Joshua Tree 2019 Tour - General setlist topic

Originally posted by ddarroch:So what game are we playing? Guessing a likely setlist, or dreaming up fun setlists that will never happen? What's likely to happen I suppose is a regurgitation of the Joshua Tree tour, with a changed encore of i+e/e+i songs. But that's no fun!

Here's my first take, which will NEVER, EVER happen

Idea 1. A brief description. Oceania/Asia has missed tours of the last 3 albums. How do we condense this material into one night? We don't! We do it over two seperate nights. We finally get out Innocence & Experience nights.

As U2 hasn't visited these shores for a long time, they bless us with long shows, at least 25 songs.

Innocence + The Joshua Tree
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday
2. New Year's Day
3. A Sort Of Homecoming
4. Where the Streets Have No Name
5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
6. With or Without You
7. Bullet the Blue Sky
8. Running To Stand Still
9. Red Hill Mining Town
10. In God's Country
11. Trip Through Your Wires
12. One Tree Hill
13. Exit
14. Mothers Of The Disappeared

*** Intermission (Van Diemen's Land) ***

15. God Part II
16. Desire
17. Staring at the Sun
18. Every Breaking Wave
19. One
20. Cedarwood Road
21. Raised By Wolves
22. Until the End of the World

****** Encore ******

23. All I Want Is You
24. Bad
25. The Little Things That Give You Away


The Joshua Tree + Experience
1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. With or Without You
4. Bullet the Blue Sky
5. Running to Stand Still
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In God's Country
8. Trip Through Your Wires
9. One Tree Hill
10. Exit
11. Mothers of the Disappeared

*** Intermission (Love Is All We Have Left) ***

12. The Blackout
13. Lights Of Home
14. Zoo Station
15. The Fly
16. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
17. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
18. Summer Of Love
19. Acrobat
20. Starting At The Sun
21. Red Flag Day
22. Vertigo

****** Encore ******

23. Beautiful Day
24. Gone
25. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way

Just about all of these songs have been played over the last few years. So the band & techs should be across them. The video production is done. Of course they'd need to be changes in the production, for all of the arena songs. But it's a good start, & means maybe there's a chance of more variation between nights. Lots of variation (other than the JT)!

On the JT30 tour, one reason that the show started with the 'old school' opening (with no video production), was the sunset times of the shows. In the northern latitudes sunset times would have been around 9pm. So a few songs had to have been played before we got to appreciate the spectacular "Streets". This year, at all shows, sunset times will be before 8pm. This gives the band the option to open the show with the Joshua Tree, if they so wish. Without compromising the screen visuals.

Pride takes a well earned rest. As does Elevation, City of Blinding Lights, Even Better Than The Real Thing & Ultraviolet (Light My Way).

Problems. Not all cities get two shows. People will complain they missed out on their preferred night (Is prefer the Experience night I think). B-stage wouldn't get any real action until the second set on the Experience night. Yeah, they've played nearly all of these songs quite recently, but Bono still can't remember this many songs It's all too complicated, for so few shows. But it's an interesting idea (that won't happen)

Originally posted by Coso:1. Mofo
2. Mofo
3. Mofo
4. Mofo
5. Mofo
6. Acrobat
7. Acrobat
8. Mofo
9. Last night On Earth
10. Spanish Eyes
11. No Line On The Horizon
12. Mofo
13. Discotheque
14. Exit
15. Mofo
16. Mofo
17. Your Blue Room
18. Numb
19. Mofo
20. Dirty Day
21. Mofo
22. Wave of Sorrow
23. Mofo
24. Lemon

Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
... or Kite

Originally posted by Coso:1. Mofo
2. Mofo
3. Mofo
4. Mofo
5. Mofo
6. Acrobat
7. Acrobat
8. Mofo
9. Last night On Earth
10. Spanish Eyes
11. No Line On The Horizon
12. Mofo
13. Discotheque
14. Exit
15. Mofo
16. Mofo
17. Your Blue Room
18. Numb
19. Mofo
20. Dirty Day
21. Mofo
22. Wave of Sorrow
23. Mofo
24. Lemon

Originally posted by JRoz:[..]
Also I can't see God Part II being played at all. There are so many other deep cuts that the audience would like more than God Part II.

Originally posted by ddarroch:[..]

I'm there!

Just wish they had room in that setlist for Do You Feel Loved

Originally posted by deanallison:Even if I’m not expecting it I’m liking the idea of some innocence and experience songs being included so here’s what I’ve came up with, probably the best of the last 3 tours for me.

1. Blackout
2. Lights Of Home
3. Iris
4. Cedarwood Road
5. Song For Someone
6. Raised By Wolves
7. Bad

JT
8-18

19. Zoo Station
20. The Fly
21. Acrobat
22. Stay
23. Every Breaking Wave
24. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
25. Love Is Bigger