Friday, July 31, 2015

Setlist : 07/30/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA

07/30/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / Helter Skelter (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet), Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (snippet) / Vertigo, I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Girls On Film (snippet) / Young Americans (snippet), Elevation, Ordinary Love, Satellite Of Love, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky, The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day / I Remember You (snippet), With Or Without You / Satellite Of Love (snippet), 
encores: City Of Blinding Lights, Mother And Child Reunion, Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
comment: Satellite Of Love covered by U2 for the first time since 10 December 1993, in tribute to Lou Reed. Like on ZooTV, it featured some recorded vocals from Reed and footage of him on the big screens. Mother And Child Reunion was performed with a guest appearance by Paul Simon. Before Elevation, Bono brought on stage the woman who called 911 after his bicycle accident in November 2014 and one of the firefighters who responded. The printed setlist gave I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For as the last song but One was performed instead.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Watch U2 Play 'Two Hearts Beat as One' Live for First Time in 26 Years!!!

Ever since they soundchecked it in Chicago a month ago, U2 fans have been waiting for the moment when they'd finally break out "Two Hearts Beat as One," a War classic they hadn't played since Dublin's Point Debut in December 1989. On Monday night, it finally happened early into their sixth consecutive Madison Square Garden gig. "We're a band from the North Side of Dublin called the U2," Bono said as Adam Clayton played the opening bass notes of the song. "This is a song we haven't played in a quarter of a century."

The U2 diehards have been clamoring for the song for some time, something Bono seemed aware of. "Oh yeah," he said when they wrapped it up. "Ya happy?" Later in the show, they made a Chilean fan named Ignacio happy when they invited him onstage to play guitar on "Angel of Harlem" and then gave him the instrument to take home.
The show also featured a return of the Songs of Innocence track "The Troubles," which had only been played at three other shows on this tour. The printed setlist called for "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" as the closer, but the band opted for "One" instead. Like many previous shows, Bono attempted to have the audience sing most of the song, but the crowd ignored Bono's pleas to not clap and threw off the rhythm. "I'm not a fussy rock star," Bono said. "Just picky." After starting the song over twice, the MSG audience adhered to the singer's request and belted out the beginning of the song a cappella.
The band has looked back as much as forward on the tour, with previous shows featuring the resurrection of "October" and "Gloria," two 1980s tracks which also hadn't been played for some time. U2 return to Madison Square Garden Thursday and Friday for the final two shows of their MSG run.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Setlist : 07/27/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA

07/27/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Two Hearts Beat As One, Vertigo, I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Burning Down The House (snippet) / Young Americans (snippet), Desire, Angel Of Harlem, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky / 19 (snippet)The Hands That Built America(snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day / I Remember You (snippet), The Troubles, With Or Without You / In The Garden (snippet)
encores: City Of Blinding Lights, Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name, One / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
comment: First performance of Two Hearts Beat As One since 27 December 1989. Angel Of Harlem was performed with a fan, Ignacio from Chile, who was allowed to keep the guitar he played. October was on the printed setlist after Angel Of Harlem but was not performed. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For was on the printed setlist as the last song of the night but U2 played One instead. It had to be restarted after Bono's initial attempts to direct the crowd in a singalong fell out of rhythm.

Monday, July 27, 2015

Setlist : 07/26/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA

07/26/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Gloria / Van Morrison's Gloria (snippet), Vertigo, I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Stairway To Heaven (snippet) / Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23(snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, Elevation, Ordinary Love, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky, The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day / Born This Way (snippet), With Or Without You, 
encores: City Of Blinding Lights, Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One / All You Need Is Love (snippet)

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Friday, July 24, 2015

Setlist : 07/23/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA

07/23/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles(snippet), Vertigo / God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols) (snippet), I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) / Blaze Of Glory (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Young Americans (snippet), Lucifer's Hands, Sweetest Thing, Every Breaking Wave, All I Want Is You / Into The Mystic (snippet), With Or Without You, City Of Blinding Lights, Bullet The Blue Sky / Black Dog (snippet) / 19 (snippet)The Hands That Built America(snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), 
encores: Beautiful Day / Good Times, Bad Times (snippet)Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / People Have The Power (snippet)

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Setlist : 07/22/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA

07/22/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Out Of Control / 40 (snippet), Vertigo, I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World, (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, Desire, Angel Of Harlem, Every Breaking Wave, With Or Without You, City Of Blinding Lights, Bullet The Blue Sky / 19 (snippet)The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), 
encores: Beautiful Day / Summer In The City (snippet) / I Remember You (snippet)Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
comment: Jimmy Fallon joined U2 for Desire and The Roots joined U2 for Angel Of Harlem. The Stephen Hawking video that had preceded all previous IE Tour performances of City Of Blinding Lights (and Miracle Drug, on the two occasions that song was performed in place of City Of Blinding Lights) was moved to precede Beautiful Day at the start of the encore.

Monday, July 20, 2015

Setlist : 07/19/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA

07/19/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Gloria / Van Morrison's Gloria (snippet), Vertigo / God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols) (snippet) / Transmission (snippet), I Will Follow / Summer In The City (snippet), Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, Volcano, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, October, Every Breaking Wave, With Or Without You, City Of Blinding Lights, Bullet The Blue Sky, The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), 
encores: Beautiful Day / Moment Of Surrender (snippet), Bad / Moment Of Surrender (snippet)Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love)(snippet), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / People Have The Power (snippet)
comment: First setlist to feature two songs from the album October since 11 November 1989.

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Watch U2 Perform 'October' for First Time in 26 Years



U2 kicked off their eight-night stand at New York's Madison Square Garden Saturday night, and midway through the show they gave the hardcore fans in attendance a little gift by breaking out the title track to their 1981 LP October. It was the first time they had played the song since the New Zealand leg of the Lovetown tour in November of 1989. The stark song was played by just Bono and the Edge on the E stage.
The bleak state of the world in the early Eighties inspired Bono to write "October." "It was a colder time," Bono said in U2's official biography U2 by U2, "materialism without any idealism, the sun without any heat, winter. It was after the fall, after harvest. I had the line, 'October, the trees slips bare of all they wear.' The song is a really gentle, meditative piece of work. Edge at the piano coming up with these beautiful ice notes, and this picture of loss of innocence, the fall, the leaves falling from the trees, and you're left exposed."
Near the beginning of the show, Bono looked back to the group's earliest New York shows. "Welcome to innocence and experience," he said. "When we first played a club called the Ritz in this great city, we thought of ourselves as a great punk band. We still do. A band of equals with an audience of equals."
According to @U2, Salman Rushdie, Jon Bon Jovi, Harry Belafonte, Christy Turlington, Spike Jonze, Mario Batali and Chris Christie were all in the audience.
U2's Innocence + Experience tour has seen the rockers dust off a handful of fan favorite tracks live for the first time. They previously unearthed "In God's Country" for the first time in 14 years in Phoenix and gave "Gloria" its first live performance in over a decade.

source : http://www.rollingstone.com/

Setlist : 07/18/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA

07/18/2015 Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles(snippet) / On Broadway (snippet), Vertigo / God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols) (snippet), I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Burning Down The House (snippet) / Young Americans (snippet), Elevation, Ordinary Love, October, Every Breaking Wave, With Or Without You / In The Garden (snippet) /Shine Like Stars (snippet), City Of Blinding Lights, Bullet The Blue Sky / 19 (snippet)The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), 
encores: Beautiful Day / I Remember You (snippet)Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One / Invisible (snippet)
comment: First performance of October since 11 November 1989.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Setlist : 07/15/2015 TD Garden - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

07/15/2015 TD Garden - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Gloria / Van Morrison's Gloria (snippet), Vertigo, I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (snippet), Volcano, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Every Breaking Wave, With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet), City Of Blinding Lights, Bullet The Blue Sky / 19 (snippet)The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), 
encores: Beautiful Day / Happy Birthday (snippet)Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One, 40

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Setlist : 07/14/2015 TD Garden - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

07/14/2015 TD Garden - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles(snippet), Vertigo, I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Burning Down The House (snippet)Young Americans (snippet), Elevation, The Crystal Ballroom / Miss You (snippet), All I Want Is You, Every Breaking Wave, With Or Without You, City Of Blinding Lights, Bullet The Blue Sky, The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), 
encores: Beautiful Day / Ultra Violet (Light My Way) (snippet) / I Remember You (snippet)Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love)(snippet), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / People Have The Power (snippet)
comment: The Crystal Ballroom is performed for the second time ever, with an extended Miss You snippet at the end. A female fan, Gretchen, plays guitar with the band for All I Want Is You.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Setlist : 07/11/2015 TD Garden - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

07/11/2015 TD Garden - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Vertigo (snippet) / Out Of Control, Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (snippet) / Vertigo / God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols) (snippet), I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World, (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Burning Down The House (snippet), Desire / Love Me Do (snippet), Angel Of Harlem, Every Breaking Wave, Bad /Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / Moment Of Surrender (snippet), With Or Without You, City Of Blinding Lights, Bullet The Blue Sky / 19 (snippet)The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day / Satellite Of Love (snippet)
encores: Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One / Invisible (snippet)