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Great show and stream tonight!

Amazing start for I & E so far!

Great encores so far!

Great first show. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. First show w/o One, but Desire, OOC and Sweetest Thing are definitely welcomed selections for me. That first set was especially incredible. The SOI material sounds great!

Nothing like the live experience! Have a great time tonight, Vancouver!

Superb article. Not light on spoilers would be an understatement! Lots of answers to questions I had. Can't wait for this!

Sorry for the confusion in my previous post, Mike. By "that list", I meant the rehearsal setlist and the possibility that a former staple like THBAO, Surrender or TTTYAATW could become a staple again for I & E. In any case, I agree with you that it's a fascinating possible setlist.

Quite the list! Not sure if that setlist is more notable for what is, or what isn't, on there.

I agree about no opening act. Seems like a fairly realistic possibility too now with the tour just about two months away.

Everything could still end up in pairs, but they've been great about not doing identical setlists in one city and I doubt that'll change.

Excited to see them on the opening leg of a tour for the first time!

Could be in the set for at least some shows, as previous bonus tracks like The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fast Cars were for their respective tours. @ jethronh I've read recently that Street Mission contains The Edge's longest solo.

Great ideas here. Personally hoping for anything from R & H and Pop; have yet to hear anything from either.

For me, any song is fair game until they begin rehearsals. That's when I narrow it down.

I agree with you, Mike, about what might be harming sales, so any added dates might come after the holidays at the earliest. We're also potentially waiting on more info (opening act - should there be one, and what innocence and experience might entail) so *perhaps* any new gigs could be announced with that. I'd hope they wouldn't announce a new gig THAT late, though they are doing some things differently nowadays, so I suppose I shouldn't entirely rule anything out.

Agreed.

Wouldn't surprise me, and with the new dates now on general sale, we should find out soon enough. I wonder how it all affects the rumoured 2016 trek too. Will there be overlap between cities played in '15 and '16, and if so, how much?

Definitely! Yes to the poll of rare/unplayed songs, and the location being Dublin or NYC also makes a lot of sense.

Can view and print tix now.

Yep - i think a couple of those dates before July 6/7 will be Toronto dates. Agreed. 4 shows on one Vertigo leg, 3 shows total for 360, the demand is definitely there.

Guessing it'll be the usual balance of new material, staples, rareities, electric with some acoustic, just with more setlist variance from night to night than past arena tours. Could also see parts of the setlist being grouped by the two themes as well, instead of one night for songs dealing with innocence and the other for experience.

Think I'm in the same boat, and I'm preparing for no physical ticket. It says on the page where I bought tickets that reserved locations are credit-card entry. My confirmation e-mail says e-tickets under delivery, and gives me the option to either go mobile (sign into ticket account, tap orders and show tickets on phone) or to print tickets at home. Of course, the event info page where I bought the tickets says "delivery on all tickets will be delayed until on or around the public onsale date", so this all might become clearer around Monday. Hope that helps somewhat. I've never done a paperless concert, but I didn't have the option of a ticket pickup/delivery, so paperless it is apparently.

Thank you, Mods!

Could see the seats adjacent to the red zone being popular, but surely they'll make good use of the entire stage. Will see what the presale brings.

Interesting stuff. Plus with pairs, 2 shows become 4, and 4 become 6. Some big-time markets with only 2 shows at the moment and even the ones currently with 4 could likely support more.