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Originally Posted by Kriegentragen
I don't think they would sound awful one or two tones lower than they're played now... with the correct instrumental arrangement. Other bands as Scorpions and Europe have done this, and far from sounding bad, they sound even rockier (even tunes as cheesy as The Final Countdown).
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Europe nowadays perform in original key only the newer songs (usually, but everything off War of Kings has been downtuned but not Last Look at Eden). U2's Songs of Innocence has everything played in their original keys except The Miracle and Raised By Wolves, and later in the tour Every Breaking Wave.
Lowering the keys further can work in Jon's favor for the earlier tracks (anything with heavy guitars will benefit from this), and if the newer ones don't hurt his voice as much, then they can proceed with the usual half-step down renditions. Further downtuning Prayer and IML, however, will sound weird because they're meant to be sung (from a casual's perspective) at the top of the lungs.