Originally posted by LostSailor:Pretty good Vegas residency setlist from Sting:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/sting/2022/the-colosseum-at-caesars-palace-las-vegas-nv-73b46ea5.html
Originally posted by guykirk9:[..]
Lol Roxanne twice
Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:Well U2 played Vertigo twice in 2005.
What song would U2 play twice in Vegas?
Originally posted by podiumboy:It won’t be a residency like you’re thinking. This is a 20,000 seat arena, U2 won’t be able to fill that too many times.
They probably just want a big name to launch the opening of this new state of the art venue with a handful of shows. U2 couldn’t even sell out 2 shows at T-Mobile Arena in 2018. I expect no more than 5-6 shows, the venue will sell more tickets than the band does.
It’s not like U2 are playing a small theater at the Golden Nugget for a month. Don’t sweat it, people.
Originally posted by pleasegone:[..]
You kind of have to understand what Vegas is. It's not a place where it is the same old locals going to shows over and over. It has a tremendous amount of new tourists every single day. If they had the right pricing structure on tickets, they could play 3 shows a week for eternity. I'm a huge Elton John fan, he played tons of shows there, most of them sold out or close. With U2 fans aging, a lot of the American and International tourists would go. I am scared of them phoning it in after say 10 shows, but it very well could just be 5-15 shows, but I would bet on 15-30, or as much as they want. If the ticket prices are not outrageous, they could simply print money. As far as a real tour, They could play 3 shows in most major markets to cut down on travel. it's what any solid legacy act can do.
Stinks to call U2 a legacy act, but the days of them playing tons of songs from a new album are over. And we all know the pattern that started early for them with Pop, that skipped a bit until 360, where they play a bunch of new songs, somebody tells them they are not relevant, and then they end up dropping a lot of the new songs to do a hits tour. SOI and SOE not quite as much, but I noticed fans yawning a bit for the new material. My dream of them making an album that is simply a bunch of good songs where they are not seeking hits or relevancy is probably never going to happen.
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
On Popmart they never played less than 7 songs from pop each night as well as HMTMKMKM which was its first available tour to be played on. They still promote new material really well. 360 is the only tour since the mid 80’s where they averaged less than 7 new songs a night except the JT anniversary tours which weren’t about promoting new material.
Originally posted by pleasegone:[..]
I should have written this better. As a Pop freak, I was pissed they dropped Miami, Do You Feel Loved, and gave up on learning Staring At The Sun. 360 is the only time they really did that, and since I went to 6 of those, the last 3 were sad without Breathe, and then leaving it as a bonus track on the dvd was an insult. The JT tour does actually give some life to my point. I nearly sold my life to get to the 3 shows and not once did Little Things or anything new. Now don't get me wrong, I loved JT30, but it was proving they were a legacy act. With SOI/SOE they tried to get it back, but the new material made NLOTH look like Achtung Baby. Neither are bad albums, but I've never really gotten into SOI. SOE I like a lot more, but they never played my favorites at my lone show...No Red Flag Day, no Little Things...but in the end, we gave U2 a great life, and they gave us a great band to follow, warts and all. And not that many warts!
Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:Well U2 played Vertigo twice in 2005.
What song would U2 play twice in Vegas?