2018-09-04 - Cologne
Tour: Experience and Innocence tour
Songs played: 25
Audio recordings: 5
Videos: 1
  1. Still as someone in another forum said - I'd rather they varied it and sometimes cocked it up than have them play the exact same set ever night of the leg
  2. Wow, really hoping they do this - even if it’s just once, but hopefully as a regular part of the set!!!

    Sad that ABOY seems gone, it’s a fun song and it was really nice to hear something from Atomic Bomb besides Vertigo and COBL...

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    Speaking of COBL, maybe replace it with TUF?
  3. Originally posted by CMIPalaeo:Wow, really hoping they do this - even if it’s just once, but hopefully as a regular part of the set!!!

    Sad that ABOY seems gone, it’s a fun song and it was really nice to hear something from Atomic Bomb besides Vertigo and COBL...

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    Speaking of COBL, maybe replace it with TUF?
    Now THERE'S the pipe dream
  4. Much as I like COBL - I think it’s a beautiful song - it’s been played a lot, pretty much nightly on i+e, and I always tend to think of it as an “America” song... I guess because of the association with New York. The other option has always felt more European to me, and would pair well with the awesome new NYD.
  5. Well let’s not forget all the times they rehearsed
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    The Crystal Ballroom back on i+e both before and after they played it
    and that it even made it into the printed setlist without being played... Then again, with the structure of this tour, I feel like if it appears on the printed set it’ll be done.
  6. Originally posted by CMIPalaeo:[..]
    Much as I like COBL - I think it’s a beautiful song - it’s been played a lot, pretty much nightly on i+e, and I always tend to think of it as an “America” song... I guess because of the association with New York. The other option has always felt more European to me, and would pair well with the awesome new NYD.
    I'm not saying I love it, I'm saying u2 does - we are in agreement
  7. Does anyone know if it matters what gate you use? Ticket says nothing other than block number.
  8. Crazy news.

    I wonder if they'll play it just to prove they can. You know, squash out any future rumors and prove that Bono is okay.
  9. As for what it could replace, I don't think it'll be RFD, I really think they intend to keep that song nightly.

    Also don't think it'll be COBL. At least I'd hope not. That song was the absolutely one of the highlights of the night on the various nights I saw them on Leg 1.

    EBTTRT is a decent guess, but that same guy just posted another video of them rehearsing that song a few minutes ago, so it's probably safe tonight too.

    My best and most honest guess is that they actually just add it as another song, without taking anything out. (Though it's also possible that they're preparing for Paris shows too.)
  10. It would work well as the encore opener, but I think they don't want to change the encore as it is.
  11. The encore is flimsy at best and rubbish at worst