Originally posted by JuJuman:Yes, chapeau to the setlist. Overall, my impression is that this first leg of the 360 tour has been better than the first two legs of the Vertigo tour. Highlights so far:
UV
No line
Magnificent
TUF
MOS
Crazy remix
Unknown Caller (sheer class, yes)
Beautiful Day (really great performances)
But all songs were in general played very well, apart from WOWY.
And yes, very nice surprises with ES and the return of UV and TUF. It will be nice to see how the setlist evolves. Will we get some new No Line songs? I'm inclined to think that there won't be major changes, apart from Your Blue Room, which will hopefully be played at some point. But there will be changes if the band keeps touring next year. I really hope they get SoA out next Spring at the latest. That'd be awesome. I also want a dvd live. Ugh!
Originally posted by aussiemofo:[..]
Great stuff, only you are only allowed FIVE tour highlights.
On WOWY, it needs a triple by-pass, before it dies a slow and painful death. It's all Bono's treatment of it. Perhaps if Edge can tweak how he plays it....
The release of SoA would be a poor result for southern hemisphere fans wanting to see 360 Tour in its current form.
Originally posted by WojBhoy:Highlights for me;
1 - the long-awaited returns of Ultra Violet and TUF as set regulars (TUF only having been skipped for one show)
2 - Unknown Caller; the Lemon-esque sing-a-long is a cool little addition and the whole thing takes off, especially during Edge's solo
3 - Moment Of Surrender - great closer in my opinion, a really special song that just moves up a notch live
4 - the new intro. for Beautiful Day
5 - SBS and Pride given a new lease of life.
Personal mentions :-
- ISHFWILF is still the ultimate live karaoke song ever
- Breathe as an opener is great; the way the intro. builds up left me in goosebumps every time. A different sort of opener to previous tours with straight-up rockers, but very effective nonetheless.
- the Walk On/You'll Never Walk Alone >> Streets has saved it from dying away and kept it as one of the great live songs of all time for me; Sheffield especially was a special moment for me in my life to this point.
- the reinvention of some songs like Elevation and Mysterious Ways by sort of blending a studio element with the live arena has worked really well in my opinion.
- the transition between City Of Blinding Lights and Vertigo has worked really well and is a well-earnt spot in the set for 2 of the better songs from the early Noughties; the Hold Me...-esque alarm during the Vertigo intro. is epic!
(I might as well have just made this a very lengthy set of highlights lol.)
EDIT - I just love everything lol. I don't have a bad word against the 1st leg other than I got the same set at both shows I went to, but EVEN THEN that's the most minor of minor complaints, since I had the time of my life at both gigs anyway!
Originally posted by JuJuman:Oh yes, Breathe, great, great song live, and MW, very stylish and cool in the shorter album-like format...
Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Definitely - I still can't get over the more-than-pleasant surprise when Edge ripped out the first chords to MW after One at Wembley 1; no one saw that coming!
Originally posted by djrlewis:Did they go off stage before One at Wembley? They were off for at least 3 minutes at Cardiff and it made it bleedingly obvious that they were going to play another tune - we just didn't know what
Originally posted by WojBhoy:
1 - the long-awaited returns of Ultra Violet and TUF as set regulars (TUF only having been skipped for one show)
Originally posted by zooTV4all:Two shows actually. No need for reminding me.
Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Nope, I could see Edge being handed another guitar but it was too dark to tell, and I was thinking "surely they should be going off?" and then he just stood there, classic Edge, lights off, then everything just erupted when he struck out the opening chord. And then I realised he was holding a Rickenbacker lol. Big surprise, big grin on face. And then there was the Bono arm-waving thing, fantarstic. I still think the One thing kinda counts as an first encore 'cause, especially at Sheff., I remember them buggering off post-Streets, then Desmond appeared (on top form, you'll be pleased to hear!), and you could just see Edge wandering on and rigging up before he opened the song. It's a decent gap between Streets and One, with the way the set runs at the moment.
