U2 played their second night of the 360 tour in Barcelona.
U2 played their second night of the 360 tour in Barcelona. From what we have heard less people in queue( we are guessing it was because of the heat) and getting to the front of the stage was easier. The sound check included Electrical Storm and both the remix and album versions of Crazy Tonight. Reports came in that 30 minutes before the show there is no sight of Bono’s monitor.
It quickly becomes apparent U2 have come to ROCK. Surprise after surprise emerges from the stage: Desire, Party Girl and the big fan favourite ‘Electrical Storm’ sees its live debut. Then they really put the crazy in Crazy Tonight, playing *BOTH* the remix and the album version. The album version, which came during the second encore, was filmed. Perhaps a video for its single release.
Setlist
- Breathe
- No Line on the Horizon
- Get on your boots
- Magnificent
- Beautiful Day (snippet: Here comes the sun)
- I Still Haven’t Found what I’m looking for (snippet: Moving on up)
- Desire (snippets: Billie Jean and Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough)
- Party Girl
- Electrical Storm
- Unknown Caller
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I’ll go crazy if I don’t go crazy tonight (remix version)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Pride
- MLK
- Walk On (snippet: You’ll never walk alone)
- Where the streets have no name
- One
- Ultra Violet (Light my way)
- With or Without you
- I’ll go crazy if I don’t go crazy tonight (album version)
- Moment of Surrender
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U2 Opening Night Thoughts
Smoke cleared, Fans gone home, Riggers down from the lights and we are still reporting the updates.
Wenesday night and we thought we would review the set list and break down some thoughts and share with you. Of course you know already about our sites, youtube.com/u2tourfans / twitter.com/u2tourfans / U2tourfans.com - We will accept all your videos and comments as well as photos.
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Opening with two non-singles
Breathe and No Line On The Horizon are at present not singles. It seems likely Breathe may become the fourth single from the album, but at the moment, the third single, Crazy Tonight, has not even been released commercially. On the Vertigo Tour, the first two songs always contained at least one single - Vertigo or Beautiful Day - and even when the tour began, City Of Blinding Lights was already slated to become a single; its music video was filmed a month into the tour in Vancouver on 27 April 2005. It is worth noting, however, that the public dress rehearsal on 26 March 2005 was before City Of Blinding Lights was formalised as a single and its first two songs were COBL and the Boy non-single The Electric Co.
Going back further, all 93 Popmart shows opened with Mofo and I Will Follow; the former became a single late in the tour while the latter is Boy's most well-known single. All but one Zoo TV show opened with non-single Zoo Station followed by lead Achtung single The Fly. The 7 March 1992 show had Even Better Than The Real Thing rather than The Fly second; it was not a single until June 1992.
Finally, on Lovetown, there is a show opened with two non-singles that requires no qualification or semantics. 30 December 1989 was opened by Bullet The Blue Sky and Running To Stand Still, neither of which were ever singles; in fact, the third song of the night, God Part II, was not a single either and it took until the fourth track, Desire, for a single to show up. At all the other Lovetown shows, at least one of the first two songs was a single, though in the cases of 23 September 1989 and 9 October 1989, In God's Country had never actually been released as a single in Australia; it was North America only. A few other shows could be qualified like this too, but this part of the analysis is bogged down in semantics enough already.
Opening with four consecutive new songs
On the last three tours, it has been the norm for U2 to begin their setlist with one or two new songs before playing an older song. Every single show on Popmart, Elevation, and Vertigo had an old song no later than third in the setlist. This time around, the band have begun with four new tracks before playing an old song fifth. The last time the band played so many new songs to open a show was, famously, on Zoo TV; early shows began with as many as eight new songs and the barest minimum was six.
The separation of MLK and The Unforgettable Fire
MLK has often been played without The Unforgettable Fire, but almost never in the same concert. Only once before have they appeared in the same setlist but not been paired together - 22 April 1987.
Streets opening the encore
Where The Streets Have No Name has been famed as a main set opener, but it is pretty rare for it to open an encore. This previously only happened a handful of times on the Joshua Tree Tour; the last occasion was 13 June 1987.
The dress rehearsal set was the same
"Well, duh," you might be thinking, "what did you expect? After all, it is meant to be a practise run of what the band intend to do on opening night." Actually, based on past precedent, the likely outcome was that the setlist would change; U2 have never before played a public dress rehearsal with the same set as the subsequent first proper concert. A great comparison is Vertigo's dress rehearsal and first show; just have a look at the peculiar setlist order between Love And Peace Or Else and Bullet The Blue Sky at the rehearsal.
Missing in action
A number of U2's standard setlist members have gone missing in action, as is to be expected at the start of any new tour. The most notable disappearance by far is Bullet The Blue Sky - since its debut on 2 April 1987, it had only missed six full tour gigs; five in 1989 and one in 2001. Elevation and Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own have now lost their records of being played at every show since their debuts, a title now held only by One, Beautiful Day, Vertigo, City Of Blinding Lights and the new material.
Returned to action
The following songs have returned after extended absences:
The Unforgettable Fire: Last performed on 6 January 1990.
Ultra Violet: Last performed on 28 August 1993.
In A Little While: Dropped at the end of the Elevation Tour's second leg after 59 performances, it managed just two appearances on the Vertigo Tour - 12 September 2005 and with Brandon Flowers on 5 November 2005.
MLK: This song has struggled to hold a permanent setlist spot since the end of Lovetown. It made just five Vertigo Tour appearances between 3 October 2005 and 22 November 2005.
Walk On: After being played at all but one Elevation Tour shows, it made just eleven appearances on the Vertigo Tour. Furthermore, nine of these performances were acoustic, while this tour, it has been restored to its electric form. The two electric performances on Vertigo were at consecutive shows - 7 November 2006 and 10 November 2006.
And as those of you who have followed our rehearsal reports would know, there are a few other rehearsed songs that will make for some interesting statistics if they appear in future setlists. That, however, is all for now. Stay tuned for the setlist and visual content from Barcelona II, July 2 2009
Blackberry Loves U2 ! U2 Mobile Album Coming Soon
Lots of talk said about Blackberry's sponsorship of the U2 360 Tour, with very little of it has been said by either Blackberry or U2. When the tour was announced months ago, U2 manager Paul McGuinness promised "new and innovative ways to enhance the mobile music experience on the BlackBerry platform for U2 fans." Research In Motion, creators of the Blackberry, went on a domain-buying spree that left fans with more questions than answers about what was on the horizon.
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The tour itself began last night in Barcelona with its high-tech "Claw" stage, the world's first transformable LED screen, and even a live satellite hookup to the International Space Station.
Where was Blackberry? Nowhere.
Research In Motion has published a Blackberry Loves U2 page on Blackberry.com that advertises what it's calling the "U2 Mobile Album."
The app/tool appears to have five sections: Album (No Line On The Horizon), News, 360 Tour, Who's Listening, and Gallery. The teaser video on Blackberry's web site offers some hints about what they offer. It appears that fans will be able to listen to the album, watch U2 music videos, view and share photos, read news from U2.com, and even see other Blackberry users on a stadium map during U2 concerts.
All of this seems to be hush-hush for now. There's no announcement on the RIM press release page. The URL of the web page begins with "na," which indicates "North America" -- we couldn't find an equivalent page on RIM's UK web site. The screenshot above references the city of Berlin, which could be a sign they're intending to announce this before the tour reaches Berlin on July 18. Or the announcement could be timed with the July 12 launch of RIM's new phone, the Blackberry Tour 9630. But that's pure speculation on our part.
In any case, it's an interesting preview of what's to come and a sign that Blackberry and U2 won't be quiet about their plans much longer.
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