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http://www.zoeicaimages.com/U2Dublin/
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24/07/09 Set List Photo from Backstage
Just before we get ready to launch tonight's show news we get this photo from The Edge - Many say that the Tour has officially kicked off now that the boys have reached Dublin. Tampa Fla awaits their arrival. Where are you going to watch the show ?
Now could this be the same set for tonight ?
Bono, U2 rock Dublin Videos Prove it !
Videos are in and available for viewng, Thanks everyone today is another concert day, more postings to follow
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK (AP)
Bono and U2 rocked more than 80,000 fans in Dublin as the Irish supergroup's latest world tour hit new emotional highs Friday night on home soil.
A deafening roar welcomed the Dubliners as they launched their three-concert homestand at Croke Park, Ireland's biggest stadium and a cathedral to Irish nationalism. The band's "360" tour — featuring its underselling 12th studio album, "No Line on the Horizon" — switches from Europe to North America in September.
"We are so young — as a nation!" shouted the 49-year-old lead singer Bono.
Crowds braced for downpours threw their raincoats aside as an unexpected sunset gave way to a starry Dublin night.
All of the "360" concerts feature a stunning feat of engineering: the four-taloned "Claw" stage. The 390-ton, green cabana stands more than 10 stories above the band as they strut through the crowds on moving bridges and a ring-shaped stage with concertgoers inside and out.
The U2 touring juggernaut deploys three "Claws" — each costing euro100 million ($140 million) and capable of holding up more than 150 tons of lighting, pyrotechnics and giant TV screens — that are continually being assembled and disassembled in different concert locations.
Before taking the stage, Bono joked that the band's performances in Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Nice, Berlin and Amsterdam were just "rehearsals" for the Dublin concerts.
And in front of a crowd waving flags from as far away as Brazil and Japan, Bono said tens of thousands had traveled worldwide to Dublin. "You know the best place to see U2 live is right here," he said to cheers.
High school students Paul "Bono" Hewson, guitarist Dave "The Edge" Evans, drummer Larry Mullen and bassist Adam Clayton came together to form U2 in Dublin 33 years ago.
Set List 24th
Setlist
- Breathe
- No Line on the Horizon
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Beautiful Day (Snippets: Here Comes the Sun, Blackbird)
- Elevation
- Desire
- Stuck in a Moment
- The Auld Triangle (a tribute to Ronnie Drew)
- One
- Until the End of the World (Snippet: Break on Through)
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo (Snippet: Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio)
- Crazy Tonight (Snippet: O Come All Ye Faithful)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (Snippet: Rock the Casbah)
- Pride
- MLK
- Walk On (Snippet: You’ll Never Walk Alone)
- Where the Streets Have No Name (Snippet: All You Need Is Love)
- Bad (Snippets: Fool to Cry, 40)
- Ultraviolet
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
Croke Park is the biggest in rock music history
U2’s stage show for this weekend’s series of concerts at Croke Park is the biggest in rock music history, the band’s tour director has said.
The colossal edifice, which resembles a giant claw, is nearly 60 metres high and the same distance wide.
It is currently being put in place for the concerts which take place on Friday, Saturday and Monday nights.
Craig Evans said the band had spared no expense in putting the 360 tour together and the travelling party numbered around 500 people with 2,000 people in each city being involved in ancillary activities such as ticket sales and promotion.
Mr Evans said the band have been “thrilled for a long time” about the prospects of playing three concerts in their home town. However, he expressed regret that the full 360 experience of playing in the round will not be available to Irish fans because of the layout of Croke Park.
The audience will not be allowed on Hill 16 behind the main stage because of health and safety concerns.
“It’s a shame. we’re subject to the design and physical limitations of every stadium. With the power and access and safety requirement and sound requirement, this stadium just doesn’t allow it,” he said.
“We looked at every option we could to put people back there. We wanted to be able to utilise that. It is fantastic when you see it in the round.”
However, fans will be able to go to the pitch area at the back of the stage giving a semblance of the band playing in the round.
Tickets are still available for Friday and Monday night’s concerts. Promoter MCD’s spokesman Justin Green said fans were coming from as far away as Brazil, Japan, Canada and the US to watch U2 play their home town and the event was attracting 300 foreign media personnel.
He also said the Irish Hotels Federation was on the record as saying that this was one of the first weekends of the year where all hotels in the city are booked up.
Gardaí urged motorists to avoid the Croke Park area in the lead-up to the concerts especially on Monday when Ikea opens in Ballymun and Dublin city’s new bus gate at Trinity College opens.
Unfortunately, heavy showers are forecast for Friday, though Saturday should be a better day. Monday is likely to see more of the same so fans are asked to dress for the weather.
80K U2 Fans head home for a weekend of live music
FANS heading for the first Irish show of U2's world tour in Croke Park tonight have been promised the band's most spectacular performance yet.
Singer Bono told fans via a link-up on their website that all the gigs they've done so far have just been a warm-up for the Dublin dates.
He joked: "The 'rehearsals' have been going really well. We've been rehearsing in Barcelona, Milan, Nice, Berlin and Amsterdam. But we expect that the main event in Dublin will be better than any of them."
The Edge spoke of the "magic" they always experience of playing a hometown date, whether it's in Croke Park, the RDS or Slane Castle.
He said: "It's not just another show, for us or for the fans. They travel from all over the world to see us perform in Dublin. Most of them believe it's the best gig for them to attend.
"You do your best at every gig, but playing Ireland is different. I remember how the Phoenix Park Racecourse was one of the first big gigs we ever did. There was a huge level of excitement for everybody involved. There was a physical reaction from the audience like nothing we'd felt before.
"Every time we go onstage there's a certain chemistry between the four of us. But in Dublin the crowd actually take us to another level. It's incredible. It's never just another show for us."
From this afternoon 80,000 fans will begin to descend on Croke Park.`
Que Starts Early Morning
The boys are due to arrive in Dublin today, the photo pool shot of the line forming early morning suggests that the crowds will only grow.
Welcome home boys
Videos, Photos and Comments provided later today.
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