So I got my wife tix to the Innocence and Experience concert in St Louis this past weekend, and I have to admit I was not really looking forward to it. Even moreso when I saw the setlist from the first night where nothing from Joshua Tree was played and there were a lot of songs I had never heard of.
That said, I was blown away by how good this show was. The stage, the songs, the energy was great and the stamina of these guys to do this over and over was impressive. There are quite a few new songs I will be checking out now.
Anyway, just wanted to pass that along if you are a U2 fan and was thinking about going to see them.
I thought they were overrated, egotists who thought they were the second coming.
After that night, I realized they were.
Phenominal live act.
Granted I am biased, but I think they are the greatest live band ever. So it's good that you went to see them. They have an incredible catalog, only matched in depth and quality by Springsteen.
I recommend the latest album Songs of Experience. I think it makes up for some of the disappointment of Songs of Innocence.
Highly recommended!
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I had no interest in seeing this tour until I hear that they were playing some more obscure tracks (like Acrobat). I may have to think about seeing them when they come around NY.
If you were never a single guy as a late teen/early 20-year old at a U2 concert you don't know what you were missing.
so many women, I'd say 5 or 6 to 1 female to male ratio as a guess it may have been more. It was like your local college bar times 50 thousand on ladies night. Hard to explain how or why (other than alcohol), but that setting made women very aggressive.
Good times.
I have seen them many times. Including Joshua Tree in Hartford, CT, and other later tours like zooropa at RFK, and others at TD Garden, Gillette, and RFK, so many times and places, but nothing was like Achtung Baby at Yankee Stadium.
I'm not a huge fan of their music though, but I'd never turn down a chance to see them live.
Agreed, that was a great show! They also did a Red benefit right after MetLife opened that was terrific. They weren't touring on an album, so the playlist was outstanding. They even came out for an encore of "A Day Without Me", which I hadn't heard them do in years.
I read that they recently consider it. My guess is Larry killed it... ;)