Originally posted by deanallison:Does anyone think we'll get any of the final 7 tracks on TJT for future tours or do we think this tour will signal the end of they songs being performed live. I can't see them revisiting after playing them night in, night out on this tour. Not that it's my wish I'd love to see a few of them turn up in the future .
Originally posted by MattG:Sorry to disagree with you, but if any are retired permanently after this tour, Exit will be #1 at the top of the list. The darkness with which they continue to play it demonstrates the very power of the song that the band no longer really condones...
I could see the usual suspects - Running to Stand Still, an extremely rare In God's Country, and One Tree Hill for AUS/NZ and other surprise times like in Chicago 2011 - all make returns to U2 sets before the end of their career.
I believe this is your last chance to hear Red Hill Mining Town, Trip Through, and Exit.
Mothers of the Disappeared is too political/meaningful of a song to ever count it completely out of a U2 set. It's the type of song they'll break out once every 10-15 years to make a statement with.
How did it feel to play "Exit" again?
I had a lot of self-harm over the years playing that song. I was very glad not to play it for many years. I broke my shoulder. I got into some very dark places on the stage. I'd rather not step back into that song, but I found a way by thinking of where it came from and going back to the books I was reading at the time. I realized the real influence was probably Flannery O'Connor, so I developed this character called the Shadow Man and I'm managing to step into the shoes of the Shadow Man without any self-harm. It's quite a character. I'm actually using some lines from [the O'Connor book] Wise Blood. I also do "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe," which we grew up with in Europe, a totally racist thing. The bit from Wise Blood is, "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going is never there. Where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." It's Southern Gothic, which is what I guess you'd call it.
Originally posted by Buttons:Has anybody posted videos of the show u2 put on for the firemen?