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Experience and Innocence tour
 Legs (3): Promo tour, Leg 1: North America, Leg 2: Europe
Shows: 75
  1. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    That’s good, hopefully the songs that have been rarities in recent years get played every show and the wheel is used to rotate hits and maybe the odd surprise.
    Ha, what a curve ball. Imagine that! The casuals would go mad: "They play 6 obscure songs and then they choose only one of the ones I knew! I wanted Vertigo and they played New Year's Day instead "
  2. For me, the weird thing is that those songs on the wheel have completely different feelings...wouldn't that "mess up" the coherence of the setlist or the overall vibe on the stadium at that point? Then again, it's a fun way for the band to interact with the audience & finally play just 1 or 2 of the hits. Anyways, let's see how the band fits this idea on the show
  3. Originally posted by kris_smith87:[..]


    Why am I getting scolded when I simply made a point? I ageed that sales and awards aren't the only way to judge quality but you have to admit it counts to something. The problem is, music is so subjective and it is really hard to really judge quality based on that.

    For example, I HATE Taylor Swift...honestly think she is the worst, music and human-wise...but I can't deny her sales power. Her music resonates with millions, hence her very good first week numbers that really no one pulls off. Is she the best artist based on this? I'd say no, but some might say yes.

    Bomb obviously resonated with people. Did it help that it came off a very successful time for the band? Most likely. Publicity and exposure helps sales too but to completely disregard it because in your opinion it wasn't a good album is also silly.

    Then it goes back to the subjectivity of music which I think you alluded to which ties into the endless setlist debates that we always have on here. "This song is crap and overplayed" or "I would love to see this song return" and so on.

    Sorry mate, I wasn’t having a go at you I was just using your comment to respond to as it was a continuation of the discussion. I don’t think anyone said anything wrong it was just I felt one person had his view, another had his and you also added a view somewhere in between, it maybe looked like I was suggestion you couldn’t handle someone else’s view but I was just going into detail about my view on the subject, hope that clears it up.
  4. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    Ha, what a curve ball. Imagine that! The casuals would go mad: "They play 6 obscure songs and then they choose only one of the ones I knew! I wanted Vertigo and they played New Year's Day instead "
    I think it would be amazing. I also think they could do it an a way that still makes the Setlist have enough for everyone. I reckon they’ll still play a few of the regulars anyway, but if you do this wheel then it means it limits it to an extent and over the course of the tour the song count will go up. It’s a win win really as putting rarities on the wheel and making them rotationals as opposed to staples would only mean missing out on great tunes if you’re a 1 or 2 gigs a tour fan like a lot of us.
  5. Originally posted by Remy:[..]
    Great, let's continue discussing it then

    I zoomed in a bit more and 6 songs are to be read on the wheel: Elevation, Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day and COBL.

    How unfortunate, dreadful choice but I guess that may not be what they go with
    Rarity items only pls


  6. Exactly! I used to work with a guy who's the drummer in a Queen tribute band. They don't need to rehearse since they've played the same songs so many times over the years. Instead, they stay sharp by gigging very regularly. I'm not comparing a tribute band to U2, but surely there's certain songs that U2 shouldn't need to rehearse? Unless it's to sync with the A/V aspect of the live show, they'd be better spending the time on less familiar / newer material.
  7. A friend & I used to do a Thin Lizzy tribute thing. If we didn't gig or practice for a few weeks we were a train wreck
  8. Think it's to sync / test with visuals and also where the band will be on stage etc.
    It's all so choreographed now e.g. JTT Adam sat in the same place each night for RHMT and lots more similar examples .
    Spontaneous actions no longer allowed
  9. Originally posted by treasure:A friend & I used to do a Thin Lizzy tribute thing. If we didn't gig or practice for a few weeks we were a train wreck
    .Did you write and play any of these songs at (at least) 947 shows?
  10. Originally posted by BelfastBoy:[..]


    Exactly! I used to work with a guy who's the drummer in a Queen tribute band. They don't need to rehearse since they've played the same songs so many times over the years. Instead, they stay sharp by gigging very regularly. I'm not comparing a tribute band to U2, but surely there's certain songs that U2 shouldn't need to rehearse? Unless it's to sync with the A/V aspect of the live show, they'd be better spending the time on less familiar / newer material.
    any serious band rehearse a entire setlist or songs that can be played before a tour or important show begin, after the tour starts they rehearse only a few songs that they need to improve something.
  12. Think the wheel of fortune thing isn’t for the shows, at least I hope not. Not the kind of thing I have come to expect (or want) from U2 after all these years. Better ways of doing a random song on any given night. Remember a few bands holding polls on the day of the gig going back a decade or two that would be better than the usual suspects pulled up on the e-stage to spin the wheel!!!
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