E&I Tour - General topic

Originally posted by LikeASong:Just thinking out loud:

Being optimistic in terms of ticket sales... Let's say that 20,000 people will be in Tulsa's arena on May 2nd.

Out of these 20K, how many people do you think would have been following the rehearsals online through the previous weeks? Knowing that casual fans are a big (BIG) % of the ticket buyers, and knowing that a lot of hard die fans are trying to stay spoiler free... I'd say only around 5% max of these 20K attendees would know –let alone feel disappointed– if Acrobat and Wild Horses eventually didn't show up that night. And I don't think U2 play for us, "online attendees"... I think they play for the people at the venue each night and they don't give a damn about how surprised or disappointed we feel at home.

Originally posted by MattG:[..]
Again not really true, with

Angel of Harlem
In a Little While
Unforgettable Fire
MLK
Walk On
Ultraviolet

I know the numbers aren't extremely higher - but c'mon. There seems like no imagination in the set they just rehearsed.

Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]


Good point/post - but why not make everyone happy and play those AB songs? I'd like to think that anyone attending a U2 concert would appreciate pretty much any of the 12 songs from that album - so PLAY THEM (please).

Originally posted by LikeASong:My bet is that SOI's representation will be binary.

0 or 1 songs.

Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
I would bet big money on that also.

Originally posted by SJKamal:I doubt we'll hear any SOI songs that aren't snippets. Expected Every Breaking Wave but I think it will (and should) be dropped for Landlady

Originally posted by hedyzera:[..]
i don't see any song from SOI that will fit in a setlist with SOE songs (which is strange, since one album is a continuation of another), i guess they will play only Song for Someone and Every Breaking Wave

Originally posted by TheShowman:[..]
All U2starters are certain that U2 will play less or no SOI songs this tour. And ofcourse I can only guess. But over the past years we are used to a U2 who are playing in safe mode. I think there is a high possibility U2 will play a lot of I+E staples this tour. And they will even keep the same visuals. We can only dream about rarities. But to be honest, rarities are not likely or they will be dropped soon.

Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
I don’t think you’ll find many u2 fans that agree with your idea of a safe Setlist. Carrying songs on from the previous album to the next tour, especially a handful of non singles, could be considered as risky a Setlist you could ask for from u2. In fact to many that would be just about the dream scenario, dropping some of the overplayed hits and keeping room for both SOE and SOI.

Originally posted by MattG:Right, but they were not regulars whatsoever. I wouldn't consider Two Hearts Beat as One or Gloria a "repeat" of what they did on the I&E Tour.

Originally posted by Larlar:yup, i figured when woke up this morning the reception would not be good

Originally posted by LikeASong:It's also nice to take a look at what we were betting 2 months ago in the E&I tour - General topic (No Spoilers please!):

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And, surprisingly, TheShowman presumably took the prize home :

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Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
Yeah I’ll be the first to hold my hands up and say that was a great shout from showman which I really didn’t see coming, as I said back then as well though I think playing a few from SOI combined with a few from SOE is actually pretty risky compared to say opening night on both JT and I&E tours.