Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]
Although the majority of us (U2starters) are HUGE U2 fans, a good portion of the tens of thousands of people who attend their shows are relatively "casual" fans. I think if the band omits too many of the hits, the show will be a downer for these people and (unfortunately) have a negative effect on the whole vibe of the show. A band like Radiohead gets away with playing anything they want because they play smaller shows and mainly to a devoted fan-base. In other words, there aren't as many "casual" fans of Radiohead as there are of U2 - and Radiohead fans (like me) are a little more obsessive about their band. For this reason, I hope U2 plays as many hits as possible. Come on, admit it. We'll all enjoy it more if they belt out the greats tracks from each album as opposed to Your Blue Room again.
All that being said, they defintely need to rethink the variety of hits they played on the first two legs of the tour. I recall reading a few complaints last October, but I think there was nothing wrong with the set list near the end of the tour (i.e. for the youtube show and the concerts leading up to it) but there needs to be a lot more "substitution" going on. Sunday Bloody Sunday could be replaced with New Year's Day or I Will Follow from time to time while Mysterious Ways could alternate with EBTTRT or The Fly on a nightly basis. U2 has SO MANY great songs and they should all be played at one time or another during this tour.
that´s what i was trying to say... keep the hits that everyone knows and rotate the other songs a bit more for real fans, real fans will get maybe 5 songs they love and the casual will c at least the great hits!
