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  1. 108 songs in 13 shows
  2. No way, they didn't play Light Years or Whipping. You are right if the think you can't keep me from filing a grievance about this.

    The End (I know, they played that one.)
  3. Solid run..way too short though..its like a tease to me....but its obviously better than nothing....and I loved my 2 gigs in England !!!

  4. Amazing #s as usual for PJ..it took U2 3 summers to get to that number,how sad is that ??..that tops Dave Matthews Band so far this summer..they are at I believe 88 now.... this past weekend..DMB played Alpine Valley (a very popular spot for them,and the site of PJ20).07.07,07.08.12....they played 46 different songs over 2 nights..

    N1..24 songs,2 hrs 48 min of song time...

    N2 22 songs,3 hrs,2 min of song time...

    between PJ and DMB..both are so great live......I hate to say it.. but U2 dont come close to PJ or DMB live... they could NEVER play 2 nights,in 1 city without 1 repeat....not possible...


  5. 2009-2010-2011 .. they had about half those numbers right? yes that is a sad side of U2 .. mainly because of the guys attitude but i'd put also the fans attitude who starts "crying" if certain songs are dropped for some nights.
    PJ and DMB attitude (from what you say .. i don't know them so much) is probably an extreme .. and i clearly love it .. but there is an in between more or less which is .. The Boss. a main structure of the show and rotation for the rest throwing some news every show. (and very few equal things in the double dates).
    he's gone over 100 up to now.

    rotation is the possible (and the only for me) key and i guess U2 catalogue permits it.
  6. The setlists aren't everything that makes a band live though
  7. quite true otherwise i wouldn't follow the band more than 1 show
    but if it's not everything then lets change it a bit

  8. Yep I'm up for that. They can't do it the way PJ does it, but a little more change now and then would be great!
  9. True Ron,I left out the Boss..what can you say..hes the Boss,and his setlists are amazing...

    As far as U2,I think they could just switch songs around and make it at least a little different....ending 99% of the shows over 3 summers with MOS is so boring...we as hardcore fans knew 2 hrs before what was going to be played..thats what I loved about the Vertigo tour,2005...I believe that is the only year (2005),where 3 different tunes were used as openers,and the encore were different every night..360 had 3 different openers over a 3 year period..Breathe 2009,Stingray 2010 and EBTTRT 2011...DMB and PJ do that in 3 consecutive gigs...
  10. I suppose one might argue that PJ ends the (near-)majority of their shows with YLB but the variation within the set more than makes up for it.

    In any case, your comment amplifies the fact U2 needs to focus less on the production within their shows and more so on the music. And sure, it would be nice if they played the majority of their 30-year catalogue but even truly rotating 60 to 70 songs in and out of their sets over an extended tour would be a welcome change.
  11. I was following both the PJ and Radiohead sets yesterday but I have to admit I was way more interested in what PJ was playing.

    Why?

    Because were all going to get official bootlegs of these performances in the near future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  12. Thats true Matt...by the way,what ever happened to the PJ20 Alpine gigs ?? 10 months and waiting ? Im not even that interested in them now..the Toronto gigs came AFTER PJ20,and they seem old to me now,I guess cause I listened to them so much over the fall and winter...
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