1. I really thought about it and was considering to remove one of the snooze fests but I ended up leaving it as it was. Down All The Days is a great tune. Better than Numb lol
  2. Recreating the 2019 Joshua Tree, Here's how some songs I would've thrown in,

    In the main set. I would throw in some 80s, 90s, and 2000s and 2010s in the main set.

    PA: Whole of The Moon/Charlie Chaplin Speech

    Setlist:
    1. The Blackout
    2. Lights of Home
    3. I Will Follow
    4. Gloria
    5. The Unforgettable Fire
    6. Kite
    7. Stay (Faraway So Close)
    8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
    9. Bad
    10. Pride (In The Name of Love)
    (The Joshua Tree Set)
    11. Where The Streets Have No Name
    12. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    13. With or Without You
    14. Bullet The Blue Sky
    15. Running To Stand Still
    16. Red Hill Mining Town
    17. In God's Country
    18. Trip Through Your Wires
    19. One Tree Hill
    20. Exit
    21. Mothers of The Disappeared
    (Post-Joshua Tree Set)
    22. Desire
    23. Angel of Harlem
    24. Get Out Of Your Own Way
    25. New Year's Day
    26. All I Want Is You
    27. City of Blinding Lights

    Encore 1:
    28. Elevation
    29. Vertigo
    30. Even Better Than The Real Thing
    31. Mysterious Ways

    Encore 2:
    32. Every Breaking Wave (acoustic)
    33. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (I&E Version)
    34. Beautiful Day
    35. Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It's Way

    36. One

    37. 40
  3. Originally posted by johnthedude:Recreating the 2019 Joshua Tree, Here's how some songs I would've thrown in,

    In the main set. I would throw in some 80s, 90s, and 2000s and 2010s in the main set.

    PA: Whole of The Moon/Charlie Chaplin Speech

    Setlist:
    1. The Blackout
    2. Lights of Home
    3. I Will Follow
    4. Gloria
    5. The Unforgettable Fire
    6. Kite
    7. Stay (Faraway So Close)
    8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
    9. Bad
    10. Pride (In The Name of Love)
    (The Joshua Tree Set)
    11. Where The Streets Have No Name
    12. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    13. With or Without You
    14. Bullet The Blue Sky
    15. Running To Stand Still
    16. Red Hill Mining Town
    17. In God's Country
    18. Trip Through Your Wires
    19. One Tree Hill
    20. Exit
    21. Mothers of The Disappeared
    (Post-Joshua Tree Set)
    22. Desire
    23. Angel of Harlem
    24. Get Out Of Your Own Way
    25. New Year's Day
    26. All I Want Is You
    27. City of Blinding Lights

    Encore 1:
    28. Elevation
    29. Vertigo
    30. Even Better Than The Real Thing
    31. Mysterious Ways

    Encore 2:
    32. Every Breaking Wave (acoustic)
    33. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (I&E Version)
    34. Beautiful Day
    35. Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It's Way

    36. One

    37. 40
    A realistically long set!
  4. Also my YouTube Innocence/Experience & Joshua Tree Playlist is like this

    1. Love Is All We Have Left (5/23/18 Chicago)
    2. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) (5/23/15 Phoenix)
    3. The Blackout (6/25/18 MSG)
    4. Lights of Home (5/19/18 Omaha)
    5. Vertigo (11/28/15 Dublin)
    6. The Ocean (5/28/15 Roxy)
    7. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (5/28/15 Roxy)
    8. I Will Follow (11/30/19 Singapore)
    9. Electric Co. (6/9/18 Uniondale)
    10. Out Of Control (10/26/15 London)
    11. Gloria (11/10/18 Dublin)
    12. Two Hearts Beat As One (7/27/15 MSG)
    13. All Because of You (11/6/18 Dublin)
    14. Red Flag Day (5/11/18 Las Vegas)
    15. California (5/15/15 The Forum)
    16. Iris (7/11/15 Boston)
    17. Cedarwood Road (9/4/18 Cologne)
    18. A Sort of Homecoming (6/4/17 Chicago)
    19. The Unforgettable Fire (9/30/18 Copenhagen)
    20. Dirty Day (11/9/18 Dublin)
    21. Zoo Station (11/10/18 Dublin)
    22. The Fly (11/10/18 Dublin)
    23. Stay (Faraway So Close) (10/7/18 Amsterdam)
    24. Song For Someone (9/8/15 Amsterdam)
    25. Sunday Bloody Sunday (5/23/18 Chicago)
    26. Raised By Wolves (9/28/15 Berlin)
    27. Until The End of The World (9/29/15 Berlin)
    28. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (10/4/18 Hamburg)

    (Intermission)
    29. Invisible (10/30/15 London)
    30. Elevation (6/3/17 Chicago)
    31. Even Better Than The Real Thing (12/4/19 Tokyo)
    32. Mysterious Ways (7/16/17 Rome)
    33. Desire (6/21/18 Boston)
    34. Angel of Harlem (10/26/15 London)
    35. When Love Comes To Town (5/23/15 Phoenix)
    36. Spanish Eyes (10/10/15 Barcelona)
    37. Magnificent (9/13/15 Amsterdam)
    38. Volcano (9/12/15 Amsterdam)
    39. Lucifer's Hands (6/28/15 Chicago)
    40. The Crystal Ballroom (7/14/15 Boston)
    41. Party Girl (7/31/15 Madison Square Garden)
    42. Sweetest Thing (9/13/15 Amsterdam)
    43. Stuck In A Moment (6/17/15 Montreal)
    44. Red Hill Mining Town (7/1/17 Cleveland)
    45. Best Thing (10/27/18 Belfast)
    46. Ordinary Love (6/3/15 Ingelwood)
    47. Don't Look Back In Anger (7/8/17 London)
    48. Satellite Of Love (7/30/15 Madison Square Garden)
    49. Every Breaking Wave (10/25/15 London)
    50. Staring At The Sun (5/23/18 Chicago)
    51. October (9/9/15 Amsterdam)
    52. Summer of Love (9/16/18 Lisboa)
    53. Bad (7/1/17 Cleveland)
    54. In God's Country (7/30/17 Amsterdam)
    55. Trip Through Your Wires (6/4/17 Chicago)
    56. Acrobat (10/11/18 Milan)
    57. Bullet The Blue Sky (7/1/17 Cleveland)
    58. Running To Stand Still (7/30/17 Amsterdam)
    59. MLK (5/12/17 Vancouver)
    60. Pride (In The Name of Love) (10/19/18 Manchester)
    61. Get Out Of Your Own Way (6/29/18 Newark)
    62. American Soul (5/23/18 Chicago)
    63. New Year's Day (7/22/17 Dublin)
    64. Zooropa (11/27/15 Dublin)
    65. Where The Streets Have No Name (11/27/15 Dublin)
    66. Exit (7/12/17 Berlin)
    67. All I Want Is You (5/31/15 Ingelwood)
    68. Mothers of The Disappeared (12/1/19 Singapore)
    69. With or Without You (9/22/15 Stockholm)

    Encore 1:
    70. City of Blinding Lights (10/19/18 Manchester)
    71. Beautiful Day (10/3/17 Mexico)
    72. The Troubles (5/14/15 Vancouver)
    73. One Tree Hill (11/8/19 Auckland)
    74. The Little Things That Give You Away (7/8/17 London)
    75. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (7/31/15 MSG)
    76. Stand By Me (7/31/15 MSG)

    Encore 2:
    77. Miracle Drug (5/15/15 Vancouver)
    78. Landlady (10/12/18 Milan)
    79. Miss Sarajevo (6/3/17 Chicago)
    80. Ultraviolet (12/5/19 Tokyo)
    81. One (5/23/18)
    82. Love Is Bigger (11/6/18 Dublin)
    83. 13 (There Is A Light) (5/19/18 Omaha)

    Encore 3:
    84. Ahimsa (12/15/19 Mumbai)
    85. People Have The Power (12/6/15 Paris)
    86. 40 (7/2/15 Chicago)
  5. I'm also recreating the 2019 tour. Instead of being a JT Anniversary tour, it's a mashup of IE, JT17 and EI.

    1. The Blackout (Chaplin Intro. Same graphics as EI. Band perform on main stage).
    2. Lights of Home (Bono walks down to B stage whilst saying "show us your lights insert city name". Rest of band at main stage).
    3. I Will Follow (whole band at b stage).
    4. New Years Day (b stage)
    5. Bad (b stage)
    6. Pride (b stage)
    7. Where The Streets Have No Name (signature JT17 intro and red screen photo op)
    8. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (main stage)
    9. With Or Without You (main stage)
    10. Bullet The Blue Sky (main stage)
    11. Running To Stand Still (main stage)
    12. Red Hill Mining Town (main stage)
    13. One Tree Hill (main stage)
    14. Exit (Bono at B stage)
    15. Mothers of The Disappeared (Bono at B stage)

    16. City of Blinding Lights (main stage)
    17. Vertigo (main stage)
    18. Even Better Than The Real Thing (main stage)
    19. Beautiful Day (main stage)
    20. Get Out Of Your Own Way (main stage)
    21. Every Breaking Wave (main stage)
    22. Raised By Wolves (Same graphics as 2015. main stage)
    23. Until The End Of The World (Same graphics as 2015. main stage)
    24. Ultraviolet (main stage)
    25. Love is Bigger Than Anything In It's Way (main stage)
    26. One (main stage)

    Joshua Tree Songs: 9
    Achtung Baby Songs: 4
    Songs of Experience Songs: 4
    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Songs: 2
    Songs of Innocence Songs: 2
    The Unforgettable Fire Songs: 2
    Boy Songs: 1
    War Songs: 1
    All That You Can't Leave Behind Songs: 1

  6. Recently, I've been listening to/watching the live album/concert film Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads a whole lot. For the uninitiated, it's one of the best concert films ever made. It begins with David Byrne playing Psycho Killer by himself and during the next three songs, another member of Talking Heads comes out on stage. Finally, during the fifth song, backup singers and additional musicians come out and play the rest of the show with them.

    While this format wouldn't work exactly for U2 (and Bono has nothing on David Byrne's dance moves), they do have many songs that work well with a horn section, string section, or backup singers. Thus, I present my version, inspired by Stop Making Sense, U2's Abbey Road show, U2's Apollo Theatre show, Bono and Edge's Decade of Difference Show, and the Zoo TV tour.


    1. MLK
    Bono

    2. In God's Country
    Bono, Edge

    3. A Man and A Woman
    Bono, Edge, Adam

    4. Pride (In the Name of Love)
    Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry

    5. Angel of Harlem
    6. When Love Comes to Town
    7. The Saints Are Coming
    8. California (There Is No End To Love)
    9. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
    Full band, horns

    10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    Full band, backup singers

    Intermission. The horn section and backup singers leave and are replaced by a string orchestra.

    11. Lights Of Home (St. Peter's String Version)
    Full band, orchestra

    12. Cedarwood Road
    13. Staring at the Sun
    Bono, Edge, orchestra

    14. Every Breaking Wave
    15. One / Unchained Melody
    16. Bad / 40
    17. Where the Streets Have No Name
    Full band, orchestra

    18. Numb
    Edge, Adam, Larry, backup singer(s)
    Bono is backstage changing, the horns and strings come back on stage. Bono's part of Numb is sung by one of the backup singers.

    19. Desire
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry, horns

    20. With or Without You / Shine Like Stars
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry

    21. Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way / All You Need Is Love
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry, orchestra, horns

    22. All I Want Is You / Walk to the Water
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry, orchestra
    Ends like the studio version with the orchestra continuing to play as the band members walk off
  7. interesting. good thought put into that
  8. I know I’ve done about a million of these but the band are being too quiet so this is my u2 fix lol. My E&I perfect setlist but featuring only songs that were actually played on the tour which keeps it more than realistic. I’ve ditched one because I think every version on the tour was karaoke style.

    1. Blackout
    2. Lights of home
    3. I Will Follow
    4. Gloria
    5. Iris
    6. Cedarwood Road
    7. Song For Someone
    8. Raised By Wolves
    9. Until The End Of The World
    10. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
    Intermission
    11. Zoo station
    12. The Fly
    13. Stay
    14. Even Better Than The Real Thing
    15. Acrobat
    16. Best Thing
    17. Staring At The Sun
    18. The Unforgettable Fire
    19. Get out of your own way
    20. New Years Day
    21. City Of Blinding Lights

    Encore
    22. Pride
    23. Landlady
    24. Love is bigger
    25. 13
  9. Originally posted by deanallison:I know I’ve done about a million of these but the band are being too quiet so this is my u2 fix lol. My E&I perfect setlist but featuring only songs that were actually played on the tour which keeps it more than realistic. I’ve ditched one because I think every version on the tour was karaoke style.

    1. Blackout
    2. Lights of home
    3. I Will Follow
    4. Gloria
    5. Iris
    6. Cedarwood Road
    7. Song For Someone
    8. Raised By Wolves
    9. Until The End Of The World
    10. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
    Intermission
    11. Zoo station
    12. The Fly
    13. Stay
    14. Even Better Than The Real Thing
    15. Acrobat
    16. Best Thing
    17. Staring At The Sun
    18. The Unforgettable Fire
    19. Get out of your own way
    20. New Years Day
    21. City Of Blinding Lights

    Encore
    22. Pride
    23. Landlady
    24. Love is bigger
    25. 13
    Oh man, this set is pretty great. 3 of my favs on there (Gloria, The Unforgettable Fire, Iris). The only thing I'd change would be to swap Best Thing with Desire from the U.S. leg. I think Best Thing & Song for Someone are too similar in terms of theme, and I wonder if that's why they took the latter out after the 1st show in Tulsa (could also just be because they thought 27 songs was too much).
  10. And my I&E perfect Setlist now with the same criteria and I’am including one this time since I’ve heard at least a version where Bono sings it all

    1. The Miracle
    2. Out Of Control
    3. The electric co.
    4. Gloria
    5. Two Hearts Beat As One
    6. California
    7. Iris
    8. Cedarwood Road
    9. Song For Someone
    10. Raised By Wolves
    11. Until The End Of The World
    Intermission
    12. Invisible
    13. Even Better Than The Real Thing
    14. Mysterious Ways
    15. Lucifers Hands
    16. Crystal Ballroom
    17. Every Breaking Wave
    18. October
    19. All I Want Is You
    20. Where The Streets Have No Name
    21. With Or Without You
    22. The Troubles

    Encore:
    23. City Of Blinding Lights
    24. Bad
    25. One
    26. 40
  11. Last one for now if it’s ok.zoo tv.

    1. Zoo station
    2. The Fly
    3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
    4. Mysterious Ways
    5. One
    6. Until The End Of The World
    7. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
    8. Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around The World
    9. Numb
    10. Babyface
    11. Bad
    12. Angel Of Harlem
    13. Stay
    14. Dirty Day
    15. Bullet the blue sky
    16. Running To Stand Still
    17. Where The Streets Have No Name

    Encore 1
    18. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
    19. Lemon
    20. With Or Without You

    Encore 2
    21. Ultraviolet
    22. Love Is Blindness
  12. Originally posted by ASortOfDesire:Recently, I've been listening to/watching the live album/concert film Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads a whole lot. For the uninitiated, it's one of the best concert films ever made. It begins with David Byrne playing Psycho Killer by himself and during the next three songs, another member of Talking Heads comes out on stage. Finally, during the fifth song, backup singers and additional musicians come out and play the rest of the show with them.

    While this format wouldn't work exactly for U2 (and Bono has nothing on David Byrne's dance moves), they do have many songs that work well with a horn section, string section, or backup singers. Thus, I present my version, inspired by Stop Making Sense, U2's Abbey Road show, U2's Apollo Theatre show, Bono and Edge's Decade of Difference Show, and the Zoo TV tour.


    1. MLK
    Bono

    2. In God's Country
    Bono, Edge

    3. A Man and A Woman
    Bono, Edge, Adam

    4. Pride (In the Name of Love)
    Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry

    5. Angel of Harlem
    6. When Love Comes to Town
    7. The Saints Are Coming
    8. California (There Is No End To Love)
    9. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
    Full band, horns

    10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    Full band, backup singers

    Intermission. The horn section and backup singers leave and are replaced by a string orchestra.

    11. Lights Of Home (St. Peter's String Version)
    Full band, orchestra

    12. Cedarwood Road
    13. Staring at the Sun
    Bono, Edge, orchestra

    14. Every Breaking Wave
    15. One / Unchained Melody
    16. Bad / 40
    17. Where the Streets Have No Name
    Full band, orchestra

    18. Numb
    Edge, Adam, Larry, backup singer(s)
    Bono is backstage changing, the horns and strings come back on stage. Bono's part of Numb is sung by one of the backup singers.

    19. Desire
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry, horns

    20. With or Without You / Shine Like Stars
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry

    21. Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way / All You Need Is Love
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry, orchestra, horns

    22. All I Want Is You / Walk to the Water
    MacPhisto, Edge, Adam, Larry, orchestra
    Ends like the studio version with the orchestra continuing to play as the band members walk off
    Good God this is excellent. Interesting song choices throughout but it would all just work so well (and sorry for quoting a months-old post lol)