Setlist : 05/19/2015 SAP Center at San Jose - San Jose, California, USA

05/19/2015 SAP Center at San Jose - San Jose, California, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet), 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, Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet), Until The End Of The World, (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Young Americans (snippet), Desire / 1969(snippet) / Love Me Do (snippet), Sweetest Thing, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky / America (snippet) / 19 (snippet), The Hands That Built America (snippet) / , Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day / I Remember You (snippet), Bad / Into The Mystic(snippet) / Moment of Surrender (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 / Invisible(snippet)
comment: First performance of The Electric Co. since 12 February 2006. Bad was not on the printed setlist. One was dedicated to Dave Goldberg, at whose funeral Bono recently sang.

U2.COM : 'AMAZING...'

'It's almost like I've seen a Broadway play at the same time as I seen a rock concert...'

Eoghan McDermott of RTE's 2fm reporting from Vancouver on the opening night of #U2ieTour.

Setlist : 05/18/2015 SAP Center at San Jose - San Jose, California, USA

05/18/2015 SAP Center at San Jose - San Jose, California, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Out Of Control, Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (snippet) / , Vertigo, I Will Follow, Mofo (snippet) / , Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Raised By Wolves, Until The End Of The World, (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Burning Down The House (snippet) / Young Americans(snippet), When Love Comes To Town, 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), With Or Without You
encores: City Of Blinding Lights, Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / , Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Setlist : 05/15/2015 Rogers Arena - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

05/15/2015 Rogers Arena - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (snippet) / , Vertigo, California (There Is No End To Love), I Will Follow, Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Raised By Wolves, Until The End Of The World, (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, Angel Of Harlem, When Love Comes To Town, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky / 19 (snippet), The Hands That Built America(snippet) / , Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (snippet), With Or Without You
encores: Miracle Drug, Bad / Moment of Surrender (snippet), Mother And Child Reunion(snippet) / , Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love)(snippet), One
comment: When Love Comes To Town is performed for the first time since 28 August 1993; it is performed in honour of the recently deceased BB King and at the end Bono paid tribute to him, remarking that "the thrill will never be gone". Miracle Drug is performed for the first time since 28 November 2005. Tour debuts by Angel Of Harlem, Bad, California, and One. A few times during the show, Bono made light of Edge taking a tumble offstage during the last song of the previous night's show. He referred to U2's controversial distribution of Songs Of Innocence with his quip that "Edge downloaded himself into the audience without permission".

U2.COM : 'VISUALLY STUNNING'

U2’s return to the concert stage tonight, for the opening show on their ‘iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE’ world tour, was nothing short of a triumph.

The band delighted the crowd of 19,000 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver with more than two hours of brilliant musicianship, illuminated by one of the most visually stunning rock productions ever mounted.

No fewer than seven tracks from last year’s ‘Songs of Innocence’ album were let loose on an audience for the first time, from the opening ‘The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)’ onwards. Every one was passionately delivered and warmly received among a compendium of the band’s most celebrated anthems.

The band reached all the way back to their earliest days on record by moving from that new opener to ‘I Will Follow,’ from 1980’s ‘Boy’ debut. A cleverly-sequenced set offered staples from all chapters of the U2 songbook, from ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ and ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’ to ‘Vertigo’ and ‘Desire,’ alongside fresh additions such as the moving ‘Iris (Hold Me Close)’ and ‘Raised By Wolves.’

What gave an explosion of colour to the entire proceedings was the technological masterpiece of a giant construction suspended above the walkway connecting the main and “b” stages. Known thus far within the touring operation as the “divider,” it looks like a fence but serves as a superbly versatile backdrop for animated and filmic visuals, with giant images of the band, moving in real time, projected onto it to give an entirely new dimension.

Double-sided, with space for Bono to work his presence in its corridor, the construction filled the entire arena and helped convey a truly surround-sound presence all the way to the back row.

'Technology can be fun,' as the frontman said himself.

The main set ended on ‘With Or Without You,’ but there were four more treats in store, with a brightly-lit angular set design for the encore that was launched, appropriately, with ‘City Of Blinding Lights.’ Clearly elated to be back in their element, the band sprinted for home with ‘Beautiful Day,’ ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ and ‘I Still Haven't Found What I’m Looking For,’ as Vancouver roared its approval.

05/14/2015 Rogers Arena - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Out Of Control / Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (snippet), Vertigo / God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols) (snippet), I Will Follow, Mofo (snippet) / , Iris (Hold Me Close), Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Sunday Bloody Sunday, 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) / Young Americans (snippet), Desire, Sweetest Thing, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky, The Hands That Built America (snippet) / , Pride (In The Name Of Love), The Troubles, With Or Without You
encores: City Of Blinding Lights, 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) / All You Need Is Love (snippet), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Invisible (snippet)

'I love you, and you know that' - Larry Mullen Jnr pays emotional tribute to dad at funeral mass

Larry Snr passed away at the age of 92 in the Bon Secours Hospital in Glasnevin on Sunday after a short illness.

Today his remains were walked from his home on Rosemount Avenue in Artane the short distance to Our Lady of Mercy Church, with Larry Jnr (53) carrying the coffin with other family members.

Larry jnr's bandmates are rehearsing for the opening gig of their new world tour at the moment, and in his eulogy he thanked them and the U2 crew for helping him make it home from Vancouver in Canada for the funeral before he flies back to join them on stage.

"Nice one on the timing dad," Larry smiled from the altar as he described how his father had been sick only for a short time but was a man who was "truly ready to go".

“He wasn’t sick very long, however he received bad news on Friday. He decided to exit his mortal coil on Sunday,” Larry explained.
"I had an opportunity to speak to him on Saturday and he was overwhelmed by the care, love and support shown to him," he added.

He said his father had spent his adolescence in a seminary before leaving in the 12th month of his final year at the age of 21, followed by ten years of wanderlust trying to readjust.

READ MORE: Show goes on for U2 as band mourn death of drummer Larry's father

“Then meeting my mother, who was herself orphaned, and by all accounts complicated,” said Larry.

“They had three children quickly in their marriage. They lost their youngest daughter Mary at nine, followed four or five years later by the death of his wife, devastating the life of Larry,” he added.

“To my dad, I just want to acknowledge that there are no regrets between us. I love you, and you know that. No regrets,” he ended.

Today was also the monthly poetry day in the church. An event that Larry Snr regularly participated in.

Before the funeral mass the mourners were told that the event was cancelled as a mark of respect.

Larry Jnr’s sister Cecelia also spoke at the mass, saying her father was a private man, but a family man.

“This has come as a huge shock to our family,” she said, adding that he was an extraordinary man.

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U2.COM : 'JUST A COUPLE OF SCRATCHES...'

'Bono gets back on a bike for the first time since his accident...'
In case you missed it - from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

U2.COM : FIVE THINGS WE CAN'T TELL YOU...

Some of the U2.com team have arrived in Vancouver and we’d love to tell you what they’ve seen and heard from the heart of production rehearsals. But if we did we'd all be fired. It's all under wraps until  Friday.

So here’s five things we can’t tell you.

Every few years the band and their production team reinvent the idea of live performance. How do they do this? Simple. By doing something no-one has done before. Remember ZOO TV? Or PopMart ? Remember the club show at the heart of the Elevation Tour ? Or the 360 spaceship? For iNNOCENCE & eXPERIENCE they’ve done it again. You’ve never seen a show like this.

There is a lightbulb.

For two months band and production team have been working on the show at a secret Vancouver location… which everyone in the city knows about. If rehearsals are closed, the odd familiar melody has escaped the building, sending fans into  paroxysms of online speculation.
Last night we sat in on a run-through of a show. First hearing of live tracks from Songs of Innocence? We're biased... but it was thrilling. We also counted songs from eight of U2's twelve other studio albums. And three never released on studio albums. Got you thinking? Be warned. It will all have changed by next week.

 If U2360 was on a scale never before seen in rock’n’roll, becoming the most popular tour in history, #U2ie takes the band in a different direction. Stadiums to arenas. Outdoors to indoors. Boy to Songs of Innocence. This is a show with a powerful story. As Adam says, ‘It’s been a long walk from I to E’.

What’s the show about and where does it come from?  ‘From innocence, from experience and from a whole lot of rock’n’roll.’ That’s how show director Willie Williams puts it in the tour book… which we’re not supposed to have seen.

U2 Plays Surprise Show On NYC Subway Platform

Travelers through New York City's Grand Central Station were treated to a surprise performance by U2 on Monday as the band recorded a segment for "The Tonight Show."

Members of the band at first wore disguises, including wigs, with drummer Larry Mullen Jr. even beating on upside down buckets instead of drums to complete the effect:

Eventually, the disguises came off and the band led the crowd in a sing-along of their 1988 hit "Angel of Harlem," from the "Rattle and Hum" album (although it should be noted that Grand Central is 65 blocks from Harlem itself):

Earlier this week, Fallon and Bono were spotted apparently recreating the November 2014 bicycle accident that left the singer so severely injured that he had to postponewhat was supposed to be a weeklong residency for the band on "The Tonight Show." Bono reportedly has trouble playing the guitar even five months after the crash.