U2

[jarmo]

Saw the 360 Tour last night.

Amazing show, very impressive stage set up.

I think it was the first time I saw a show with a round stage and it worked quite well.

Breathe, No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Beautiful Day, New Years Day, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Stay (Far Away So Close), Unknown Caller, Electrical Storm, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix), Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride (In The Name of Love), MLK, Walk On, Where The Streets Have No Name, One
Encore: Ultraviolet, With Or Without You, Moment of Surrender




/jarmo

[Eazy E]

I hope I get a setlist similar to that for my first U2 concert.

[jarmo]

All the newspaper reviews I read complained about the first four songs...

How the crowd wasn't into them blah blah blah...

 

They could play it safe and open with the hits, but they don't.



/jarmo

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

I hope I get a setlist similar to that for my first U2 concert.

I think they've been doing the same setlist, except for switching MLK with Angel of Harlem every now and then.

I like the new songs, I like the setlist.

Nooooooo, Line on the Horiiizon. 

[AxlsMainMan]

Spare me the post 1991 material and just give me the good stuff:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. Mysterious Ways
3. Pride (In the Name of Love)
2. New Year's Day
3. With or Without You
4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. Bad
7. Where the Streets Have No Name
8. I Will Follow
9. The Unforgettable Fire
10. Desire
11. All I Want Is You

[jarmo]

I hope I get a setlist similar to that for my first U2 concert.

I think they've been doing the same setlist, except for switching MLK with Angel of Harlem every now and then.

They did two shows here and at the second one they played New Year's Day, Electrical Storm and Stay.


Elevation, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of and The Unforgettable Fire seems to be played regularly.




/jarmo

[maynard]

Spare me the post 1991 material and just give me the good stuff:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. Mysterious Ways
3. Pride (In the Name of Love)
2. New Year's Day
3. With or Without You
4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. Bad
7. Where the Streets Have No Name
8. I Will Follow
9. The Unforgettable Fire
10. Desire
11. All I Want Is You

good list, could be evenve better with songs from their two masterpieces, Pop and Zooropa.

[faldor]

Forgotten U2 Songs Surface
by Music-News.com - August 22 2009
photo by Ros O'Gorman


U2 songs recorded two decades ago but left unreleased will soon surface.


U2 have revealed that they are going to release songs that were recorded for an earlier album which they forgot all about.

The Irish rockers said they found several songs they recorded while making their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.

Frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge said they rediscovered the songs while they were remastering the record for its 25th anniversary reissue which is scheduled for release later this year.

Speaking to Radio 1, The Edge said: "I listened to some tracks that we're gonna release with the new Unforgettable Fire reissue, some new songs that we discovered that we'd recorded, back in that era - the '80s - that we're gonna put out. And they sound amazing."

Bono said that one track, entitled 'Disappearing Act', is "incredibly special".

The Edge added that the band have just completed putting the finishing touches to it in the studio.

He said: "Well, it was originally called 'White City', and it was a track we started with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois back in 1983 when we were recording The Unforgettable Fire.

"And we discovered it about six months ago, and we dug it out and did some work on it in France a few weeks ago, and it's now finished."

Bono added: "It's 25 years ago, the drums, the bass and the guitar. And now, the voices. It is a strange, weird thing. And it's going out with The Unforgettable Fire reissue, but no-one's heard it."

http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9060

[AxlsMainMan]

Sounds superb.

[Eazy E]

Just caught the 360 tour... the stage setup was incredible.  We lucked out with the weather and got an open-Skydome show with a nice breeze coming in.  After a show like that, I don't care what criticisms other people might have about U2.... easily one of the best concerts I've been to.

The acoustic "Stuck In A Moment" was actually one of the highlights for me, and I don't really like that song all that much.  Everyone in the crowd was also singing really loud for "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" which was cool... The concert was so good that I didn't even notice that they skipped over "Pride"! 

[jarmo]

Yeah, the stage set up is impressive.

I'm glad they choose to start the shows with four new tracks. Even though some critics bash them for it.

Same shit every tour for every band. "Too many new songs".

Well all of their songs were new at some point! I bet these people wished they hadn't played Beautiful Day in 2001 because it was new! Or "One" in 1992..




/jarmo

[Eazy E]

I applaud them for not putting out a new album for the sake of touring their hits.  These guys work hard to push their new material and they play it convincingly in concert.  A few years down the road, everyone is singing those songs and complaining about the next "new batch"...  I hear people at the concert that are itching to hear Vertigo as much as they are something from Achtung Baby.

I won't have any complaints if they keep songs like "Breathe" or "Magnificent" in their setlists years on from now.

[jarmo]

True.

Doing the same greatest hits on every tour, how exciting is that going to be in the long run?

This alternative is way better.



/jarmo

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

A man can't even go see U2 without $ellout coming out and ruining his evening.

FAWK!

[AxlsMainMan]

Didn't he show up at one of the Dodger games you went to as well

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Didn't he show up at one of the Dodger games you went to as well

I should just stay at home from now on.

[tim_m]

Anyone catch their webcast last night? I saw the very end of it. It seems to be on repeat all day today.

[Malcolm]

U2 maps return to North America in 2010

June 2010
6 - Anaheim, CA - Angel Stadium
12 - Denver, CO - Invesco Field at Mile High
16 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Coliseum
20 - Seattle, WA - Qwest Field
23 - Edmonton, Alberta - Commonwealth Stadium
30 - East Lansing, MI - Spartan Stadium

July 2010
3 - Toronto, Ontario - Rogers Centre
6 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field
9 - Miami, FL - Land Shark Stadium
12 - Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln Financial Field
16 - Montreal, Quebec - Venue to be announced
19 - East Rutherford, NJ - New Meadowlands Stadium

[cotis]

U2 maps return to North America in 2010

June 2010
6 - Anaheim, CA - Angel Stadium
12 - Denver, CO - Invesco Field at Mile High
16 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Coliseum
20 - Seattle, WA - Qwest Field
23 - Edmonton, Alberta - Commonwealth Stadium
30 - East Lansing, MI - Spartan Stadium

July 2010
3 - Toronto, Ontario - Rogers Centre
6 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field
9 - Miami, FL - Land Shark Stadium
12 - Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln Financial Field
16 - Montreal, Quebec - Venue to be announced
19 - East Rutherford, NJ - New Meadowlands Stadium

Philly and E. Rutherford

[Malcolm]

U2 have announced they'll play at the Montreal Hippodrome on July 16th. In order to fit the estimated 80,000 people at the concert U2 are shelling out 3 million dollars to build a temporary open air stadium. It will take 2 months to build and one to tear down once the show (s) are over. Tickets go on sale for the concert this Saturday at noon throught the Bell Centre Box office (514) 790-2525 or 1-877-668-8269) or www.geg.ca. They'll run you between $30-$250 a seat.