And let's not hear another arrogant, armchair critic comment that Bono's best lyric writing days are behind him.

So what do we think? I love it.

U2 is set to announce their world tour tomorrow on the 15th of October. It has been heavily rumored to open in Mexico City next year, and they've been advertising using the same Macphisto symbol we've seen in their socials on billboards around the city ahead of the announcement.

Lo and behold, on the same day, friend of the band and frequent collaborator, Martin Garrix is setting up a "surprise pop up set" in Mexico City. (Note there's that keyword again: surprise)

Is this just a coincidence?

Edited to add:
As a reminder, my (non-AI) deep dive / essay on a potential synergistic U2 × Garrix album campaign, from last July.

https://www.reddit.com/r/U2Band/s/uzhx1JUseW

Edit 2: I've just recalled that Bono spoke about the idea of setting up a "teatro" style show on the tour. Could this be a pilot run for that concept?

"Bono is more wary of overemphasizing the new material in stadiums, and he hints at a vague idea of setting up separate, smaller venues on the road where they could spotlight it — “a way of meeting our fans in the city in another teatro, which I can’t tell you about either.” Mullen, in turn, thinks the teatro thing is “great in theory. The practice might be a little harder to pull off.” They have a good sense of a unique concept for the stage design, and Bono even knows what he’d like the opening song to be."

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/u2-cover-story-carnaval-de-luz-larry-mullen-dolly-parton-1235631171/

With only the poster to reference so far and the videos.
My guess is a mix of past setups with emphasis on
ZOO TV/Achtung baby. Seating charts will be clue too!
But, please share what you think! link below for Mark Fisher who designed many of the Great stages we have all enjoyed over the years. See link below for more about him. He passed 2013 but, he engineered some of their greatest stages so he is worthy of mention. :-)
(Additional note here: Bring back the Claw!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fisher_(architect))

U Talkin' U2 2 Me? The t-shirts! The aux cord! Larry Claytwothousandpounds? ACHTUNG baby?

This is good rock 'n' roll, uh, music?

With all of the teaser promotion also including pieces from past tours (Popmart Arch, Elevation Suitcase for example), I'm going to take a big swing. I think U2's next tour isn't going to be a standard format U2 setlist, I think they are going to take a page out of Taylor Swift's book and have mini vingettes of previous tours.

Imagine a 5 song set recreating Red Rocks for their early days; A simple set of 5 or so UF/JT/RH Songs; A trip through Zoo-TV (a carnival isn't complete without a belly dancer), maybe even revisit Pop-Mart; A set of their early 2000-2004 shows where they went back in scale; A few songs from 360; Etc, Etc.

Maybe trying to showcase that they have always been (or strived to be) "The Greatest Show On Earth"

Just a thought.

U2 have released the 3rd single from their upcoming album and for me it’s 3 for 3. They are 3 great songs and it feels like they are back to their best. I love to see it after they struggled with making new music for quite a few years in my opinion.
Really loved their EPs earlier this year too and delighted to see they have kept that momentum going. Looking forward to a tour announcement now

Love the new stuff, it will all be my most played songs of the year.

But lots of people are saying this sound would fit in any of the post 2000s U2 albums and I can’t disagree…

Except for No Line on the Horizon. That album may be forgotten but it really stands out as a different sound in this post 2000s last five albums.

Two other cassette singles compilation I made for Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. Also updated the one for Achtung Baby.

So after a few weeks and a hundred listens I’ve finally got it, when this comes on after silencio and now 3rd behind ‘greatest show’ it turns into a different beast…. I’ve spent all evening playing a 1,2,3 and it’s getting better and better

Greatest show
Silencio
Street of

Top of my head I have Joshua, Iris and Gloria. Give me some!

EDIT: just got a new one: First kid Rattle, second kid Hum

Less than 60 minutes to go!!

Maybe I'm the only one, but I'm 32 years old, U2 fan, Ocarina Of Time Fan AND huge GTA fan and I'm overwhelm... XD My birthday is the November 19th... The Tour announcement and ticket sale (Pressure!) maybe in the next few weeks, Oot will come 05.11. U2's album 13.11. GTA VI on my birthday... It's a really incredible time but I have a totally "sensory overload" in german "Reizüberflutung" XD Anyone else with the same problem? :D

Always interesting to see U2 towards the top of these kinds of lists, yet it feels like barely anyone has heard of them. U2 ranked 23rd. Unsurprisingly, The Beatles took #1.

Not sure who directed U2’s new video but due to strong depeche mode vibes could suggest Anton Corbijn. Halo + Ghosts Again - In your room moments in the video

After listening to “The Greatest Show On Earth”, i think we have another masterpiece on our hands guys

The teaser they posted earlier this week was in E. The released version is in F. Do we know why? I strongly prefer the teaser version.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DefJAOhTicB

... or could it be set to be the album version like WGRYWH having a 'single version'? I only bring this thought for discussion since the promo music for the tour uses a different mix of TGSOE with heavier emphasis on bass, almost sci-fi like, and Bono mentioned in the Rolling Stone article they were trying to come up with a radio edit for TGSOE (which of course usually means runtime).

Whaddya think?

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