Ax may pine for #ASignOfHomecoming but I want #TwoHeartsInTO!
AdrianjNewman Another night from Chicago from Mixlr mixlr.com/bono_girl @U2start @U2 @SilRigote @u2gigs @U2ThreeChords @u2radiosongs @U2_ultraviolet
u2songs oh. and. rumour. https://t.co/TwBZLqQNN6
@FrankfortIrish Should be 9pm.
BBCiPlayer ???? “There is no end to grief, that’s how we know there is no end to love.” #Bono #OneLoveManchester. Live now:… https://t.co/LtmQpJv2kf
A speech recorded (before OTH) at a previous show was just used as message for the #OneLoveManchester concert.
andrew91271 Is there a kind @u2 fan that could get me one of the tour shirts with just the Chicago dates?? Pretty please?? @atu2 @@u2gigs
@EZobes Should be 7-7:30 for Lumineers.
@pappy90 It was also played every night on the first two legs of ZooTV. Popmart is when its luck really ran out.
@pappy90 It was done every night from its debut on 18 October 1984 through to 28 November 1987. Missed just 1 out of 109 shows on JT.
@markpeterboro I’ll spare you an edit for WOWY - we won’t be counting Bono’s little ad-lib as Shine Like Stars.
mysteriousdays @u2gigs Bono says “Chicago, like stars in the summer night, sing your heart out” @markpeterboro @u2gigs
Just reviewed WOWY. No, that does not count as Shine Like Stars. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@GnoccoFritto We count that one already.
So are there any clips floating around of WOWY with the possible Shine Like Stars? Would like to make adjudication on it for our database.
I was also debating this last night. Bad/40/Streets deserves consideration w/ Please/Streets and RTSS/Streets. twitter.com/Drea104/status…
@jennclary I suspect they’re doing this for rotation - one night gets IWF, other gets Little Things.
markpeterboro Some more set list shuffling, chart shows most recent order #setlistgeek #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Awaiting @u2gigs dec… https://t.co/XHRyU4ST2B
Here is our write-up and the full setlist for tonight’s #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 show, night one in Chicago: u2gigs.com/article1171.ht… #JT30
That’s the end, folks. Thanks so much to everybody who streamed! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
One night U2 need to really go for it and have Out of Control after I Will Follow. That’d be really fun. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@markpeterboro I (Ax) haven’t had a chance to hear it yet, sorry.
@SilRigote Haha! But there was no rumoured premiere, just that I Will Follow is on the printed set for the first time.
@SilRigote No, that was I Will Follow. First time it was planned this tour. Wordplay to keep excitement.
I Will Follow feels really revved up this tour, lots of energy. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
We may not count it officially, but I’ll take that!
21. I Will Follow. Tonight it actually IS on the printed setlist, for the first time this tour. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Happy Birthday. If we still counted it (we only list it, not count it) that would be 22 songs tonight. Which fits the My Kind of Town tweet!
Many people love music, Bono says, but “music loves Chris Blackwell”. Leads crowd in Happy Birthday for him. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono gives an extended nod to Chris Blackwell, Island Records founder. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono’s doing another list of thank-yous… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
One has Hear Us Coming, after Bono shouts some random other stuff that I found hard to make out. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@MarkCDarwin I’d take just one or two of the b-sides! That’d be sufficiently out of the ordinary by U2 standards.
@sb_wreeldeal @jamesamurray @SilRigote @atu2 Like bloody In a Little While on the 360 Tour. But I shouldn’t get started on that old rant…
20. One. The speech beforehand comprised the usual remarks Bono has made at previous shows this year. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@jamesamurray @SilRigote @atu2 Yeah, it consistently went down well, better than I expected it would. I was delighted.
Yep. But would be disappointing if Kate Sheppard only shown at hypothetical NZ shows. She & her contribution are of… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Dear Bono,
“Luminous” in U2 parlance is followed by “times”. We’re waiting.
Thanks,
Ax
Could not agree more. I (Ax) was, in fact, saying this exact thing to a friend last night. Please is PERFECT for th… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@SamAustin2103 Yeah, I wouldn’t be disappointed at all. -Ax
GnoccoFritto @u2gigs I got to see the real Pavs and Bono in Modena 2003, unforgettable.
I’m going to just keep waiting for UV montage to include Kate Sheppard, suffragist leader in NZ, first country to give women the vote.
I don’t think wedging Miss Sarajevo between Elev and UV worked. Hope this is the only night U2 attempt that placement. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Edge’s daughter Sian is in the audience tonight apparently.
Bono is doing the usual speech thanking the women U2 know. So, Ultra Violet will be next. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Though that snippet seemed a bit shorter than usual.
Every time Bono snips The New Colossus, I half expect it to lead into a repeat of Pavarotti a la the single mix (I think). I blame Edge.
Snippet of The New Colossus in Miss Sarajevo as usual. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Canned Pavarotti is bad enough, but Bono talking over it? Blech. -Ax #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
one_bad_lemon @u2gigs I’ve heard Aus for November (Perth) ????
@one_bad_lemon Yep, definitely some rumours bouncing around. Having hard time determining their veracity, though.
@JeffReinhart77 Nah, I just clicked the snippet in Ax’s set! u2gigs.com/My_Kind_Of_Tow…
Apparently Bono threw water on Bono_girl and then laughed at them. She’s never drying her phone again. #Update
18. Miss Sarajevo. Not what I’d pick to follow Elevation, honestly. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I (Ax) might be the stats guy, but geez Matkin has outdone me today with this one! twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
Every previous show where Bono has snippeted My Kind Of Town has had no fewer than 22 songs. #random
17. Elevation #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
He’s snippeted My Kind of Town in Beautiful Day before, so total number of songs snippeted in BDay remains 94.
Bono snippets My Kind of Town in Beautiful Day. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@sb_wreeldeal @carolmcdoniel I think the Popmart edition of Pimm’s book provided the basis. Then Matt and I have fl… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
We currently log 94 different songs snippeted at least once in Beautiful Day. Wonder when that will hit 100? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
16. Beautiful Day, returning to the first spot in the encore after Miss Sarajevo held that duty at prev 3 shows. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I am going to cry so fucking hard during Mothers in Toronto.
@sb_wreeldeal @carolmcdoniel That was my first tour as part of the site. On Elevation I think Matthias usually had… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@LittlePiggies21 You’d have to ask them. We’re not connected, just fans.
Bono thanks the crowd and bids them goodnight. Band are taking their encore break. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@sb_wreeldeal @carolmcdoniel Before every show I’d line up somebody willing to text, or somebody else on Interferen… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
By the way, One Tree Hill and Mothers in Vancouver? First performances in Canada. In 1987, only North American shows to get them were in US.
@carolmcdoniel It’s amazing how far this stuff has come. I remember start of Vertigo Tour, people sent text message updates, no streams!
15. Mothers of the Disappeared #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Exit has snippets from Wise Blood and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@carolmcdoniel Yep, that’s the one. Like this show, was at Soldier Field.
@sb_wreeldeal My greatest U2 live moment ever is One Tree Hill in Auckland 2006. Indescribable. -Ax
MarkCDarwin @u2gigs Seeing Exit again was PHENOMENAL.
14. “You’re a liar, Trump!” It’s time for Walter Trump, and for Exit. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Before this tour, Chicago was the only US city in which One Tree Hill had been played post-1987: on 5 July 2011. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
You can tell Bono is really feeling some of these songs this tour, perhaps One Tree Hill and Exit the most. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
MarkCDarwin @u2gigs @atu2 In 87 we made a banner with a black Joshua Tree and “We need new dreams tonight” on it & draped it over the front row barrier.
It was not only a motorcycle crash, it was on Bono’s. Greg was moving it as a favour to Bono. Can’t imagine how he felt. #RIPGreg
@uvluvv It feels out of place to me in this encore. I like the song enough, just feels in such a weird place.
13. One Tree Hill. Bono gets the vocal cue slightly wrong at the start. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
“We adopted this guy, more he adopted us, he became a big part of our crew.” Then killed in an instant. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono is now talking about Greg Carroll, how he wanted to join the band’s touring crew. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
BrianGarza1 Adam Clayton during “In God’s Country”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/p4J804UEGU
“Is The Edge not a sexy man?” - ‘Yes, he is’ says Bono_girl.
“Is this not a sexy country?” - ‘Eh, it’s okay’. I’m dying.
12. Trip Through Your Wires, preceded by vintage Bono ramble where he confesses he’s lost track of what he’s saying. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@MarkCDarwin Ha, afraid we don’t quite go that detailed!
After In God’s Country, Bono recites its first verse again, saying how relevant it is across the world right now. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
On the other hand, In Goldeen’s Country (thanks @skid63) sounds stunning each night. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
So I guess that means I’m in disagreement with Bono? I’m sorry sir!
Nice to hear Red Hill at first, but this arrangement leaves me feeling quite flat. It and Elevaton are the weak points. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
11. In God’s Country. Bono says this song & Red Hill “feel newly relevant” after 30 years. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono about Red Hill: “After thirty years we’ve just figured out that song. Thirty years!” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@WTSHNN Ha, so both songs called America get snippeted in the one show! Lucky we’ve disambiguated them.
WTSHNN Fyi… @u2gigs America snippet. twitter.com/WTSHNN/status/…
MarkCDarwin Edge NEEDS to play guitar on this live. The keyboard arrangement is weak. RT @u2gigs: Russet Hill Town time?
How many times can I substitute a shade of red without repeating… I wonder… RT @u2gigs: Russet Hill Town time?
Russet Hill Town time?
10. Red Hill Mining Town #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono at end of Running to Stand Still: “Chris Cornell, still running”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Apparently Larry having some emergency drum repairs! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
I was wracking my brains trying to recall what that was! Cheers. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30 twitter.com/atu2/status/87…
U2Col @u2gigs We hope #LatinAmericaWantsU2
IChatterjea @godgrrl @U2 @u2gigs .@93XRT has a live from the archives segment from that concert.
9. Running to Stand Still #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Alright, looks like I (Ax) first need to pay closer attention, & 2nd will be reviewing WOWY after show w/r/t adding Shine Like Stars or not.
SeattleB @u2gigs I always thought Phoenix and Vegas should get shows. Too much history there not to.
Yep, you missed it. Again!
Wait, hang on, did I miss it? I was working on database & thought I just heard chatter re: “this song belongs to yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
8. Bullet the Blue Sky. There was no Shine Like Stars in WOWY. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
So Ax, do we count that as a Shine Like STars snippet? I forget what we did last time.
@u2br You guys would know better than us!
@AntonioMbass Not one I’m familiar with (Ax), hence my emphasis on it possibly being bollocks!
godgrrl @U2 Answer: First gig was at the International House, U of Chicago, 4/11/1981 “Tickets are only US$1 and included f… https://t.co/9CYHiFAfJD
ChrisWolak1 “We will find common ground reaching for higher ground,” — Bono @u2gigs @SoldierField https://t.co/uOgOPccqRd
And, of course, add this to the strong rumours of Latin American shows in October.
Rumour on Interference: more US shows for September (I know right?!), announcement on Tuesday. We’ll know soon if this is bollocks!
WTSHNN Fairly certain Bono sang “Conservation” in Bad…reference to paris climate agreement. #TheJoshuaTreeTour
7. With or Without You #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “Thank you for 30 years of … patience.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
6. I Still Haven’t Found #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@atu2comSherry I think of it and you every time now!
The reason why? I was looking at this show recently and realised years would help distinguish headlines:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Here is our mainpage article with the full Chicago 1 setlist live: u2gigs.com/article1171.ht… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@atu2 Bounce bounce bounce? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Here’s something new for tonight: Ax put the year in our article’s headline! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
5. Here we go, Joshua Tree time - it’s Where the Streets Have No Name #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Our attn drawn by @AntonioMbass to Bad having extra build-up & chorus for first time in act 1 this tour (but it has in the encore plays).
@stevo2321 It’s almost at PopMart levels.
I didn’t make that off the top of my head by the way, I used an actual randomizer to get it! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/aKP2ICdWEy
“Early morning” #fakenews
4. Pride #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bad is now ending with another snippet of S&G’s America. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@AntonioMbass I know the stats you folks are going to want. ;)
I randomized the set: Exit-Elev-SBS-Pride-UV-ISHF-NYD-WOWY-MS-Bad-One-IGC-Bullet-Trip-MOTD-OTH-RHMT-IWF-RTSS-BD-Streets #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@AntonioMbass Nope, closest it has got is 2nd.
@GnoccoFritto I’d say it’s interesting, since it’s first time they’ve not put Little Things on printed set. Will be… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Bad now played 7 shows in a row. Last time? Phoenix to Milwaukee, Elev 1st leg, April/May 01: u2gigs.com/tour215.html #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@GnoccoFritto Not at all. I said “planned” in the tweet. This will be the first planned appearance. No technicality about it.
A snippet of Simon & Garfunkel’s America opens Bad. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@sb_wreeldeal Me too!
Bad is third, equal with Dallas as its earliest-ever setlist appearance. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I think I’ll try that… RT @bsdtectr: @markpeterboro @u2gigs Would be nice to see an actually shaken up setlist. lol
Just trawled database to see if Matkin & I missed any. Yes, but it’s a cover: Stand By Me opened a bunch in 1987-89, and closed one IE show.
@GnoccoFritto I Will Follow. All previous this tour were not on printed setlist.
Thanks Ax, I figured I had missed at least one but couldn’t think what it might be.
Oh, and add Gloria too. Frequent opener 1981-84, and closed the 1982 Roskilde festival set.
I (Ax) can recall one more off the top of my head: MLK opened the first Euro UF Tour gig, and closed a few on Popma… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
2. New Year’s Day #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Menacing Day is second #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
If the spoiler posted is corret (ie. band stays to it), one song will make it’s first planned appearance tonight. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@MarkCDarwin Not quite, note the altered encore order, and I Will Follow in the actual printed set for the first time.
Bono passionate in SBS: “No more! For Manchester! For London! From the streets of Chicago, what do we say? NO MORE!” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
SBS is one of very few songs that both opened & closed a show. Think only others are 11 O’C, Ocean, IWF, OOC, & Vert #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
1. U2’s first of two nights in Chicago begins with Sunday Bloody Sunday #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Thanks for posting that Ax. Think I’ll head out now, lol #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Today’s setlist has leaked, folks. Head here for spoilers: u2interference.com/forums/f324/ch… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
SO mixlr.com/laurenm269/ and mixlr.com/bono_girl/ just went live #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
In Goldeen’s Country! RT @skid63: @EveryBrokenWave Hello from Chicago! Lol! https://t.co/Rg13w6p92l
Hello all, Ax here for #U2TheJoshuaTree2017’s 1st night in Chicago, after a week off. Let’s hope A Sort of Homecoming rouses from slumber.
u2songs They’ve added some merch since Vancouver. Mug first seen in CA, lighter in TX we think. Photos by @shawnrocco (Than… https://t.co/QbEexrEQ2m
mysteriousdays Another link for Chicago1: mixlr.com/laurenm269/
ChrisWolak1 @thelumineers “Words of our Leaders Really Do Matter,” #charlieboy Solid warm-up for @U2 @u2gigs @SoldierField https://t.co/mNBm680t8h
billhelm Pano of Soldier field before U2 show. #joshuatreetour2017 #soldierfield #U2 @u2 @atu2 @U2start @u2gigs https://t.co/joJKPQdsOd
GrahamDaubney When I go there, I go there with you @philiptaylor1 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 We’re ready @u2gigs @atu2 @U2start… https://t.co/aO11afrZKe
Hey all, Matkin here. Missed last show at Dallas from being at Anime North. Had a blast and ready to switch from otaku to U2 again!
atu2 Seeing tweets w/colorful language re: frustration w/entry into @SoldierField - heavy security & paperless tix issues #U2TheJoshuaTree2017