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  1. the river, nebraska and tunnel would all be indoors if they happened (which they won't) - there seems to be a section of fans who believe wiess is coming based on what who knows? Hope, desperation, losing the will to live with the other three?

    clover i'm 50% with you on the u2 support acts, outdoors i can see a (bit of a)point - indoors no it should just be u2, onstage at around 8pm for 2.5 hours no messing. There's nothing to stop them from doing like Bruce mixing indoors and outdoors and having several days off in between to rest Bono's voice.
  2. Originally posted by ade:the river, nebraska and tunnel would all be indoors if they happened (which they won't) - there seems to be a section of fans who believe wiess is coming based on what who knows? Hope, desperation, losing the will to live with the other three?

    clover i'm 50% with you on the u2 support acts, outdoors i can see a (bit of a)point - indoors no it should just be u2, onstage at around 8pm for 2.5 hours no messing. There's nothing to stop them from doing like Bruce mixing indoors and outdoors and having several days off in between to rest Bono's voice.

    They could and should play for closer to three hours. At least around two and a half each night. They're renowned for their live acts and yet have barely played a show longer than 2:20, 2:30 (East Rutherford 2011 comes in at their longest show I think, at roughly 2:31). They are all ~50 and Bruce is 63..

    I'm sure U2 could push it to 150 minutes+ each night they tour. They usually have enough days off in between.
  3. As for the hope for WEISS in its entirety, that would be amazing. That is one of the ones I would like to see done in full, just because it's so rare and full of jewels. Incident > Rosie > NYC Serenade? I would probably die.
  4. Originally posted by dylbagz:[..]

    They could and should play for closer to three hours. At least around two and a half each night. They're renowned for their live acts and yet have barely played a show longer than 2:20, 2:30 (East Rutherford 2011 comes in at their longest show I think, at roughly 2:31). They are all ~50 and Bruce is 63..

    I'm sure U2 could push it to 150 minutes+ each night they tour. They usually have enough days off in between.

    there's very little messing about in a u2 set though they don't have the equivalents of american land, twist and shout and (that old favourite) light of day that can be dragged out to at least ten minutes for no good reason - if bono had thirty minutes where he only actually had to sing for ten of them he'd feel like he'd had a holiday - the most he gets is a long intro
  5. Originally posted by ferrari:Idd, only 2 supportacts, started at 16.30. Also the Black Crows, which I like to see. Bruce starts about 19.00/19.30.

    The Black Crowes were very very nice indeed back in the 90s .. don't know lately though .. i've lost their traces since many years
  6. Originally posted by ade:[..]

    there's very little messing about in a u2 set though they don't have the equivalents of american land, twist and shout and (that old favourite) light of day that can be dragged out to at least ten minutes for no good reason - if bono had thirty minutes where he only actually had to sing for ten of them he'd feel like he'd had a holiday - the most he gets is a long intro

    U2 shorten songs too lately ... Mysterious Ways for example ...
  7. Originally posted by ade:[..]

    there's very little messing about in a u2 set though they don't have the equivalents of american land, twist and shout and (that old favourite) light of day that can be dragged out to at least ten minutes for no good reason - if bono had thirty minutes where he only actually had to sing for ten of them he'd feel like he'd had a holiday - the most he gets is a long intro

    No reason why they can't extend solos and intros and things further?

    Not sure why Zooropa was shortened on the 360 tour for example.

    Even the COBL intro is shortened live.

    And Bono needing a rest gives the band an excuse to play songs like Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk (instrumental), Edge solo songs (SBS, I'm sure he could do Staring at the Sun, In a Little While, Drowning Man, Love Is Blindess - that was spectacular at the end of the AB doco) and more songs with less singing and more instrumentalisation, like Dirty Day, Lemon, Mofo, Fez, etc.
  8. I think there are many songs of U2 which deserve an extra long version:

    With or with out you/shinging stars/love tear us apart
    All I want is you
    One Tree hill
    I Still haven't/stand by me
    Love is blindness
    Moment of Surrender
    Mysterious ways
    Love Comes to town/midnight hour
    Angel of Harlem/Suspicious minds (complete)
    Desire/All allong the watchtower
    Bad/ruby tuesday

    I think in the 360 tour U2 cuts most of the times the songs to early
  9. Let's join the absolute offtopicness.

    U2 is very different to the E Street Band in so many levels. Just to start: they are 4 instead of 10 (or even more at times, if I'm not wrong). A smaller bunch of people with just the standard rock-group config will have less resources to improvise or to lengthen songs than a bigger group with sax, piano, horns, etc. Also, the fact that Bono can barely play just some basic chords on guitar but Bruce is proficient on that instrument, on harmonica and on piano gives the E St guys a huge advantage. Improvising or doing long instrumental parts is not the same when your frontman is basically messing around than when he's leading the group.
  10. U2 and Springsteen cs are different and that should be so.'

    Sometimes Springsteen are live too long.
    And U2 can do more with their history of songs then they did the last tours. Most of the songs 4/5 min and next one.
  11. Originally posted by LikeASong:Let's join the absolute offtopicness.

    U2 is very different to the E Street Band in so many levels. Just to start: they are 4 instead of 10 (or even more at times, if I'm not wrong). A smaller bunch of people with just the standard rock-group config will have less resources to improvise or to lengthen songs than a bigger group with sax, piano, horns, etc. Also, the fact that Bono can barely play just some basic chords on guitar but Bruce is proficient on that instrument, on harmonica and on piano gives the E St guys a huge advantage. Improvising or doing long instrumental parts is not the same when your frontman is basically messing around than when he's leading the group.

    U2 don't have to extend their songs, they could just play more. It's not like they have as physically demanding sets and shows as Bruce, so they could just play more songs and bump their shows up in length.

    Wouldn't that be great, hearing 28-30 U2 songs every night, instead of the normal 20-23?
  12. ^ absolutely. But they've been playing 20-24 since their 20's so I don't think that's an option.
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