“Ultraviolet”??? WOW… One of my all-time favorites. I hope they play it in New Jersey!

Nice set list.

Although I would liked to have seen a few less songs off “Horizon” in favor of some nuggets from “Boy” or “Unforgettable Fire”.

Good to see they’re putting some of their more recent hits to bed.

The space station call seems to have brought the entire show to a crashing halt, much the same way that the infamous Bill Carter phone calls from Sarajevo did on the Zooropa tour. Im sure it wont last long in the set, though Unknown Caller sounded outstanding live and they should definitely leave it in. Also, where is Drowning Man??

Im going to see them in Vegas this October (for the first time ever after over 25 years of wishing), and if they dont put New Years Day back into the set list by that time, Im going to be very disappointed indeed (it would be like going to see the Stones for the first time and having them skip Gimme Shelter). While they are at it, bring back Bullet and Fly, those songs would be absolutely stunning on a stage like this. Keep in mind, fellas, that for alot of us, this will be our first U2 show. Dont rob us of the rockers in lieu of whiny churchy crap like “In A Little While” (from the vastly overrated ATYCLB).

I think it was gutsy to open with “Breathe,” I think that is a good song and maybe should have been the opener on the album release.

I do have to wonder how some of the No Line material will go over in the American shows. I love Unknown Caller and knew it would make a good concert anthem, even as alot of other people said they hated it (and Fez Being Born, which is probably my favorite song from the album) … but Boots is almost universally hated by everyone (at least in the US where it flopped so badly that it hurt CD sales) and the No Line song, while being great on the album, isnt nearly as worthy of live performance as NYD and BTBS and other past staples.

I think they will be making a BIG mistake if they dont add at least NYD back before hitting the US. If people complain enough between now and then, maybe theyll read it and take note and fine polish the set to perfection. I have faith in em!

Have seen the lads on 5 different tours – 8 separate shows, I am very excited about seeing/hearing “Ultraviolet” and “Unforgettable Fire” live – I cannot recall them being done outside those 2 specific album tours. To Saint S. – they have done “Bullet the Blue Sky” at every show I have been to, and frankly its been done to death – its the song I hit the beer line when its played – but respect others who like it. I am glad they are leaving that one off the list.

Personally I would like to see “Bad”, “Red Tree Hill” and “All I Want is You” addrd to the play list and drop “In a Little While”, “Breathe” and “Moment of Surrender” – but hey, its just what person likes…

Blessings to All

Drowning Man.

U2 only tour every five years so why all the new songs. With the
great body of work and
playing stadiums they should mix it up better. It worked on Achtung
Baby but that was a GREAT album.
Stadium full of people and you open
with four new songs ? It’s not that good !

IT IS THAT GOOD! The new songs deserve to get played. But the set list looks kind of short to me. And, perhaps they could mix the order up a bit. Oh well, it’s only the 1st night. Give ‘em 5 shows to feel their way through this. U2 are the greatest band on the planet.

“Breathe” to open the show? Uh oh. That song, especially how it starts, feels like the test for their next new sound, which I fear is designed to carry them through the deterioration of Bono’s voice. His voice had a resurgence for a few years, as he noted with “Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own”, but their recent TV gigs and the dynamics of NLOTH showed signs of renewed decline. Although, I can imagine a cool extension of the strings and drum opening to the song providing a great build to their stage entrance.

I think “Magnificent” would have made a better opener, especially with an extended guitar, drum and sequencers for the build up. But then, they’re U2, and I’m not.

Glad they dropped “Bullet”, “Moment”, “Follow” and “New Year’s Day”.

Was hoping to see “Window in the Skies,” “October” and “Bad” make the set list, but oh well. Will be seeing them (for the 4th time) in the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on October 12, and am excited to hear the new stuff (except “Breathe”) along with the staple songs plus “Angel”, “MLK” and “Ultraviolet”!

Rock on, lads!

Seen them on every tour since Boy (in some cases multiple times) and I am a little disappointed in the set list myself. However they almost always open with 1-2 new songs every tour so can’t fault them for being proud of the new tracks. I’ve heard just about every song I’ve ever wanted to hear and with this massive stadium set, I want to hear Elevation, Bad, I Will Follow, New Years Day, and Gloria. But again, just a hardcore fan opinion here.

cant wait for vegas.

That set list is shit.

U2 are once again brilliant! Bono, thanks for dedicadin Angel of Harlem to Michael-we all miss him! Edge, you are the main reason for
The Unforgettable Fire! As Calvin and I were in mourning last Thursday a couple days passed on and it was a Bloody Sunday. And to Adam and Larry, your electronica rattle and hum beats are dope and out there. So let’s Walk On for the brave people of Iran, let’s all have Pride. All four of you are brilliant! I will see you all in September at FedEx in Landover! U2 are Magnificent.
Take care Dublin boys. All four of you ROCK HARD! U2, THANKS FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION AND GOOD FRIENDS TO ME!

The title track, Breathe, Magnificent, Moment of Surrender, Crazy Tonight, and White as Snow all indicate a resurgence of Bono’s vocal range. Awesome album. Cant wait for the tour stop.

Personally, I would like to see more of Achtung Baby, along with songs like “All I Want Is You” or “A Sort Of Homecoming”…I will be seeing them in Chicago, opening night of the US leg, and over the past few tours I’ve noticed the setlist between Europe and the US vary…so we’ll see. Either way, I will be stoked to see them again.

Happy to see them open with “Breathe,” as I’ve recently realized that’s my favorite tack on the new album.

Here’s my wish (set)list…in addition to the obvious choices – one, with or without you, beautiful day, streets, new year’s day, pride, etc. I’d love to see them perform just once – do you feel loved, love comes tumblin, silver/gold, in god’s country, gloria, crumbs from your table, miss sarejevo, windows in the sky and your blue room (anyone remember the unrated Original Soundtracks 1 album with Brian Eno released under the pseudonym Passengers?)Better yet, next tour should be a show with just joshua tree, achtung baby and atomic bomb played in their entirety!!!! I can die and go to musical heaven now!!!

“Breathe” is one of the best songs U2 has ever recorded.

Anyone catch the YouTube clip of them compltely botching ONE last night? It’s hilarious!… Go look it up.

Bono and Co. flub one of their songs and are castigated.

Pete Doherty/Amy Winehouse/Liam Gallagher can vomit on stage and forget lyrics and they’re “cool”.

A good setlist (in chronological order):

I Will Follow
Gloria
11 O Clock Tick Tock
A Sort Of Homecoming
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Bad
Where The Strets Have No Name
Running To Stand Still
In Gods Country
Exit
Desire
Hawkmoon 269
Angel Of Harlem
God Part II
All I Want Is You
Zoo Station
So Cruel
The Fly
Ultraviolet
Love Is Blindness
Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
Dirty Day
Mofo
Gone
Please
Sweetest Thing
Elevation
Kite
Vertigo
C ity Of Blinding Lights
No Line On The Horizon
Magnificent
Stand Up Comedy
Breathe

This setlist is just good enough for playing in front of good sisters in a chapel, not in a stadium! I bet that people just fall asleep after a gew songs. I’m gonna see them in Amsterdam and honestly I really hope they will play less songs of Horizon. Come on boys!

wish setlist:

vertigo
get on your boots
mysterious ways
where the streets have no names
no line on the horizon
elevation
desire
all because of you
new year’s day
i will follow
two hearts beat as one
stay (faraway, so close!)
angel of harlem
sunday bloody sunday
city of blinding lights
magnificent
i still haven’t found what im looking for
walk on
pride (in the name of love)
with or without you
i’ll go crazy if i don’t go crazy tonight
beautiful day
one

With that set list, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Pride” stick out like sore thumbs. I love those songs, but they should be replaced with something else

With that set list, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Pride” stick out like sore thumbs. I love those songs, but they should be replaced with something else.

U2 opened with six songs from achtung baby for the zootv tour. 4 from this album is a good way to show case it, then keep the audience interested with a mix of the hits.

who cares?

They hold THE BEST possible opening song in their arsenal, but always bury it later in the set. I dream of one day seeing them open with, “Where the Streets Have No Name,” as they did for most of The Joshua Tree Tour 22 years ago when I was a sophomore in high school and discovered U2 only a few months after their show in Fort Worth’s Tarrant County Convention Center where BB King joined them on stage(immortalized in the Rattle & Hum film).

I really think they could turn “Magnificent” followed by “Crazy” into a great opening combo, espcially if played how they did in some of their recent appearances versus how they’re presented on the album.

How great would it be to see them on a tour where they’re not so focused on promoting a single album but more focused on simply putting together the best show possible comprised of all of their incredible stage-worthy songs?

About your mom?

That “wish setlist” really sucks.

No kidding…Sucks as bad as the real one. A killer encore would save it if you picked any three of these:
Rejoice
Tomorrow
A Celebration
Wire
Twilight
The Ocean

U2 did a brilliant opening show! The stage looks very impressive and the concept to have the audience on all sides is absolutely great! The fact that they played “Angel Of Harlem” for Michael Jackson proves their deep humanity again. In the videos that I´ve seen on U2.com and YouTube I can sense an amazing atmosphere. A U2 concert is always A CELEBRATION! It´s good to hear songs they haven´t performed for a long time. It was a big surprise to hear “The Unforgettable Fire” which is one of my favourite songs of all time. Hopefully they´ll also play it in Berlin where I´ll attend the concert! “Ultraviolet” was also amazing. On Bono´s jacket there were red lights shining into the dark which created a very beautiful atmosphere. U2 also rehearsed “Drowning Man” which is another favourite song, so I hope they´ll perform it live in concert.

I get on my boots ´cause U2 is not a hill, it´s a mountain. They don´t have a choice but to lift me up and I get the chance to shout for joy. And I´m coming down with some new U2 mania ´cause my pulse is like loose electricity!

I wish U2 much, much luck, success and joy for their tour! See you on July 18th!

I really miss Michaels rock songs n ca u please send me his song Boys to men on no# 00267
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I really miss Michaels rock songs n ca u please send me his song Boys to men on no# 00267
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I’m not real thrilled with the setlist. I don’t mind the new songs except “Crazy” which I hate for some reason. I think the new album is their best since Achtung so I’m looking forward to hearing the songs live for the first time. However, do we really need to hear Angel of Harlem again or Pride or MLK. Pride has never come off very powerful live in my opinion. For this stage setup they need to play the big, epic songs in their catalog. Until the End of the World, The Fly, Hold Me Thrill Me. How bout Gone or Last Night on Earth or Zooropa or Electrical Storm. Mix it up boys and put some of those stale songs you’ve been playing for years on the shelf for a while. U2 have such a wonderful catelog of great songs that they need to take advantage of.

I have a sleeveless October tour t-shirt too. Do you still havethe mullet?

U2 have so many outstanding songs in their catalogue, so it must be very difficult for them to choose the songs for the setlist. Whatever they´ll play, I´ll be happy of course. But if I´m allowed to be so arrogant to express my special wishes here I would love to hear:
Fez-Being Born, Acrobat, Luminous Times, Gone, The Fly, Zoo Station, Drowning Man, An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart (for me it would be already awesome to hear just one of these songs).

I disagree with St. Subversive. I don’t think a space station call is a “crashing halt”. Kudos to U2. If they make one at each concert on the tour and weave it into the culture so much the better. Space at least is where the next and growing generations will survive only if people choose it. Otherwise, is the point of children a cruel one? My opinion….

holy crap: ultraviolet. nice work.

obviously, you’re not going to make everbody happy. to those who are shitting on the band for not playing something you grew up listening to in your early 80s dorm room: go fuck yourself.

to those you taking an opportunity to bag on the new songs, well fuck you too. i’m sure the boys would love to play more lesser known/lesser played songs, but at the end of the day, its gotta be tough to leave out the streets/pride/wowy/one stuff.

ultimately, the tour is to promote the new stuff, and in true u2 style they front load a bunch of that going in. is breathe the best opener? is is as good as city of blinding lights? not a chance. but kudos to them for taking a chance. who am i to doubt what they think works.

anyways: we’re not at red rocks anymore people. i applaud them for retaining the title of biggest band in the world.

U2 have survived for so long because they believe strongly in their new material and in their own strength as a band. They know that the new tunes are good and they are not afraid to test them and reinvent them on the road.

U2……GOD SEND TO U TO INDONESIA…PLEASE VISIT U FANS…..VIVA U2…..

The restrooms will be very crowded
between “Angel of Harlem and Vertigo.

Isn’t the “space program” (i.e. spy satellite maintenance system) taking enough money from taxpayers without wasting time talking to Bono? I mean, just because he’s Jesus…

“Breathe” is infinitely better than “City of Blinding Lights”.

Hey, where is “Stand Up Comedy”? I thought I would have to be careful of the small man with the big ideas!

They should have added the song “Elevation” to their set list. That’s a cool song.

Dear lord go by the wayside u2 usuck please continue preaching about your global insecurities and yada yada yada go into politics already being capitalist pigs may not be pc but you would make a great president just ask your biggest fan/celeb barack

My silly fun post wasn´t an invitation for the haters. (Yesterday LoopGuru´s post wasn´t there, otherwise I wouldn´t have written that). Now I see that the little joke was a mistake and I´m awfully sorry for that.

I agree with the notion that the setlist is weak. I get pushing the new material, but any great rock show includes a couple of “suprize” treats from the past,which this setlist is SEVERELY lacking.I happen to agree with Imp on his batch of encore numbers. It’s no fluke that those are the best songs U2 ever did.I’ve noticed that the last several realeases and tours have gotten weaker and weaker, so what this really means is U2 has quietly slipped into grandpa-Rolling Stones mode.

In response to those who have seen past tours and dont mind them dropping certain songs like NYD and Bullet: keep in mind that for some of us, this is our first show, and in my case, Ive been waiting over 25 years for it. Hopefully Ill be able to repeat it next year when they come back to the US, but this could very well be the only chance Ill have to see U2 in my lifetime. I realize that some might be tired of hearing certain songs, but I cant imagine waiting decades for my show and then having them skip NYD of all songs, which could very well be the greatest they ever wrote. It’s a matter of personal taste, and U2 fans are probably the most diverse in their musical preferences of any band, just as the band is diverse in the styles of music they play (thunderous rockers and delicate ballads and Eno-esque ambient experimentalism, often all three in one song). Overall, Im happy with their setlist choices, but I still wont consider it a complete experience without that classic song. I was even hoping that Edge would be standing near me when he does that icy solo. They were gonna drop SBS too but added it back, so Im still hoping for NYD too.

The setlist blows.PERIOD.

Ancient world maps deciphered off Mayan temple, world changing Information. Found by Daron Musick

Ancient world maps deciphered off Mayan temple, world changing Information. Maps match ancient sites around the world.Maps thousands of years old. Found by Daron Musick

the Barcelona set started with “breathe”, amazing.

ULTRAVIOLET IS BACK!!!!!!

yeah ! See you boys in Pasadena !!!!

The set list is not strong, is more for an arena type of concert.
Just like NO LINE album is. I agree. More rocking tunes guys, when visiting America !

ps: DONT DROP ULTRAVIOLET but Bono, please sing – not hang around !

I have been a U2 fan since 1987. I was 2 years old. Joshua Tree was the first CD that my parents ever bought. I am going to see U2 in Chicago and I was hoping to hear Bullet the Blue Sky. Love Ultraviolet!

I really like the setlist. Whatever U2 play, I´m grateful that they still perform after all those years. Someone else can´t perform anymore.

Ancient world maps deciphered off Mayan temple. Maps match ancient sites around world. Maps match ancient myths and legends.Proof former world system. Daron Musick found maps.

It’s not a STAR that we must not forget.
It’s an action as his human.
♪”Man In The Mirror”
Its tune written for Kidnap-murder case
michael jackson….
he came to Japan and stopped by the ZOO.
It watched TV at the hotel in the town
And,the event was heard of
The criminal has not been caught now
At that time,
killed child was 5years old
Sorry.Though its Japanese,
www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/ ~kikikirinnoki/kidnappeurs/ran som22.html
It’s details of event though Japan
Maybe,now,
the person who committed the cruel crime is escaping.
This human race must not repeat such a thing.
I think that his conscience sang it.
“Man In The Mirror”♪ Michael Jackson’s Song　
This human race must not repeat such a thing.
I think that his conscience sang it.
It’s not a Pop Star that we must not forget.
It’s an action as his human.　
　
　　Thanks！Bono！　
　　　　 Thanks You, U2！
　

….gives bee jays.

I love’The Unforgetable Fire” has been added after all these years. I can’t wait until Pasadena..Peace and try to add “A Sort Of Homecoming” while you are at it…

bono can relate to mj: both great humanitarians and incredible singers/songwriters.

GUYS COME TO INDIA SOON !!! Dying to listen to you…

A U2 fanatic.

Joseph PK
Chennai,India

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed that they wont play Bullet the Blue sky, It’s the best live solo for the edge! They also are leaving out exit! they should at least have one of them!

ye ha cant wait going to see them at Hampden

Oh please U2, please please PLEASE play “With or Without You” and “Where the Streets Have No Name” when you come to Toronto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they’ve lost it; used to be good, now be so bad, not BAD, but bad.

too many songs to play these days so i reckon they should drop all the shit since zooropa and play only 5 songs. only charge people $10 to see them ,that way don’t feel jipped about hearing only 5 tracks. randomise the 5 songs they play so every set is different and make sure they always play only 1 song as an encore.
simple beans makes for simple farts.

oh yeah – don’t be calling the friggin space station. all a big gimmick when the poor astronauts have work to be getting on with – can’t spend all their time talking to you self-important bastards

as if they’ll come to india!
too much world debt there my friend, nobody could afford the tkt prices!
Bono HATES world debt, haven’t you heard!?

Zoo Station
Hold Me, Thrill Me, etc..
Sweetest Thing
Desire
Stuck in a Moment
Mission Impossible Theme
Fire
Two Hearts Beat As One
Gloria
I Will Follow
Heartland
Miracle Drug
Babyface
Stay
Even Better Than The Real Thing
All Because of You
In God’s Country
Red Hill Mining Town
Bad
New Year’s Day
Elevation