Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness: Cracking crime on the Côte d’Azur

Paul McGuinness has turned to TV, joining forces with John Banville and Neil Jordan to make a crime series based on the French Riviera

Thirty-seven years ago, when Paul McGuinness signed a virtually unknown teen rock band called U2, he was also interested in making movies. After dropping out of Trinity College Dublin, he’d worked on John Boorman’s classic film Zardoz and made television commercials.

Setlist : 06/03/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA

06/03/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Out Of Control / Good Times, Bad Times (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), Volcano, Ordinary Love, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky / Black Dog (snippet) / 19(snippet), The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day, The Troubles, With Or Without You, 
encores: City Of Blinding Lights, Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / United States Declaration Of Independence (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love)(snippet), One / My Sweet Lord (snippet) / Invisible (snippet)
comment: Tour debuts of Volcano and Ordinary Love. Edge has piano problems before Every Breaking Wave so Bono fills time by talking to the crowd. He promises one fan that The Crystal Ballroom will be performed by the end of the tour, and talks about his joy in Ireland's successful referendum for marriage equality after spotting a "Lesbians for Bono" sign ("Bono is for lesbians!" he replies). He then pulled an Elvis Presley impersonator on stage, who sang part of Can't Help Falling in Love and led the audience in singing the title line.

Setlist : 05/31/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA

05/31/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles(snippet) / Break On Through (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 / Young Americans (snippet), 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 / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet) / Yellow (snippet), All I Want Is You, 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), 40

Setlist : 05/30/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA

05/30/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles(snippet) / Give It Away (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 / Young Americans (snippet), Elevation, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, 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 / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
comment: Tour debuts of Elevation and Stuck In A Moment.

U2.COM : 'A KIND OF FAMILY...'

A Kind of Family...'

'U2 is a kind of family. U2 is a brotherhood. Although there are a lot of sisters in it now that I think about it. The extended family are everything to us, We look after each other. Last night we lost a member of our family...'

An extraordinary and moving show at The Forum in Los Angeles as the band paid tribute to their great friend and longtime colleague.

'Dennis Sheehan was his name,' explained Bono introducing Iris, a song inspired by the loss of his own mother. 'He was U2's tour manager for 33 years and he loved, as we all do, the city of Los Angeles…he called the Sunset Marquis his home away from home, he came to this city as a young man working for Led Zeppelin. In fact he always hoped we would be the next Led Zeppelin which of course is impossible...'

Set on honouring what they knew would be Dennis' wish, the band not only played the show as scheduled, they performed with a singular passion - and the 18,000 people in the audience lifted the roof with their singing.

The set list was switched up again, with several songs dedicated to Dennis including Every Breaking Wave, a transcendent version of 'Bad' and With Or Without You.

'Goodnight Dennis Sheehan...'

Perhaps the most touching moment of all came right at the end of a poignant and powerful evening. Edge pulled on the acoustic bass, Adam switched to electric guitar and the opening chords of '40' began ringing round the arena.
Based on the biblical fortieth psalm, the song was written for the band's third studio album 'War', released in 1983, the year that their friendship with Dennis began.

'I will sing, sing a new song
I will sing, sing a new song
How long to sing this song
How long to sing this song
How long, how long, how long
How long to sing this song....'

Setlist : 05/27/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA

05/27/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Out Of Control, 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, (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / My Sweet Lord (snippet) / Young Americans (snippet), Desire / Not Fade Away (snippet), 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), Bad / Moment of Surrender (snippet), With Or Without You
encores: City Of Blinding Lights / Transmission (snippet), Mother And Child Reunion(snippet) / , Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love)(snippet), 40
comment: U2's longtime tour manager Dennis Sheehan passed away after the previous night's concert. The tour debut of 40, this concert, and the whole tour were dedicated to his memory; Bono spoke extensively about Sheehan before both Iris and 40. Bad's performance was spontaneous; no song was listed on the printed setlist between Beautiful Day and With Or Without You.

U2.COM : DENNIS SHEEHAN 1946-2015

- "We've lost a family member, we're still taking it in. He wasn't just a legend in the music business, he was a legend in our band. He is irreplaceable." Bono

- "With profound sadness we confirm that Dennis Sheehan, U2's longstanding tour manager and dear friend to us all, has passed away overnight. Our heartfelt sympathy is with his wonderful family." Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring, Chairman Global Music Live Nation Global Touring

Setlist : 05/26/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA

05/26/2015 The Forum - Inglewood, 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, 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 / Burning Down The House (snippet) / Young Americans (snippet), California (There Is No End To Love) / God Only Knows (snippet), Sweetest Thing, 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 / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One / Invisible(snippet)

U2.COM : 'THE LION-TAMERS ARE OVER THERE...'

In Vancouver, as the tour opens, the band talked with Anthony Mason for CBS Sunday Morning.  

Setlist : 05/23/2015 US Airways Center - Phoenix, Arizona, USA

05/23/2015 US Airways Center - Phoenix, Arizona, USA
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone), Vertigo (snippet) / , Out Of Control, 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 / Macbeth Act 5 Scene 1 (snippet), (Intermission), Invisible, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways / Young Americans(snippet), Angel Of Harlem, When Love Comes To Town, Every Breaking Wave, Bullet The Blue Sky / Whole Lotta Love (snippet) / 19 (snippet), The Hands That Built America(snippet) / , Pride (In The Name Of Love), Beautiful Day / One (snippet), With Or Without You
encores: Miracle Drug, Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / , Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet), One
comment: Larry accidentally started Vertigo a song early and played its drum intro while the rest of the band launched into Out Of Control. During Pride, Bono acknowledged Ireland's vote in favour of marriage equality with a passionate and enthusiastic mid-song speech and altered one lyric to "they cannot take your gay pride".