U2 At The Forum: 5 Thoughts On The Band's Final Show

The noise and the buzz is over, at least for now.

U2 ended his extended stay in Los Angeles on Wednesday night with a sold-out show at the Forum in Inglewood fifth in the sand before his Innocence and Experience tour heads east, the band Denver and beyond.

Wednesday's concert was really the last of six in Los Angeles, including U2's visit last week to the comparatively tiny Roxy. But I been exposed to the adoration of his fans he never satisfied Bono's appetite for more, of course. So on Wednesday the frontman walked on stage with lights in the houses of the Forum still on, to see better peak encourage Angelenos 17,000 and arrival again.

"The most beautiful sound in the world," he said. "It's you!"

Here are five thoughts of the series.

1. The band appears committed to changing things
When I met U2 last month in San Jose, Edge talked about the potentially harmful effect of routine, how to maintain a sand highly produced show the same every night can prevent the type of the liveliness of the band is trying to convey. So even though the concert was opened Wednesday, as every date on the tour is with "The Miracle (Joey Ramone)," U2 went on to play tunes I do not listen in San Jose, as "out of control", with bright, ringing guitar The Edge, "Volcano" and "The Troubles", which was the Swedish singer Lykke Li duet with Bono on a video screen.

2. Other changes were presumably unplanned
Before "Every Breaking Wave", the piano Edge did not work, leading Bono improvise for a few minutes while the crew of the band tried a solution. First, he wondered if James Corden, the singer said it was in the Forum, could entertain the audience. Then he spoke with a woman holding a sign that read "Lesbians 4 Bonus" and assured that "Bono is for lesbians." Another woman offered a bouquet frontman, prompting a few words about one of his favorite artists, Morrissey, who is known for throwing gladioli for their performances. Finally, Bono saw an Elvis impersonator in the crowd and invited him on stage for a bit of "Cannot Help Falling in Love".

"People come to see U2 because something unexpected will happen," said Larry Mullen Jr. in San Jose, and perhaps this is what he meant.

3. "Songs of Innocence" got a little redemption in a live setting

"Every Breaking Wave", when he finally touched the Edge, looked lovely Wednesday in an arrangement for piano-ballad stripped. But it was only one of several songs on "Songs of Innocence" polarizers U2 album that seems to be coming to life on the road, along with the furious "Raised by Wolves" and "Iris (Hold Me Close)," tender ode Bono his mother, who died when he was 14. Abandoned unannounced accounts estimated half million iTunes users last year, these melodies made little impact (positive). Here, however, they carried out alongside the classics of the band.

4. In fact, the new material was more to life than some of those oldies

At the Forum, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and a handful of songs from "Achtung Baby" - in particular, a lascivious "Mysterious Ways" - pulsing with electricity. However, "With or Without You" and "Where the Streets Have No Name" I was mandatory rather like a pair of older aunts Bono is prohibited from leaving the house without visiting. Even "Pride (in the Name of Love)", which raised the hair on my arms in San Jose, type heavily next Wednesday, proof that the border was not fishing for a compliment when he said that what is sometimes seen in a show of U2's "four people trying to make something happen that is not happening."

5. This probably is not the last we'll see of Innocence and Experience tour

Although the dates have been announced only until mid-November, Bono said the band is "considering returning" in 2016. "There must be some very good reasons to leave his family," he said. "The songs are at the top of the list, and then displayed. If they are too big, and you really feel it is something special, then it is worth all the trouble."