on U2gigs.com a guy named Axver put in his Tour Predictions for CD's, here's my potential predictions
Boy
1. I Will Follow - 100%. I'm definitely giving this first song a 100% because since it's been on every single tour. I have a feeling it's going to be on this tour. I Will Follow didn't make it's start on the first and second legs of ZOOTV until it was done on the third leg in a stripped-down acoustic form, it never made the first leg on the Vertigo Tour, but debuted on the second leg in the UK. And hope seemed to be lost that I Will Follow would not be on the 360 tour as it didn't appear on the first and second leg until it made it's debut on the Third Leg in August of 2010. So I'm sensing it may be in this tour, could be in the main set, middle part of the set or in the encore, or possibly an Acoustic Version of this song similar to 1993.
2. Twilight - 15%. A 15% chance that it's not happening. Twilight hasn't been performed since The Unforgettable Fire Tour, but after 31 long years, could it make it's return somewhat in the middle set it could be sequed into "This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now" making it a beautiful segue or a snippet. But odds are that it's an outside chance that it may not happen.
3. An Cat Dubh - 45% I could give this a 45% chance of this happening. It hasn't been played in 9 years since the 3rd night in Dublin on the Vertigo Tour. Sure it made a timely resurrection on the Vertigo Tour, but let's break it down to where An Cat Dubh has never been played on tours. The Joshua Tree. Lovetown. ZOOTV. Pop. Elevation and the 360 tour. An Cat Dubh and Into The Heart could've both been a potential candidate on the Joshua Tree Tour and on the Elevation Tour as well, but I guess the band grew tired of it until they resurrected it in 2005. I think it could come back in some sort of capacity, maybe we could have a first ever "acoustic" version of this song. But I don't see a 100% chance of it coming back, I look at it as a 45%
4. Into The Heart - 45%. The Same goes for Into The Heart, it doesn't look like An Cat Dubh and Into The Heart will be in the tour although it could potentially happen but I don't think it will.
5. Out of Control - 85%. Believe this or not I'm giving it a 85% chance since it's debut in 1980. Out of Control was always in the set from the early U2 days through January 1990 and missed the ZOOTV and Popmart Era. But they resurrected it on the Elevation Tour and closed the show with it three times, it's had it's fair share in the encore, the first time this song was in the encore was in U2's Dublin Tour in June of 1985 and the second time it was in Cork back in August of 1987 when it made it's Joshua Tree Tour appearance, and since then it has been played in the main set and in the encore as well since The Joshua Tree throughout 360, and like I Will Follow. I wasn't sure if we would see Out Of Control in the 360 tour but they resurrected it in April of 2011 and who could ever forget Out of Control being the closer at the Glastonbury Festival beating out the favorite all-time closer on the 360 tour Moment of Surrender, but I think it may return on the tour. it may be a seque to California (There is No End To Love), but I think Out of Control has a good chance of making it's return to the set.
6. Stories For Boys - 30%. i doubt that this song has a chance of returning to the setlist, it's been 32 years since this song's been in the setlist although it did make a snippet in Vertigo on the Vertigo Tour and it was only snippeted once on the 360 tour. But as much as it could return, it's not going to unless it can sneak somewhere in as an acoustic version of this tour. But it should not happen.
7. The Ocean - 55%. I give this a 55% chance, but I wouldn't want to say it, i don't think it may happen, It could've had a good run on The Joshua Tree Tour and even on The Popmart Tour as a lullaby. And to think The Ocean has not been played in over 9 years, it's last performance was December of 2005 and never made it to the fourth and fifth leg of the Vertigo Tour although it missed the second leg of the tour. But it was somewhat of a closer from the Boy. October and the Pre-War Tour but that was it. For it to return, it's gotta be sequed into a song either "Raised By Wolves" or an old song like "Gloria or The Electric Co." or wait for it "Bullet The Blue Sky" if it were to return. But me giving this a 55% chance doesn't mean it may or will not happen.
7. A Day Without Me - 30%. I'm giving this a 30% chance because I don't see A Day Without Me returning in the set, it's been 29 years since it's stayed out of any kind of setlist and it looks like it will remain that way unless U2 can play it acoustic rather than electric. It's last performance was in April of 1985 and it never returned to the set again. In this tour, i don't see it happening, unless they play it acoustic which would be good. That could be a good acoustic version of this song, but I think the return of A Day Without Me is highly unlikely.
8. Another Time, Another Place - 15%. Just like Twilight, I've given this a 15%, because it's never been played for 32 years and it always didn't play well into a set. The only potential time i would've seen Another Time, Another Place was could've been played into The Unforgettable Fire Tour, could've been sequed right into Wire and also on the Joshua Tree Tour, could've been played after Exit. I've always thought of Exit followed by Another Time, Another Place. Another chance it could've been right into the Elevation Tour, could've been of an acoustic version of this song. But it didn't happen. And with this song being 15%, i don't believe it will happen.
9. The Electric Co. - 60%. I gotta give this song a 60% chance of this because since it's debut throughout the 1980's. The Electric Co. never missed a show from the early/mid and late 1980's until it's final performance on the Joshua Tree Tour in August of 1987 only to resurrect it 18 years later on the Vertigo Tour. But sadly it didn't make the 360 tour. But i think this could be a good time to return to the Innocence and Experience Tour after it's 8-year absence. But i don't see it being acoustic, I think it will be a regular version of this song.
10. Shadows and Tall Trees - 10%. I don't think Shadows and Tall Trees will never make a return to the set, it has missed a show for more than 34 years even since Boy came out. Potentially it could've returned by the 1990's on the ZOOTV tour as an acoustic song, but it never did. With the band possibly doing a different set on the second show, it could be stripped down acoustic, but I doubt a 10% chance of it not making it's return.
11. 11 O'clock Tick Tock - 40%. This was definitely a 1980's crowd pleaser from Boy. October and War and even in the Unforgettable Fire Tour, but it slowed down when it was only played once on the Joshua Tree Tour and twice on the Lovetown Tour and we never saw it on ZOOTV nor the Popmart Tour until it returned in 2000 on the All That You Can't Leave Behind Promo Tour in Irving, NY followed by another return of the song in a free show at London in 2001 and it was done on the Elevation Tour rarely until it's final performance in August of 2001. It's clearly been 13 years since we've seen this song, but I give this a 40% chance of this returning, maybe it could sneak in the encore, I could see it sequed either in "The Crystal Ballroom" or "Lucifer's Hands". I think 11 O'clock Tick Tock would work well after The Crystal Ballroom.
Well that's all for the Boy Predictions, tell me what you all think as I head on to October now.