U2 will be releasing a 25th anniversary edition of The Unforgettable Fire later this year. According to U2tour.de, a plastic bag found at one of the Camp Nou merchandising stands had this printed on the outside: Coming October 2009 The Unforgettable Fire 25th Anniversary Edition. The bag also has a photo of an Unforgettable Fire box set similar in size to The Joshua Tree box set released in 2007.
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U2start.com says fans "first in line are signing contracts, probably for interviews." They've also posted a good picture via Twitter of the Tuesday morning scene outside Camp Nou stadium.
#1: Around 3000 people will be let into the inner circle and the first 400 will have a head start of about 10 minutes, according to U2start.com.
#2: U2EastLink has some great photos from Monday's dress rehearsal.
#3: Fans are inside the stadium and here's a pic from 2nd row at the b-stage. U2tour is right up front, too, and posted this photo looking up at The Claw, and this one, too. Ditto for U2gigs and this photo. U2gigs also posted this view from the back of the pitch, along with this one, too.
U2tour.de posted this photo and this one. The merchandise stands are all outside the stadium, so you can't shop during the show. U2start.com says the Aung San Suu Kyi masks are being handed out to fans. Here's a pic.
5: U2tour.de has a great photo with bad news: You can't see the video screen from Row 21 and higher on the 1st level of Camp Nou. Ouch. On YouTube, here's a video of fans entering the pitch.
There are no bracelets this tour, it seems. Instead, fans with GA/floor access are getting ink stamps on their arms, like this one.
Fans are also being asked not to lean against the railings because the bridge that connects the main stage and the outer circle rotates. See this photo.
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Venue: Camp Nou
Main Set: Breathe, No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Beautiful Day, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Angel of Harlem, In a Little While, Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, MLK, Walk On, Where the Streets Have No Name, One
Encore(s): Ultraviolet, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender
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As the boys settle in for their long run. This does look to be the final set list. Now that can all change over night again. Remember this its a long tour and lots of new things could appear, like a new album? Calling out to all Barcelona ticket holders. We really would like to get your stories. Email us for a link that you can use to post and update along the night.
·Breathe
·No Line On The Horizon
· Get On Your Boots
· Magnificent
· Beautiful Day
· I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
· Drowning Man
· Angel Of Harlem
· Mysterious Ways
· In A Little While
· Unknown Caller
· The Unforgettable Fire
· City Of Blinding Lights
· Vertigo
· Crazy Tonight (remix)
· Sunday Bloody Sunday
· Pride (In The Name Of Love)
· MLK
· Walk On / All I Want Is You (snippet)
· Desmond Tutu speech
· Where The Streets Have No Name
· One
· Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
· With Or Without You
· Moment Of Surrender
U2 drummer Larry Mullen believes rich and successful people are being unnecessarily humiliated when coming in and out of Ireland, describing this as "part of a new resentment of rich people in this country".
"We have experienced [a situation] where coming in and out of the country at certain times is made more difficult than it should be - not only for us, but for a lot of wealthy people," he said. "So it wasn't personal. It was to do with the better-off being sort of humiliated."
Mullen was speaking in Howth the day before the Irish Sunday Independent exclusively joined U2 in Barcelona last week as they convened for final rehearsals for their world tour and to see for the first time the phenomenal 360-degree stage they have built.
There are exclusive interviews with all four of U2 in this week's Irish Independent.
As for songs from the new album, I love that the title track is on there. I was hoping for “White as Snow” or “Stand Up Comedy” to make an appearance. I’m also a little disappointed “Sunday Bloody Sunday” wasn’t chosen. I know they do it all the time, but it’s still such a great song. But I’m so intrigued that they pulled out “Angel of Harlem”. I’m going to both New York shows so I’m keeping my fingers crossed they perform it there.
What does everyone else think? Rants or raves (Remember way back in the day we named the site Rants and Raves)about this rehearsal list? Which city are you seeing the band in? I can’t wait for October to roll around!
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