
Where The Streets Have No Name
Bullet The Blue Sky
One
Beautiful Day
Elevation
Vertigo
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
City Of Blinding Lights
Close to inclusion:
Love And Peace Or Else missed 4 shows at the end of the tour: Auckland (25/11/2006) y Saitama (29/11/2006, 30/11/2006 y 4/12/2006).
360º TOUR (110 shows, 8 untouchables)
Where the Streets Have No Name
One
Beautiful Day
Walk On
Vertigo
City of Blinding Lights
Get On Your Boots
I'll Go Crazy (remix)
Close to inclusion:
With Or Without You only missed Zurich (12/9/2010)
Sunday Bloody Sunday only missed Helsinki (21/8/2010)
Moment of Surrender missed just Brisbane (9/12/2010) and Winnipeg (25/5/2011)
I+E TOUR (76 shows, 18 untouchables)
I Will Follow
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride
Where the Streets Have no Name
With Or Without You
Bullet the Blue Sky
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Until the End of the World
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day
Vertigo
Invisible
The Miracle
Every Breaking Wave
Song for Someone
Iris
Cedarwood Road
Raised by Wolves
Close to inclusion:
City of Blinding Lights only missed Vancouver (15/5/2015) and Phoenix (23/5/2015)
SECTION III: SONGS PLAYED ONLY ON ONE TOUR
Pre-boy / Boy Tour
Shadows and tall trees (Boy)
Another Day (Single)
Touch (Single)
October Tour
With a shout (October)
Rejoice (October)
War Tour
Like A Song (War)
The Unforgettable Fire Tour
Indian Summer Sky (The Unforgettable Fire)
Wire (The Unforgettable Fire)
The Joshua Tree Tour
Trip Trough Your Wires (The Joshua Tree)
Helter Skelter (Rattle & Hum)
Silver And Gold (Single)
Lovetown Tour
Hawkmoon 269 (Rattle & Hum, not counting a snippet during a Elevation show)
God Part II (Rattle & Hum)
ZooTV Tour
So cruel (Achtung Baby)
Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World (Achtung Baby)
Love is blindness (Achtung Baby, not counting the small version at the end of Buenos Aires 2006)
Babyface (Zooropa)
Numb (Zooropa)
Lemon (Zooropa)
Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Cashed Car (Zooropa)
Dirty Day (Zooropa)
Popmart Tour
Mofo (Pop)
Do You Feel Loved (Pop)
Last Night On Earth (Pop)
If You Wear That Velvet Dress (Pop)
If God Will Send His Angels (Pop)
Miami (Pop)
Elevation Tour
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Million Dollar Hotel)
Wild Honey (All That You Can’t Leave Behind)
When I Look At The World (sólo snippet, All That You Can’t Leave Behind)
New York (All That You Can’t Leave Behind)
Peace On Earth (All That You Can’t Leave Behind)
Vertigo Tour
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
Love And Peace Or Else (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
All Because Of You (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
Crumbs From Your Table (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
Original Of The Species (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
Yaweh (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
Fast Cars (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
The Saints Are Coming (U218)
Window In The Skies (U218)
360º Tour
Scarlet (October)
Your Blue Room (Passengers)
Electrical Storm (Best Of 1990-2000)
No Line On The Horizon (No Line On The Horizon)
Moment Of Surrender (No Line On The Horizon)
Unkknown Caller (No Line On The Horizon)
I’ll Go Crazy (No Line On The Horizon)
Get On Your Boots (No Line On The Horizon)
Breathe (No Line On The Horizon)
I+E Tour
Invisible (Single)
Ordinary Love (Single)
The Miracle (Songs Of Innocence)
California (Songs Of Innocence)
Song For Someone (Songs Of Innocence)
Iris (Songs Of Innocence)
Volcano (Songs Of Innocence)
Raised By Wolves (Songs Of Innocence)
Cedarwood Road (Songs Of Innocence)
The Troubles (Songs Of Innocence)
Lucifer’s Hands (Songs Of Innocence)
The Crystal Ballroom (Songs Of Innocence)
SECTION IV: SONGS PLAYED IN JUST TWO TOURS
Boy-girl (single): Boy Tour – October Tour
Stories For Boys (Boy): Boy Tour – October Tour
Another Time Another Place (Boy): Boy Tour – October Tour
Tomorrow (October): October Tour – War Tour
A Celebration (Single): October Tour – War Tour
Seconds (War): War Tour – The Unforgettable Fire Tour
Surrender (War): War Tour – The Unforgettable Fire Tour
Exit (The Joshua Tree): The Joshua Tree Tour – Lovetown Tour
Sweetest Thing (Single): Elevation Tour – I+E Tour
Van Diemen’s Land (Rattle & Hum): Lovetown Tour – ZooTV Tour
Ultraviolet (Achtung Baby): ZooTV Tour – 360º Tour
Satellite Of Love (Single): ZooTV Tour – I+E Tour
The First Time (Zooropa): ZooTV Tour – Verigo Tour
Staring At The Sun (Pop): Popmart Tour – Elevation Tour
Gone (Pop): Popmart Tour – Elevation Tour
Please (Pop): Popmart Tour – Elevation Tour
Wake Up Dead Man (Pop): Popmart Tour – Elevation Tour
Kite (All That You Can’t Leave Behind): Elevation Tour – Vertigo Tour
Miracle Drug (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb): Vertigo Tour – I+E Tour
Magnificent (No Line On The Horizon): 360º Tour – I+E Tour
SECTION V: NUMBER OF SONGS PLAYED PER TOUR
Boy Tour: 20 songs in 157 shows, ratio 0,13
October Tour: 26 songs in 102 shows, ratio 0,25
War Tour: 28 songs in 108 shows, ratio 0,26
The Unforgettable Fire Tour: 31 songs in 113 shows, ratio 0,27
The Joshua Tree Tour: 44 songs in 109 shows, ratio 0,40
Lovetown Tour: 38 songs in 47 shows, ratio 0,81
ZooTV Tour: 54 songs in 156 shows, ratio 0,35
Popmart Tour: 41 songs in 93 shows, ratio 0,44
Elevation Tour: 51 songs in 113 shows, ratio 0,45
Vertigo Tour: 60 songs in 131 shows, ratio 0,46
360º Tour: 61 songs in 110 shows, ratio 0,55
I+E Tour: 55 songs in 76 shows, ratio 0,72
SECTION VI: SONGS PLAYED IN EVERY CONCERT SINCE THEIR RELEASE
Beautiful Day (All That You Can’t Leave Behind)
Vertigo (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb)
During the I+E Tour, One and City of Blinding Lights have fallen from this list.
SECTION VII: SONGS PLAYED DURING THE MOST SHOWS IN A ROW
Where The Streets Have No Name: it hasn’t missed a single regular tour show since Zoo TV until 2015, six tours in a row. It has only missed 13 shows since its release: Colonia (17/6/1987) , Basel (21/6/1987) , Dublín (28/6/1987) , Leeds (1/7/1987) , Paris (4/7/1987) , Rotterdam (11/7/1987) , Munich (22/7/1987) , Cardiff(25/7/1987) , Gaslgow (30/7/1987) , Edimburg (1/8/1987) , Birmingham (3/8/1987) , Cork (8/8/1987), Sydney (18/11/1989)
From the 8 tours since its release, it’s been untouchable in 6.
Pride didn’t miss a single show since its release until Popmart Tour (1984-1998), five tours in a row. Then it was untouchable during Vertigo Tour and I+E Tour. It’s been untouchable for 7 of its 9 tours.
One didn’t miss a show since Zoo TV until 360º Tour, five tours in a row. It missed 36 of the 76 I+E shows. It has been untouchable in 5 out of 6 tours.
Bullet The Blue Sky only missed 360º Tour (in its entirety), and a single Elevation Tour show (South Bend, 10/10/2001). Untouchable for 6 out of 8 tours.
I Will Follow: its confirmed absence in two early setlists (New York, 17/3/1982 y 18/3/1982) prevents it from being untouchable since its release until 1987. It was untouchable since the War Tour until The Joshua Tree Tour, 3 tours in a row. Then it’s been untouchable during Popmart Tour and I+E Tour. 5 out of 12 tours.
SECTION VIII: MOST PLAYED SONGS
(Including unknown setlists where one can safely asume they were played too)
(In this section, different from all others, we count all performances in front of an audience)
1) I Will Follow (Boy): around 1.070
2) Pride (The Unforgettable Fire): 892
3) Sunday Bloody Sunday (War): 846
4) Where The Streets Have No Name (The Joshua Tree): 838
5) With Or Without You (The Joshua Tree): 773
6) Bullet The Blue Sky (The Joshua Tree): 723
7) New Year’s Day (War): 722
8) One (Achtung Baby): 679
9) 11 O’clock Tick Tock (Single): 672
10) I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (The Joshua Tree): 613
11) The Electric Co. (Boy): 604
12) Mysterious Ways (Achtung Baby): 584
13) Until The End Of The World (Achtung Baby): 568
14) Out Of Control (Boy): 523
15) Bad (The Unforgettable Fire): 510
16) Beautiful Day (All That You Can’t Leave Behind): 472
17) October (October): 435
18) 40 (War): 426
19) Vertigo (How To Dismountle An Atomic Bomb): 391
20) Elevation (All That You Can’t Leave Behind): 390
PS. Excuse any translation or coherence mistake, it was an awful lot to look at
