1. This is a concept I wish the band explored in 2017 (they were pretty close without even trying).

    As simple as it gets - Make a 20-23 song setlist BUT the songs must run in chronological order from date of release (album year is fine).
  2. Off the top of my head (and with an eye on realism)

    1. Out of Control
    2. I Will Follow
    3. Electric Co
    4. Gloria
    5. SBS (R&H version as Bono is already gassed)
    6. Bad
    7. Streets
    8. Exit
    9. RTSS
    10. Hawkmoon (stripped back ala 2001 snippet)
    80’s over

    11. One
    12. Zoo Station
    13. Wild Horses
    14. UTEOTW
    15. Stay (2018)
    16. Please (acoustic if necessary)
    17. Discotheque
    90’s over

    18. Miracle Drug
    19. Vertigo (the crowd will need to know at least one encore song before)
    20. NLOTH
    21. EBW (Glasgow version)
  3. 1. 11 O’Clock Tick Tock
    2. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
    3. New Years Day
    4. The Unforgettable Fire
    5. Bad
    6. Streets
    7. With Or Without You
    8. One Tree Hill
    9. Exit
    10. Heartland
    11. Zoo station
    12. The fly
    13. Until The End Of The World
    14. Ultra Violet
    15. Stay
    16. Gone
    17. New York
    18. Walk on

    Encore
    19. City Of Blinding Lights
    20. California
    21. The troubles
    22. Lights Of Home
    23. Love Is Bigger
  4. Just because I enjoy them so much another one with completely different picks

    1. I Will Follow
    2. Gloria
    3. A Sort Of Homecoming
    4. Running To Stand Still
    5. Red Hill Mining Town
    6. Angel Of Harlem
    7. All I want Is You
    8. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
    9. Even Better Than The Real Thing
    10. One
    11. Acrobat
    12. Love Is Blindness
    13. Zooropa
    14. Lemon
    15. Dirty Day
    16. Last Night On Earth
    17. Staring At The Sun
    18. Stuck In A Moment
    19. Kite
    20. Miracle Drug

    Encore
    21. Breathe
    22. Every breaking wave
    23. Little Things That Give You Away
  5. paging @johnthedude
  6. I've done some chronological setlists in the past, specially for the Joshua Tree tour (it would have made ALL the sense!):

    Originally posted by LikeASong:Strict chronological order:

    01 - Out Of Control
    02 - Gloria
    03 - New Year's Day
    04 - A Sort Of Homecoming
    05 - Bad
    ---TJT30---
    06 - Where The Streets Have No Name
    07 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    08 - With Or Without You
    09 - Bullet The Blue Sky
    10 - Running To Stand Still
    11 - Red Hill Mining Town
    12 - In God's Country
    13 - Trip Through Your Wires
    14 - One Tree Hill
    15 - Exit
    16 - Mothers Of The Disappeared
    ---encore---
    17 - Hawkmoon 269
    18 - One
    19 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
    20 - Gone
    21 - Kite
    22 - Miracle Drug
    23 - Moment Of Surrender
    24 - Every Breaking Wave



    Without the ball and chain of including the full JT album it's much easier to do something really cool without choosing all the deep cuts (which ain't easy!)...

    01 - Out Of Control
    02 - I Will Follow
    03 - Gloria
    04 - October
    05 - New Year's Day
    06 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
    07 - A Sort Of Homecoming
    08 - Bad >
    09 - Where The Streets Have No Name
    10 - One Tree Hill
    11 - Hawkmoon 269
    12 - All I Want Is You
    13 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses >
    14 - Until The End Of The World
    15 - Stay
    16 - Dirty Day
    17 - Please
    18 - Gone
    19 - Kite
    ---encore---
    20 - Vertigo / I Know It's Only RnR (snippet)
    21 - Original Of The Species
    22 - Moment of Surrender
    23 - Every Breaking Wave (full band electric)
    24 - Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way
  7. The most annoying thing about the chronological order Setlist is having to leave 40 out because it wouldn’t work so early in the set but I think it could be almost a bonus at the end of it all just allowed as the one rule breaker.
  8. Originally posted by deanallison:The most annoying thing about the chronological order Setlist is having to leave 40 out because it wouldn’t work so early in the set but I think it could be almost a bonus at the end of it all just allowed as the one rule breaker.
    Hahaha good call. Yeah 40 is such an iconic closer... Maybe as an (extended) snippet on the last song, whichever it is?
  9. 1.11 O'Clock Tick Tock
    2.I Will Follow
    3.Out Of Control
    4.Gloria
    5.October
    6.New Years Day
    7.Sunday Bloody Sunday
    8.Pride In The Name of Love
    9.Bad
    10.Where The Streets Have No Name
    11.With Or Without You
    13.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    14.Angel Of Harlem
    15.One
    16.If God Will Send His Angels
    17.Elevation
    18.In A Little While
    19.City Of Blinding Lights
    20.Vertigo
    21.Magnificent
    22.Cedarwood Rd
    23.Song For Someone
    24.Landlady
  10. 1. I Will Follow
    2. Out of Control
    3. Gloria
    4. New Years Day
    5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
    6. A Sort of Homecoming
    7. Bad
    8. The Unforgettable Fire
    9. Where The Streets Have No Name
    10. Red Hill Mining Town
    11. Bullet The Blue Sky
    12. Angel of Harlem
    13. Desire
    14. Zoo Station
    15. Stay
    16. Gone
    17. Beautiful Day
    18. Stuck in A Moment
    19.City of Blinding Lights

    Encore

    20. Magnificent
    21. Every Breaking Wave
    22. Lights of Home
    23. Love is Bigger Than Anything In It’s Way
  11. Twilight
    Stories For Boys
    Gloria
    LikeASong
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Where The Streets Have No Name
    Exit
    God Part II
    Hawkmoon269
    The Fly
    Acrobat
    Dirty Day
    Lemon
    Gone
    Please
    The Ground Beneath Her Feet
    Love And Peace Or Else
    Electrical Storm
    No Line On The Horizon
    Fez/Being Born

    Every Breaking Wave (full band electric)
    The Troubles
    The Little Things That Give You Away