Originally posted by Reach1985:I’d love to hear TUF and Stay (I can give or take Landlady) - however, and playing devils advocate here why would you make any changes to the set list of you were them?
Look at it this way - you’re over half way through the tour, you’ve played pretty much the same show 35/36 times, you’ve 24/25 shows to go before an extended break why bother? Surely it’s just more work?
One of their major issues is they can’t just play the (majority) of their songs. They rely so heavily on additional synthesisers, sequencers and other gadgetry and all of these ‘bits’ come from somewhere. Even if they are all available on a MacBook somewhere that they have access to it’s then a case of building all of these into the show which takes time. If they don’t have the bits then that’s a while different ball game - especially if you’re changing an arrangements or the key of a song.
The majority of the songs also have accompanying visuals and lighting effects, these all have to be ‘created’ and programmed too otherwise the show would look out of kilter.
Even adding one or two songs (unless they are basically acoustic) is going to take time and on the road the band and their team don’t have that - like all the tours these guys do the schedule is punishing - they’ve very little time to be working new songs or sections.
The set list as it is certainly isn’t my ‘perfect’ show - however I’m still very much looking forward to seeing the show in Manchester - I’ll keep my fingers crossed for TUF and Stay!
What I’d go with if we’re get all 4:
1. The Blackout
2. Lights of Home
3. I Will Follow
4. Red Flag Day/All Because Of You
5. Beautiful Day
6. The Ocean
7. Iris
8. Cedarwood Road
9. Landlady
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday
11. Until The End Of The World
12. Elevation
13. Vertigo
14. Even Better Than The Real Thing
15. Acrobat
16. Best Thing
17. Summer Of Love
18. The Unforgettable Fire
19. Stay
20. Pride
21, Get Out Of Your Own Way
22. New Year’s Day
23. City of Blinding Lights
24. One
25. Wild Horses
26. Love is Bigger
27. 13