A Sort of Homecoming - 75% - What everyone expected in the 2017 Joshua Tree Tour was all the songs on the Joshua Tree, but what no one expected was the return of A Sort of Homecoming, a song that hadn't been played in 16 years. Bono finally remembered the lyrics of that song. Although it did make rare handfuls of shows on this tour, but it came back refreshed, but will it be in this tour. Yes, odds are A Sort of Homecoming will be in this show. But if they add in extra shows, put it on the second or third night.
Pride - 100% - Without a doubt, Pride deserves to be straight into the 100% column. Ever since it's debut in tour on August of 1984, it has stayed on Opening Night, and the only time it never made it to opening night was on the first night of the Elevation Tour until it finally showed up in April of 2001. Pride's a crowd pleaser to the audience, and has the distinction of closing main sets including closing out the main set in the Innocence and Experience Tour in Boston and New York. But Pride should be a closer in the main set on this tour I feel.
Wire - 20% - Since the end of the Unforgettable Fire Tour. Wire has been nowhere to be found. And it seems that it might not happen here in this tour.
The Unforgettable Fire - 80% - The CD is called The Unforgettable Fire for a reason and this CD has it's own song, it's been played in 3 tours from the 1980's. The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree and Lovetown. It did not make the 1990's tour, but made it just in time before the end of the Millenium, The Unforgettable Fire made a resurrection in the 360 tour in June of 2009 until the band put it down in August of 2010. I was hoping that this song was going to make it to Innocence and Experience, it would've been nice to see a seque with Every Breaking Wave with Bono hitting the ending high note and Edge getting out his guitar to start the riff of The Unforgettable Fire. Man EBW and UF would've made a perfect combination. But I believe that The Unforgettable Fire should be played in this tour.
Promenade - 10% - Don't get me wrong, this is a beautiful song and Bono's vocals are on point in this song. This song has never been played before, I honestly wish that they should've done this in the Popmart Tour to close out a few shows. But it's highly doubtful that Promenade can't be in this set.
Bad - 100% - Now there is one song that has not missed any kind of tour even though it's been coming on rarely enough, but more and more as you look at the Innocence and Experience and the Joshua Tree Tours. Bad has now become a regular more and more. The new snippets in Bad have been working. But as far as Experience and Innocence Tour, I say this time it stays a regular and I say it closes out the set on a few shows.
Indian Summer Sky - 5% -This song has had a shot in being at these tours and only made a handful of appearances, but it never reached in America, and in February of 1985. The band put Indian Summer Sky out, And I really don't see them playing it here on this tour
Elvis Presley and America - 25% - Can you say it's time to bring Elvis Presley and America here in this tour, I would like to see it. But I don't think it's not going to happen. It's one of my all time personal favorites on the Unforgettable Fire CD. But it should be here in this tour and I don't think there's a place for it.
MLK - 70% - If the band want to slow down some songs in the main set, then look no further than MLK although it's missed a handful of tours like ZOOTV, Elevation and I&E. It's a heartwarming melody dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. The last time it was played was 5 months ago on the first night of the 2017 Joshua Tree Tour. But if the band has to play it, it could be on the second or third night if the band are planning on using Extra Shows.
I don’t think this album will be particularly well represented, Pride and Bad maybe although I expect the latter to be far rarer than lately. The rest I don’t see happening. Bono spoke about covering Boy and October on the I&E tour, hence why they weren’t really represented on TJT tour except the odd appearance of I will Follow. War, Unforgettable fire and TJT were done on TJT tour, so that leaves post JT to be more represented on this tour.
Originally posted by johnthedude:A Sort of Homecoming - 75% - What everyone expected in the 2017 Joshua Tree Tour was all the songs on the Joshua Tree, but what no one expected was the return of A Sort of Homecoming
If by "no one" you mean a good couple of fans which actually predicted ASOH's comeback since the Joshua Tree Tour was announced" then yeah, you're goddamn right.
