So, I came up with a challenge/game for all of us here, based on the Canadian band The Tragically Hip. They came up with a very original concept (at least, as far as I know!) for setlist-construction on their last tour ever (in 2016): basically each night they would have a completely different set made up of mini-album suites of 4 songs for each selected record that night.
So, as an example, they would start off each night with 4 songs off one of their most acclaimed albums (in U2's case, it would be like starting with four tunes off AB or TJT), then 4 songs off their latest output (SOE, or even SOI), then 4 off a "wild-card" or rare-outing choice (for U2's standards, like playing something off Pop, Zooropa, or even less popular records like NLOTH), then 4 more off another second-tier classic (War, TUF, Boy?) and finally 4 off one more album. Then, two encores of 3 and 2 songs each off a couple more albums represented there. Therefore, no album gets a spot again on that night's setlist after it's been done.
What really gets my attention is that there are dozens of combinations one could make for each night, while it would also make for a nice representation of more obscure tracks they might not play otherwise.
I'll throw an example to start the game:
ZOO STATION
THE FLY
REAL THING
MYSTERIOUS WAYS
Love Is All We Have Left
Blackout
Red Flag Day
The Little Things That Give You Away
DISCOTHEQUE
MOFO
GONE
PLEASE
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Drowning Man
Two Hearts Beat As One
"40" (segue into>>>)
STREETS
IN GOD'S COUNTRY
ONE TREE HILL
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
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A sort Of Homecoming
Pride
Bad
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Electric Co.
Out of Control
