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This past Monday, Bono appeared at the Robin Hood Foundation's 25th anniversary gala at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City alongside Mary J. Blige. They performed just two songs, beginning (unexpectedly) with Moment of Surrender and ending with One, a song the duo has performed together a handful of times dating back to the Vertigo Tour.

The videos of each song can be found below, and to summarize, Bono appears to be fine form vocally. The backing house band supported Bono and Blige on both songs, with Bono playing an acoustic guitar during One. One was expected, but as for Moment of Surrender, it was the first performance of the song by a member of U2 since the 360 Tour's final concert in 2011, so it's nice to see that it hasn't been forgotten about. It will be interesting to see if it remains in the setlist when U2 hits the road once again.

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It has been nearly 21 months since The Claw was disassembled for the final time on the historic 360 Tour in Moncton, so it's about time we have another U2 tour to get excited about. Let's recap what we have heard thus far.

]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article887.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article887.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:20:26 GMT 23 September 1997, U2 performed for the first – and as of this date, only – time in the city of Sarajevo. It was a concert that was typical of the PopMart Tour; and yet it was also a concert the likes of which has not been played since. U2’s history with the city is a long one, with the seeds being planted as far back as the Zoo TV Tour during the breakout of the Bosnian War. 2012 marked the fifteenth anniversary of U2’s concert in Sarajevo, and although this article is a couple of weeks late for the exact anniversary we’d still like to celebrate this landmark event in U2’s history with this multi-part look back at what you may, and may not, have known about the road to Sarajevo.]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article886.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article886.html Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:32:24 GMT 18 November 2004, they performed at the dedication ceremony for the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Library, playing Rain, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and The Hands That Built America to a crowd of thousands in the rain.

Before his set with The Edge began, Bono joined K'Naan on stage for one song, dueting with him on his brand new song, Bulletproof Pride. Our database entry for this appearance is separate to that for Bono and Edge's set and can be found here.

Bono and The Edge were the final act on stage, introduced by Bill and Chelsea Clinton. The set contained two massive surprises: The first was the debut live performance of A Man And A Woman, dedicated to Chelsea and her husband Marc Mezvinsky. It is almost exactly seven years since that song was released on How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. The second was a surprise performance of Staring At The Sun, not played since 24 October 2001. It is the first time any song from Pop has been performed in full live since Discotheque was played on 20 September 2005. Staring At The Sun was backed by a string section, as were One and Miss Sarajevo.

The full set was as follows:

1. Desire
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. A Man And A Woman
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday
5. Staring At The Sun
6. One / Happy Birthday (snippet)

Encore(s):

7. Miss Sarajevo

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In part one of our 360 Tour introspective, we take a look at what was, and what might have been. How did the setlist evolve along the tour? How diverse was it? What was missing, and what almost blew the colective fan community's mind? Of course, a conversation between Ax and Matkin (infamous for talking to each other on the U2Gigs Twitter account) wouldn't be a proper conversation without going off-topic once or twice (or thrice. Or whatever the next in line is; fourice?) - we'll compare this tour to the highlights of U2's past, talk about potential remasters (Achtung not included), and even take a look back to Boy and U2 3 Tours!

We hope that you enjoy our first podcast; stay tuned for part two! We'd love to hear your feedback, so please feel free to tell us what you think in the comments section below!

Download the podcast here on iTunes! A direct link to the podcast file is also available here.]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article884.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article884.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:13:11 GMT

]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article883.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article883.html Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:40:29 GMT
From BBC website: "Early in 2011, U2 returned to Hansa Studio in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby in this film directed by Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim (It Might Get Loud, Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth). From The Sky Down was then selected to open the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September, the first ever documentary to open the festival in its 36-year history."

Sun 9 Oct 2011 22:25 BBC One (except Northern Ireland, Wales)
Sun 9 Oct 2011 22:45 BBC One (Northern Ireland only)
Sun 9 Oct 2011 23:10 BBC One (Wales only)

Showtime will air the documentary from October 29th. See the full Showtime schedule here.]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article882.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article882.html Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:05:38 GMT We would love to know your thoughts on our fake concert! Send us a tweet or comment below!

Tonight, a pretend 360 Tour gig happened in Dublin! Tickets were not available; fake invitations were sent to U2 fans all over the world for this private gig with the 360 tour staging. It is set to go off at midnight, Dublin time, and after a few weeks break since the concert in Moncton, U2 have been busily rehearsing all day to craft an awesome setlist! Songs that were fake rehearsed include Beautiful Day, One, New Year's Day, return of the Stingray Guitar, Pride, Mercy, North Star, Scarlet, Bullet the Blue Sky, Even Better Than the Real Thing, and an unknown song that had Edge on lead vocals!]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article881.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article881.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:57:34 GMT http://www.u2gigs.com/article880.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article880.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:53:23 GMT Stump Ax contest. Some of these have been easy, but as you'll see, others were pretty difficult and a couple of you can claim to have stumped me. Most questions were answered off the top of my head; on a few occasions I consulted the database where I felt such use was legitimate - in all cases, I have stated that I did this. Hyperlinks were added after answering.

This article contains answers to questions from fifteen people, selected for me by Matkin. If your question does not appear here, that doesn't mean I won't answer it; there were many more good questions and I will do a second batch of answers in a few days. Please do NOT leave new questions in the comments section of this article - given the positive response, we will run a tournament like this again, so hold on to your question until then. But if one of my answers is in error or if the answer is unclear, by all means point it out.]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article879.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article879.html Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:13:48 GMT
Now that the Moncton show has concluded the tour (Moncton setlist here), I would just like to thank everybody who has joined us for the ride that was the 360° Tour. The last two-and-a-bit years have been nothing like what we ever expected. We're a bit older, a bit wiser, and the staffing on U2gigs has grown by a whole third. We never could have done it without all of you, our visitors. You have contributed so much, tipping us off to all manner of news, snippets, and corrections. There are so many people I would like to thank, both fellow fan sites and individuals, that I cannot even begin to name all of you. You know who you are, I hope; I am profoundly grateful for your assistance.]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article878.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article878.html Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:43:11 GMT
The crew soundchecked Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Moment of Surrender, Even Better Than the Real Thing, and a portion of Get on Your Boots.

The setlist itself stuck to the usual template, but had a few bonuses for the occasion. At the end of I Still Haven't Found, Bono added a snippet of Springhill Mining Disaster, a song U2 used to play live with lyrics naturally based in Springhill, a town in Nova Scotia (a province U2 have never performed in) just 74 kilometres away from Moncton. Then at the end of the show, U2 kept going past Moment Of Surrender; it was followed by Out Of Control. This means that Moncton got a very rare setlist with both I Will Follow and Out Of Control; since Out Of Control's live resurrection in May 2001, the amount of times these two particular Boy songs have appeared at the same show can be counted on one hand.

However, Out Of Control was not the end of proceedings. After Bono sprayed the crowd with champagne, U2 went into 40. This is, amazingly enough, the song's tour debut, having last been performed in full on 20 February 2006 on the Vertigo Tour. This is the first time an original U2 song has ever made its tour debut at the last show of the tour, let alone as the last song of the tour. Larry was left alone as the last band member on stage at the end of 40, and with his final drum beats, the 360° Tour came to a close, two years and one month after it began in Barcelona on 30 June 2009.

The full Moncton setlist was:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. The Fly
3. Mysterious Ways
4. Until The End Of The World / Anthem (snippet)
5. I Will Follow
6. Get On Your Boots
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Springhill Mining Disaster (snippet)
8. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
9. Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
10. Elevation
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. Miss Sarajevo
13. Zooropa
14. City Of Blinding Lights
15. Vertigo / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) (snippet)
16. Miss You (snippet) / Crazy Tonight / Discothèque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet)
17. Sunday Bloody Sunday
18. Scarlet
19. Walk On

Encore(s):

20. One
21. Hallelujah (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
22. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
23. With Or Without You / Love Will Tear Us Apart (snippet)
24. Moment of Surrender
25. Out Of Control
26. 40 / The Aaronic Blessing (snippet)

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Basically, here's the drill. Leave us a question relating to U2 setlist trivia by posting it in a comment reply to this article. Do NOT send us questions by any other method, such as Twitter, e-mail, carrier pigeon, interpetive dance, or a banner at the Moncton gig. Well, we may just accept questions by carrier pigeon since it would also make for a tasty dinner, but don't push your luck. Ax promises not to look at this article's comments; Matkin will select the best questions and pose them to Ax. Make sure you post your question by 4 August at midnight Australian eastern time/2pm UTC/10am Canadian eastern time. Axver will attempt to answer the questions on 5 August, Australian eastern time (evening of the 4th for those of you in North America).

Your question can pertain to any aspect of U2 setlist trivia. Do not ask questions about U2's studio discography (Ax has no idea how many editions of the Mysterious Ways single there are or which has the longest tracklist). Do not ask questions about U2's personal life or other off-stage history (Ax frankly has no interest in the band outside of their music and couldn't care less how many cars Bono has owned/crashed or what colour Edge's lounge is painted). In other words, we're looking for questions like "what song has had the most different snippets?" (Beautiful Day, 69 different snippets and counting), not "what shirt was Adam wearing at the 2006-11-10, Sydney show?"

Unless you ask us to credit you otherwise, we will credit you by the name attached to your comment on this article. Since we're poor, we apologise that there are no prizes except for the pride of successfully stumping Ax.

Good luck! Can you stump Ax?]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article876.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article876.html Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:39:09 GMT
The setlist was not significantly different to that performed in Minneapolis three days ago, but it did feature two notable changes. One of these was not tremendously surprising; in the middle of the main set, Stay returned after a single show absence. The other change came right at the end of the show after Moment Of Surrender and was much more surprising. U2 seem to have embraced their newfound penchant for playing a song after MOS, tonight performing fan favourite Bad to close the show. This is just the third time it has been performed in 2011, following appearances on 3 April in La Plata and 24 June at the Glastonbury Festival. This is also just the second time Bad has been performed in North America on the entire 360° Tour, bookending the band's jaunts through the US; its other performance was at the tour's first US show back on 12 September 2009.

There was another little morsel for those fans paying close attention; Bono snippeted the title lyric of Two Hearts Beat As One in Vertigo. It has not appeared live in any form, not even snippet, since 27 December 1989. This was in fact its first appearance as a snippet; all 132 previous appearances were full performances.

The complete Pittsburgh setlist was:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. The Fly
3. Mysterious Ways / Someone Somewhere In Summertime (snippet) / Promised You A Miracle (snippet)
4. Until The End Of The World / Anthem (snippet)
5. I Will Follow
6. Get On Your Boots
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / The Promised Land (snippet)
8. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
9. Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
10. Elevation
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. Miss Sarajevo
13. Zooropa
14. City Of Blinding Lights
15. Vertigo / Two Hearts Beat As One (snippet)
16. Miss You (snippet) / Crazy Tonight / Discothèque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet) / Please (snippet)
17. Sunday Bloody Sunday
18. Scarlet
19. Walk On

Encore(s):

20. One
21. Hallelujah (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
22. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
23. With Or Without You
24. Moment of Surrender
25. Bad / In The Garden (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / 40 (snippet)

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After I Still Haven't Found, the band segued into a full performance of Stand By Me, the fourth time this tour that they have done so. It was performed with hip hop musician K'naan and dedicated to his native Somalia. The next song was Stuck In A Moment, dedicated to the recently deceased Amy Winehouse. Stuck last appeared in a 360° Tour set two weeks ago, although it was actually played live more recently, five days ago on Letterman's show.

The show was a bit of a wet one; consequently, Bono dug out a number of his rain-related snippets. He continues to be especially fond of Singing In The Rain. The full setlist was:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. The Fly
3. Mysterious Ways / Rain (snippet)
4. Until The End Of The World / Anthem (snippet)
5. I Will Follow
6. Get On Your Boots
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
8. Stand By Me
9. Stuck In A Moment
10. Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
11. Can't Stand The Rain (snippet) / Elevation
12. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. Zooropa
15. City Of Blinding Lights / Singin' In The Rain (snippet)
16. Vertigo
17. Miss You (snippet) / Crazy Tonight / Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (snippet) / Discothèque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet)
18. Please (snippet) / Sunday Bloody Sunday
19. Scarlet
20. Walk On

Encore(s):

21. One / Purple Rain (snippet)
22. Hallelujah (snippet) / Purple Rain (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / Singin' In The Rain (snippet)
23. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
24. With Or Without You
25. Moment of Surrender / Singin' In The Rain (snippet)

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]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article873.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article873.html Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:15:39 GMT 23 and 24 September 2009. When first announced for 2010 it was scheduled to conclude the tour, but this changed with the rescheduled 2011 itinerary following Bono's back injury.

Several guests were in the house, including Bruce Springsteen and Salman Rushdie. The set featured some alterations from the previous few nights. Magnificent returned after an absence of one show, again being performed in its original iteration. In an insignificant note, a song was snippeted in Stay (Faraway, So Close!) for just the fourth and fifth time ever. The Edge introduced the song in place of Bono but then mistakenly played a few bars of Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of before correcting his error, and a line of In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, popularized by Frank Sinatra in 1955, was included in the final verse. The biggest surprise was reserved for the end of the night. Following Moment of Surrender, U2 launched into Out of Control for just the fifth time on the tour. Two other songs, Bad and 40, were on the printed setlist after Out of Control but were not performed. The former has not been played since 3 April 2011, while the latter has yet to be performed this tour.

The full set was as follows:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. The Fly
3. Mysterious Ways / Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World (snippet)
4. Until The End Of The World / Anthem (snippet)
5. I Will Follow
6. Get On Your Boots
7. Magnificent
8. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / The Promised Land (snippet)
9. Stuck In A Moment (snippet) / Stay (Faraway, So Close!) / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (snippet)
10. Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
11. Elevation
12. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. Zooropa
15. City Of Blinding Lights
16. Vertigo / Rock 'N' Roll Nigger (snippet)
17. Crazy Tonight / Discothèque (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet)
18. Sunday Bloody Sunday
19. Scarlet
20. Walk On

Encore(s):

21. One
22. Hallelujah (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
23. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
24. With Or Without You
25. Moment of Surrender / Jungleland (snippet)
26. Out Of Control

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]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article872.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article872.html Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:00:42 GMT 8 November 1997. After switching up the setlist a little for Philadelphia three nights previously, they reverted to the new "usual" set, as last performed in 11 July 2011. This means that The Fly returned to the set after a single show absence, Magnificent disappeared again after its cameo in Philadelphia, and the order of the first half of the main set was somewhat shuffled.

The night after this gig, Bono and Edge appeared on David Letterman's show and performed an acoustic version of Stuck In A Moment. Our database listing for that appearance can be found here. This is U2's first appearance on Letterman since their five show run on the NLOTH Promo Tour.

The full Philadelphia setlist was:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. The Fly
3. Mysterious Ways
4. Until The End Of The World
5. I Will Follow
6. Get On Your Boots
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Many Rivers To Cross (snippet)
8. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
9. Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
10. Elevation
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. Miss Sarajevo
13. Zooropa
14. City Of Blinding Lights
15. Vertigo
16. Crazy Tonight / Discothèque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet)
17. Sunday Bloody Sunday
18. Scarlet
19. Walk On

Encore(s):

20. One
21. Hallelujah (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
22. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
23. With Or Without You
24. Moment of Surrender

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]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article871.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article871.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:01:43 GMT 17 June 2011. It was also performed in its old form, truer to the album version, rather than the remixed version played in May and June. This boosted the number of songs from No Line On The Horizon back up to four, after nine shows in a row with just three songs from the band's last album. Magnificent's resurrection meant that the 360° Tour's newest star, The Fly, took a leave of absence. To cater for this substitution, the order of the early passage of the main set was modified, with I Will Follow notably appearing second, the spot it held before The Fly's debut.

Bono closed the show by leading the crowd in singing Happy Birthday for Nelson Mandela's forthcoming 93rd birthday. The full setlist was:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. I Will Follow
3. Mysterious Ways / Young Americans (snippet)
4. Until The End Of The World / Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (snippet)
5. Get On Your Boots
6. Magnificent
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / The Promised Land (snippet)
8. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
9. Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
10. Elevation
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. Miss Sarajevo
13. Zooropa
14. City Of Blinding Lights
15. Vertigo / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) (snippet)
16. Miss You (snippet) / Crazy Tonight / Discothèque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet)
17. Sunday Bloody Sunday
18. Scarlet
19. Walk On

Encore(s):

20. One
21. Hallelujah (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
22. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
23. With Or Without You
24. Moment of Surrender
25. Happy Birthday

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]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article870.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article870.html Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:01:18 GMT 16 and 17 September 2009.

Five songs that missed the previous show in Montreal have returned to the setlist today. Four of these were in the main set: I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found, Stay, and Pride. The fifth was Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, returning to its usual spot in the encore.

The full setlist was:

1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. The Fly
3. Mysterious Ways / Someone Somewhere In Summertime (snippet)
4. Until The End Of The World / Anthem (snippet)
5. I Will Follow
6. Get On Your Boots
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / The Promised Land (snippet)
8. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
9. Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
10. Elevation
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. Miss Sarajevo
13. Zooropa
14. City Of Blinding Lights
15. Vertigo
16. Miss You (snippet) / Crazy Tonight / Discothèque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet)
17. Sunday Bloody Sunday
18. Scarlet
19. Walk On

Encore(s):

20. One
21. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
22. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
23. With Or Without You
24. Moment of Surrender

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]]> http://www.u2gigs.com/article869.html http://www.u2gigs.com/article869.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:33:22 GMT