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U2gigs (@u2gigs)

Matt: Berlin / Ax: Wollongong / Matkin: Toronto / Chris: NY

The below is an off-site archive of all most tweets posted by @u2gigs ever

May 25th, 2017

rem1771 @u2gigs Come on lads lets put this into perspective

My favourite song is promenade how long have I waited for this to be played live ????

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:05 PM, May 25th, 2017  via TweetDeck)

ChikaLakerz @u2gigs @atu2 @Noodles105
uh oh Huston we have a problem twitter.com/u2songs/status…

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:03 PM, May 25th, 2017  via TweetDeck)

u2songs Many fans receiving “take down” notices by the IFPI for live videos of @u2 posted to Twitter in 2015/2016. Come via email from Twitter.

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:03 PM, May 25th, 2017  via TweetDeck)

Got this one by Robert Lipperd: „this one is my favorite. one of those “they’re so ugly they’re sexy”… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Tweetbot for Mac

U2start Video of U2 dedicating One Tree Hill last night in Houston to those who died in Manchester: youtube.com/watch?v=pK9Czt… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017

 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 9:37 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Tweetbot for Mac)

@mysteriousdays I mean, you can make a 25-song set just of hits. What surprises me is when we call hits like The Fl… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to u2gigs

@mysteriousdays I’d say UV/ASOH about equal in how well known. And given most of the set is hits, they can throw us a bone!

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to mysteriousdays

@chadd787 Hey thanks, we really appreciate it. :)

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to chadd787

@nitebus @Renegade_Son Though I laughed when heaps of casuals left the Melbourne gig before the last encore, which… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to u2gigs

@nitebus @Renegade_Son Now there’s a band who knows how to please casual and hardcore fans at once.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to nitebus

nitebus @Renegade_Son @u2gigs The Cure are the winners though. same age as U2 pretty much and they played 30 songs almost every single night in 2016

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:04 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@EdgeFest A lot of the between-song banter has become generic very quickly.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to EdgeFest

@_JamesMiller_ This is my hope. The Vertigo Tour suggests precedent for this to happen too.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to _JamesMiller_

@Renegade_Son To be honest I prefer this version to IE, since Bono is singing all the lines. The crowd karaoke of IE I disliked.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to Renegade_Son

@KUEFC Yeah, esp as it had all the potential in the world to be a good intro to the album, treating this return to… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to KUEFC

Renegade_Son @azcat92 @u2gigs Elevation is a crowd pleaser, plus Larry’s selfie in the break reeeeealy gets the crowd going. Nice touch that works.

 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:59 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@chadd787 Weeeell to be technical, ~25% did (I find US turnout rates appalling). Also, I say this as a political hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to chadd787

@chadd787 @Hoosier2012 Yep, Alicia Keys got a shoutout during One just before Hear Us Coming.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to chadd787

@GnoccoFritto @chadd787 Even earlier, too. Stranger in a Strange Land is political, Rejoice and The Electric Co. a bit more obliquely.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to GnoccoFritto

Renegade_Son @u2gigs Last full McCartney Show: 39
Springsteen: 26
Roger Waters: 24
Dylan: 21
Stones: 18
Metallica: 18

Tied w/76… https://t.co/7QpfmH0F6o

 via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:56 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@popkewitz He seems to be a little better and we’ve chatted about U2 stuff. :)

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to popkewitz

@EveryBrokenWave @PBear1979 Ah, I didn’t buy that! Can you photograph/scan it for me? I wonder if its soundcheck be… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to EveryBrokenWave

@tassoula @wesy_b Interference is the only forum I can handle these days, and I mainly post in the non-U2 section! -Ax

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to tassoula

Here is the Houston #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 setlist and our show write-up: u2gigs.com/article1169.ht… #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

@Gloritone Links to streams on Periscope and Mixlr are shared before every show.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to Gloritone

Rusty_Olson @u2gigs No ASOH was a gut punch. Exit and Bad were monsters tonight.

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 6:05 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@puremetalfan @GnoccoFritto @MANemeth @U2 @RoseBowlStadium Is this sarcasm? U2 concerts have been political since they began.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to puremetalfan

@PBear1979 Yeah, and given the way they’ve done I Will Follow, they can get by without visuals for a few songs!

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to PBear1979

@PBear1979 @EveryBrokenWave Actually I’m not sure about that. WLCTT isn’t in the Vancouver rehearsals master list. -Ax

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to PBear1979

@jarmendarizU2 Given they’re obviously enjoying themselves, I don’t think some contractual resentment is the reason… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to jarmendarizU2

florcitamd El reencuentro @u2 @NRGParkFan https://t.co/wGf3eIUBsS

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 5:54 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

Thank you so much to everybody who streamed the show. Our write-up is coming soon. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

@PBear1979 Yeah, it seems they’ve rehearsed the bare minimum. But something like Desire? They can do that at the drop of a hat.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to PBear1979

@tassoula @wesy_b Yeah, it’s amazing how much vitriol I get for not thinking One is a very good song. Hear Us Comin… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to tassoula

Noodles105 @u2gigs a bit disappointed. But a GREAT performance. But 21 songs is really few

 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 5:51 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

u2interference @u2gigs Gave me the stat I wanted to know before I got a chance to ask. You guys are the best.

 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 5:51 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

tandrews2927 @u2gigs I am so sad ASOH was dropped. The only 2 shows (LA2 & Houston)I went to and they did not play.

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 5:50 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@jarmendarizU2 Woah, not cool dude, lay off Matkin. He’d had a bad day and then some unpleasant Twitter interaction… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to jarmendarizU2

That’s the end. 21 songs again. Haven’t had 2 shows in a row w/ less than 22 songs since November 2005. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

Bono thanks the crowd after Little Things. “Let’s do this again in 2047.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

mysteriousdays I’m really loving this song! twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 5:45 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@nobody_home2 I think he meant another member of the sound crew? But yeah I had similar problem.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to nobody_home2

TheWizardTower @u2gigs I was really thrilled I got to hear that at the concert I attended. Lots of special moments in this tour.

 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 5:44 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@tawny_cat Honestly I’m more just indifferent to it, but the gushing idolisation of it on Interference back in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to tawny_cat

@TheWizardTower True. Though the nineties performances were usually more personal, while from Elevation it’s usuall… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to TheWizardTower

21. The Little Things That Give You Away #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Bono is now giving thanks to Anton Corbijn for his photography and to the band’s crew for all they do. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

That perhaps says something about how meaning & use of One in context of U2 shows has shifted & become a political moment.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to u2gigs

What is interesting is that the verse was more often “hear ME coming” in the nineties, but now usually “hear US coming”.

 via Twitter Web Client

One has the Hear Us Coming verse, which I think always enhances the song. It’s a powerful conclusion. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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@Hoosier2012 Bono likes to say “so-and-so is here tonight” if they are, and he didn’t say that about GWB, so I’m guessing not?

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to Hoosier2012

@AntonioMbass @U2start New database entry: Speech / Teasing Hardcore Fans (snippet)

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to AntonioMbass

carolmcdoniel Madeline Albright, Laura Bush, Condoleeza Rice … all new for Texas? #UltraViolet #U2 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 5:35 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

Ax’s bad opinion time: not only is ASOH, my fave U2 song, seemingly dropped, but two of my least faves, UV/One, are still here back-to-back.

 via Twitter Web Client

U2start New rule: if Bono says the word “luminous” more than four times in one show, they have to play “Luminous Times.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017

 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 5:33 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

Bono gives a shoutout to George W. Bush for his contributions to fighting HIV/AIDS. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Here’s the usual pre-One speech about organising to fight poverty and disease. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

Raven1464 @u2gigs They definely should have re-introduced the legendary Dalton Brothers tonight, seeing as they’re from Texas! :-D #JT30

 via Mobile Web (M2) (retweeted on 5:30 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

Bono asks the crowd “Larry Mullen Jr, who doesn’t believe in him?” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

Also, I (Ax) checked in on Matkin. He says he’ll be alright. But you’re stuck with me for the rest of this gig.

 via Twitter Web Client

mysteriousdays @u2gigs I think he said “Houston, we don’t have a problem”

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 5:19 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

If Bono snippeted something in Beautiful Day, I couldn’t pick it. Sounded like he ad-libbed stuff re: Houston. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

@SteveDen5 Shame U2 have never done so in the past - see Your Blue Room, soundchecked Europe, played live in US, we… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to SteveDen5

17. Second encore starts with Beautiful Day #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

Band leave stage again. Will 2nd encore be the same as it was the last show? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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@crische That doesn’t hold for why it wasn’t sung at the last Californian show…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to crische

@JesseBasi Yeah me too. That Drowning Man/Electrical Storm soundcheck burned me good. -Ax

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to JesseBasi

Another snippet of S&G’s America at end of Bad. I think Bad will actually remain a regular. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

@lulenn_ Yeah, that’s the version I learnt as kid. I’ve seen a couple of people suggest that as motive. But a bit opaque to crowd if so?

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to lulenn_

danastar78 I hope #BAD is here for eternity! twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…

 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 5:08 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

@JesseBasi OH GOD EVERY TIME I THINK OF THAT…!

Signed,
Guy who heard it at Dublin 3 soundcheck & had great hope… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to JesseBasi

Intro of Bad has snippet of Simon & Garfunkel’s America. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

16. Well at least Bad is hanging around! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Miss Sarajevo has its usual snip of The New Colossus. “I lift my lamp beside the golden door…” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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PBear1979 @u2gigs Mothers into Miss Sarajevo. I might have curled into fetal position and bawled if I was there in person ????

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 5:01 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

Yeah, I’m especially surprised it hasn’t been sung tonight or LA2 given large Spanish-speaking populations in these… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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15. It’s the new encore, or at least the new start with Miss Sarajevo. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Encore break. Will we get the new LA2 encore order, or back to the old one? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Bono: “Thank you so much. What a special night for us, thank you.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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@craigjq Venue will prob say no overnight camping and people will do it anyway.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to craigjq

@nitebus Yeah I really do wonder if I’ll still go song-by-song for this part of the show by the end of the leg…

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to nitebus

I (Ax) still think Eeny Meeny Miny Moe a bit ridiculous. Works better than it should but could do w/o it. Love the Wise Blood snip though.

 via Twitter Web Client

14. Mothers of the Disappeared to round out the album. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Bono snippets from Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood, then into Eeny Meeny Miny Moe children’s rhyme. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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13. Exit - first show in a state that voted Trump and they stick with the Walter Trump Trackdown video. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Bono really belted out that last “raining in your heeaaaarrrttt” leading into Edge’s solo. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

duuuaaaane @u2gigs @atu2 @u2br @u2start @u2songs I was Chicago for the surprise One Tree Hill closer in 2011. Still one of the best gig moments ever.

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:43 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

Bono dedicated One Tree Hill to Manchester victims: “we will see you again when the stars fall from the sky”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

12. Ax back just in time for One Tree Hill. Trip was 11th. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Bono: “all of our hearts are with Manchester” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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I (Ax) need to grab lunch. Be back shortly. You know the next few songs anyway.

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10. Bono welcomes crowd to side 2 and introduces next song, In God’s Country #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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@tawny_cat Yeah. They didn’t quite make enough of the “returning to JT is a sort of homecoming” theme. ASOH/Streets would’ve been perfect.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to tawny_cat

duuuaaaane @u2gigs Here’s a 22 song set (average length) that doesn’t disrupt the show the band are putting on now. Still room… https://t.co/Dg4dCgav2B

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:28 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

Matkin, sorry if I was harsh with my comment. I’m just so deflated about the tour now that ASOH seems gone. -Ax

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to u2gigs

Sorry everyone, I’m clearly not in a good place today. I’m gonna go so I don’t ruin all of your concert enjoyment. I’ve had enough.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

@mysteriousdays Except that they didn’t add anything to the encore, which makes this so confusing to me (Ax).

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to mysteriousdays

8. Amidst all this ASOH chatter we managed to forget to announce Running to Stand Still #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

I am not in a good place today. I am not okay. I don’t need this too. I’m trying my best when all I went to do is curl up and vanish.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

Yeah but it’s not as if ASOH was getting as weak a reaction as Little Things. UV and Miss S on same level of casual fan awareness.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to u2gigs

Ax you should know better than to think I am against ASOH. I’m raising a possibility why it was dropped because that upsets me too.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

k_now_waite @u2gigs agree…either add more to front or start with Streets & have longer second half. I’m cranky today and want both MLK & ASOH back

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:21 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

SilRigote @u2gigs Around me in every show I only saw people jumping for joy with ASOH

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:19 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

You choose literally the one negative comment while everybody else says it went down well? Why are you campaigning against ASOH today?

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to u2gigs

WOWY does not have Shine Like Stars tonight. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

As it is, just 3 songs feels weird. 4 also felt a bit hurried. 5 at first gigs was OK. But 3? Why race through this attenuated intro to JT?

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to u2gigs

What strikes me (Ax) besides song choice is that there now just 3 songs before JT. Either start w/ it, or play decent 7-ish song intro.

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pappy90 @u2gigs honestly I was pretty far back in GA pit at LA1 and I thought it went down pretty well. People round me were singing it.

 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 4:11 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

cutigers1wood @u2gigs Typical that they dropped ASOH. I was so looking forward to seeing that in Tampa. I was afraid they would drop it before then.

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:11 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

6. With or Without You. Big crowd singalong at end of I Still Haven’t Found. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

Here is our mainpage article with the full setlist live: u2gigs.com/article1169.ht… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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There is every reason to keep it. -Ax twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…

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Most reports I (Ax) have read has indicated strong reception for ASOH, some fans surprised at how well received it… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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Obviously we may all love that song to bits, but if crowd isn’t into it (especially as third song of night) they have no reason to keep it.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

How has reception of ASOH been by the actual audience at shows? If not much reaction by most there, it makes sense they’d drop it.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

Bono: “oh my goodness Texas! Here we still are, here you still are.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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@mysteriousdays I’m really worried now. I cannot see the logic of dropping it, especially without adding anything else to the set.

 via Twitter Web Client in reply to mysteriousdays

Frankly, I (Ax) am more excited about ASOH than JT now that it’s cropped up. Be shattered if it misses London/Berlin. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017

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SilRigote I REFUSE to believe that they are dropping ASOHC for good! :(

 via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 4:00 AM, May 25th, 2017  via Twitter Web Client)

4. Where the Streets Have No Name, to “awaken the America of compassion and community, justice and joy” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Bono in Pride: “sing for the dream of Dr King. Some people think that dream is dead, but not in Texas.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

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Any mixlrs working tonight folks? Matkin’s laptop still can’t handle Periscope. #U2TheJoshuaTree30

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

Very little has excited fans more this tour than A Sort of Homecoming. U2 are mad to drop it. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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Pride is third? Bodes badly for ASOH…

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

Ah, I missed the start? Too busy arguing with Ax by email & reading about a GOP politician body-slamming a journalist to notice.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

Oops, it seems both Matkin and I missed the start tonight! SBS first, now NYD. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30

 via Twitter Web Client

SilRigote I’m in postrin’s Mixlr mixlr.com/postrin

 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:01 AM, May 25th, 2017  via U2gigs (Matkin))

Just found an undocumented Stars snippet from PopMart. Nice.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

Ok everyone. I’m just shit at stats. I’ll leave that to Ax next time. I tried. Matkin.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

Oh I’m trying to let it go, but I wish it would just fade away. I’m really not sleeping. youtube.com/watch?v=IStffi… Matkin.

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

.@nitebus Almost but not quite. That’s why we list it as Arlington and not Dallas.

 via U2gigs (Matkin) in reply to nitebus

Next concert in Dallas is a bit more interesting. U2 haven’t played there for 11 years and 5 months u2gigs.com/show1333.html

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

The last time U2 performed in Houston (or anywhere in Texas), Your Blue Room was in the set for the final time u2gigs.com/show1598.html

 via U2gigs (Matkin)

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