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  1. Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:I want the next tour to be a world tour a la 360 and Vertigo.

    A stadium tour in Europe visiting a lot of cities, not just the major ones. And then actually doing Asia, Australia, South America in the same tour cycle.

    Just because there's higher chances of a home show for me


    Agree 100%
  2. Originally posted by thefly07:If they do it I'm afraid it will solidify them as the legacy act they never wanted to be. They kind of dodged that with JT30. If it happens I'll accept that and I'm sure it would be amazing but I have reservations, as I did when they announced JT30. Until they call it quits, I look forward to new material and tours.


    Aren't they already kind of a legacy act though? They've had 3 different tours for their most famous album.

    The Joshua Tree Tour (fair enough because the album was new)
    The Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary tour
    The Joshua Tree Tour 2019
  3. I voted no for the following reasons:

    1. They've already paid tribute to AB in 2011 and 2018.

    2. I want to hear new material.

    3. I think they only did JT17/19 for a contract/money obligations, so I don't want a repeat of this (although I loved the tour).

    4. They are overdue for a world-wide tour debuting a new album.

    5. It would be too hard to make an AB30 Tour.

    6. Bono would look silly as SJKamal pointed out.


  4. It's a helluva a collection of songs to occupy setlist space. Not a single weak link, and 3-5 AB songs would get played anyway, so I'll take the album taking another 7-9 spots.
  5. Originally posted by thefly07:If they do it I'm afraid it will solidify them as the legacy act they never wanted to be. They kind of dodged that with JT30. If it happens I'll accept that and I'm sure it would be amazing but I have reservations, as I did when they announced JT30. Until they call it quits, I look forward to new material and tours.

    How can they be a legacy act though if they continue to release new music and tour it? Assuming that’s what they did following an AB30 tour or zootv30 tour then they wouldn’t be a legacy act at all they would just be revisiting the past briefly before moving forward again. I still can never understand the legacy act argument, unless they replace tours of new albums with tours of old albums or greatest hits but there is no replacement it’s as well as.
  6. Are the Rolling Stones classed as a legacy act?
  7. Please we don't need an AB 30 tour. There was loads of AB in 2018 and 2011. I would rather have AB scattered in a 'normal' show.
  8. Originally posted by grzeko:[..]


    That's quite a manipulation There were 7/8 songs only from one album, which was Songs of Experience. They started the show, they were were changing and leading the narrative before and after the whole crazy "Experience" section, and they were finishing the show.

    Aaaand back to topic: I'm sure there's no chance for new album/tour next year, so I'm for AB/ZOO2021.

    why is that manipulation? I was never talking about quantity in the first place.. it's just my opinion, I think the show leaned heavily on the early 90's, those were the songs (and a character) that made this show. The opening sequence with Blackout and Lights of Home was the worst they ever did, then there were 10-12 songs which were not from the album.. 2 acoustic Experience songs to cool down after EBTTRT and Acrobat.. GOOYOW did reasonable on it's own and Love Is Bigger certainly was very enjoyable..13 is a nice song on the album and closing with it fitted nice with the narrative so I give that one also the benefit of the doubt, but all in all I think the weight of SOE in the quality of the show was very low.
  9. I would say so, they haven’t toured new material for a while, think they played 2 songs from the bigger bang album when I seen that tour. They’re a greatest hits or best of band now and have been for a while.
  10. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    I would say so, they haven’t toured new material for a while, think they played 2 songs from the bigger bang album when I seen that tour. They’re a greatest hits or best of band now and have been for a while.
    that's how people are going to perceive U2 as well as they do big stadium tours with JT and AB while in the meanwhile only having a small tour that most people don't even know about. Even without touring those big albums specifically people might think U2 is only about those old big hits..
  11. Originally posted by Ricku2:[..]
    that's how people are going to perceive U2 as well as they do big stadium tours with JT and AB while in the meanwhile only having a small tour that most people don't even know about. Even without touring those big albums specifically people might think U2 is only about those old big hits..
    U2's been a legacy act in stadiums for the last decade but have remained new-material focused in North American and European arenas. It's a weird duality, but I suspect they could not play American stadiums for a tour marketed on new material in 2022.


  12. Personally, I thought The Blackout made for an excellent introduction to the show. It's a thumping rocker and the gradual revealing of the band built the anticipation.
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