If you missed #U2 on Jo Whiley’s show, check out our recap, now with link to stream the show: http://www.u2gigs.com/ar…
@JeffReinhart77 I should fix the view option to have snippets below the setlist. Keeps the main sets more clear :) Matt
@JeffReinhart77 I think snippets are something that can make a show special. So we’ve decided to include them long ago. Matt.
@JeffReinhart77 Well both songs were referenced. You’re not going to dissuade us from noting every other song that gets a nod. ;)
Thanks everybody for following our coverage today. Still pleased Cedarwood Road debuted live. This is Ax signing off.
@feedu2000 @U2start Yep. I cannot wait to hear a full electric version live. It should be a concert highlight.
Here is our recap of #U2 on @jowhiley’s show on @BBCRadio2: http://www.u2gigs.com/ar…
U2 Great night with @jowhiley for @BBCRadio2 http://t.co/yx1BBQxdxF
Matt here. Just checked the recording and Jo mentioned the Whiskey had arrived during the Walk The Line part. Larry got a Whiskey.
Anyway, that’s the end of #U2’s performance on Jo Whiley’s show. Give me a few minutes to polish up our mainpage report.
OK, followers disagree whether the I Walk the Line snip was Larry or Bono imitating Cash. Either way, glad I didn’t hallucinate the snippet!
@adammajorcsik Ooh gotcha. Stuck was done full band in Australia in 2006. I had the misfortune to witness it.
Fool to Cry snippet in Stuck in a Moment. And was I hallucinating or did somebody (maybe Larry?) snippet I Walk the Line beforehand?
@adammajorcsik The full band played The Miracle at the Apple launch.
Fifth song by #U2 today: Stuck in a Moment. Only decided to do it an hour or so ago.
Cash’s I Walk the Line being broadcast now. U2 did it once in 1987 y’know: http://www.u2gigs.com/sh…
Whiley tries to get out of them WHEN tour will be. “We’re buying new luggage in the spring” is about all she gets.
Tour: Edge says “not sure the precise dates” but next year. Bono on venues: “pubs”. Edge, seriously: arenas (Bono calls them “mega pubs”).
@smili72 I can’t wait to hear Cedarwood in its proper electric form. Should be blistering - and put any acoustic performance in the shade.
febottini . @U2 live on @jowhiley @BBCRadio2 #SongsOfInnocence promo tour - u2.com/news/title/liv… http://t.co/SAoNYH9Djf
Larry present in Song for Someone from the get go. Huzzah! Surprised he didn’t take a prominent role in Cedarwood…
Before Song for Someone, Jo Whiley said there were “a couple more songs to come”. I bet fifth will be an old classic.
Fourth song by #U2 today: Song for Someone, live debut!
@thefly202005 Yeah it’s weird how little Adam and Larry seem to be doing…
The string section are joining in again for Cedarwood Road. A very welcome contribution.
Cedarwood Road is my favourite song on SOI so I’m stoked U2 are doing it live.
Third song of the day by #U2: live debut of Cedarwood Road!
Except for their families, “there is nothing more important to us than this band” - Bono.
@KevinMFeeney Well spotted!
KevinMFeeney @u2gigs Walk On is the only single from 2000s era not to be played on the promo tour for its album
@KevinMFeeney Yep, absolutely. Though I suppose they did do Miracle Drug on HTDAAB promo tour…
KevinMFeeney @u2gigs Past suggests that any other songs they play will be very strong contenders to be singles
Ooh, Jo Whiley promises to ask #U2 about live gigs later in today’s show.
Now the big question is what will U2 play next. Will they debut live a song from SOI, or will it be an old track?
Need to catch up on what #U2 have done today? I’ve just posted an article on our mainpage: http://www.u2gigs.com/ar…
What? Drums? Yes, Larry is there and playing in EBW!
EBW has Edge on piano - and there’s the string quintet in the studio, adding some nice touches!
@dmacirish Me too, absolutely. Would love some full band, electric performances.
@beckythecyclist Oh sorry, he chose to play the studio version of it, not sing it himself. I assume the show will be on the BBC site after.
Second live song by #U2: Every Breaking Wave.
Bono chose to play “Take Me to Church” by #Hozier, describing the song as “a miracle”.
Haha, U2 jealous of Brian Eno getting to appear on Father Ted.
Larry and Adam may be there but The Miracle sounds distinctly like just Bono and Edge!
First by #U2 is The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone).
If you are just tuning in, listen live to #U2 on BBC Radio 2 here. About to perform: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rad…
@thedukeboston Don’t believe it will be.
Larry Mullen in the building! All of #U2 here to play live, first performance in a couple of minutes.
Here’s Adam, joining Bono and Edge first time on the promo tour! We still await Larry.
U2 asked when was first time they were at Maida Vale Studios. It was 1980-09-22: http://www.u2gigs.com/sh…
u2_se @u2gigs haha! We tweeted almost identical infornation in our respective languages. Great minds and all that. :-)
Edge is the only timely member of the band, Larry accused of being least punctual band member.
@JeffReinhart77 Nope, just a radio studio session.
Remember, #U2 used to cover Glad to See You Go in their early days: http://www.u2gigs.com/Gl…
Tonight #U2 have been asked to choose some of the show’s music. First: Ramones, “Glad to See You Go”.
Jo Whiley just confirmed FULL BAND and “many more songs” than 1 or 2.
A string quintet in the studio too!
Jo Whiley says there is a drumkit in studio - full band time finally?!
@llootsteen39 I didn’t miss these early starts (well I got up for that Italy TV spot too)! At least US shows are during the day Aussie time.
Studio EBTTRT playing to start the show. And this is Ax, coming to you bright and early from Melbourne at 6am. There’s a 6 AM now?!
Here we go folks! #U2 on Jo Whiley starting now. Listen live here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rad…
PS Whiley’s show at 8pm local time. We will report U2’s set as it happens. Earlier reports suggested 3 new songs, 1 old.
Today #U2 on Jo Whiley’s show on BBC Radio 2. Third gig of SOI promo tour, will we finally get full band?