@EveryBrokenWave We miss you too.
@simonpeyda Yes, we list the SBS drums in Please as a snippet on the occasions it happened.
markpeterboro U2 #setlistgeek Boston 2. Big order change tonight (see u2gigs.com for exact details) @u2gigs #U2ieTour http://t.co/otIL9NKehe
@atu2comSherry Interesting - tweets we’ve got from people who attended have been quite mixed about this so far.
@sozekizer @ConcertKid95 Yeah ISHFWILF was on tonight’s set before One but cut. Assume it’ll be done night 3.
@alexwatlington Eh, I’d say they’re just overthinking it. No other band I follow makes excuses like that.
@alexwatlington You’re saying you don’t want a surprise second encore of songs never played live before?
I just made a few small updates to our write-up of Boston 2: http://www.u2gigs.com/ar… #U2ieTour #U2
@atu2comSherry Not sure what you mean? A long speech isn’t exactly how to pump up people at the start of an encore.
@kmcworld It just felt underwhelming to start the encore with a long speech rather than, well, a song.
Though there’s also this curious printed set (posted 3 hours ago) with encore of Streets/One/Troubles: https://instagram.com/p/… #U2ieTour #U2
I Still Haven’t Found was on the printed setlist before One but not played. #U2ieTour #U2 https://twitter.com/Conc…
@xsy524 That post wasn’t meant to be negative.
@brew99 Not yet, will post it when I see it.
@rendigryce Agreed. I’m surprised something else didn’t begin the encore.
Also big big thanks to @u2wanderer and @KevinS2U for their great Mixlr streams tonight! #U2ieTour #U2
Here is the full setlist and show write-up for Boston 2: http://www.u2gigs.com/ar… #U2ieTour #U2
As with the last few performances of One, Bono is barely singing a line and letting the crowd do the work. #U2ieTour #U2
@markpeterboro Nope he’s been there. Tonight he was used to introduce COBL. Kind of weird hearing it in the main set.
That did NOT work. Love the order alteration, but break should’ve been after Pride. Open encore with BDay then speech/Streets. #U2ieTour #U2
23. First song of encore, after long speech, is snippet of Mother And Child Reunion leading into Streets. #U2ieTour #U2
So instead of opening the encore with a bang, we get a few minutes of a speech. That’s a bit… weird. #U2ieTour #U2
So what on earth will open the encore? Will Miracle Drug return? Will something make a debut? Where’s this going? #U2ieTour #U2
OK now that is the end of the main set. See full set here in all its altered order glory: http://www.u2gigs.com/ar… #U2ieTour #U2
Bono: “this city so strong, they could not take your pride in the name of love! … no bomb can defeat you! Boston strong!” #U2ieTour #U2
Like last night, Bono is urging the crowd to sing Pride in honour of the victims and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing. #U2ieTour #U2
OK here’s the Hands That Built America snippet … I assume it’ll lead into Pride as normal, but all bets off right now! #U2ieTour #U2
So now we know what Bono meant earlier when he said they were going to new places tonight. #U2ieTour #U2
@duuuaaaane @U2start That would work quite well.
Even Bono’s thrown off by the new set order - he’s mixing up Bullet’s lyrics, first and second verse lines muddled together. #U2ieTour #U2
In COBL/Bullet transition, Bono sings “blessings to the ones who kneel - blessings, blessings, where are ya, WHERE ARE YA!” #U2ieTour #U2
@joycesmith Yes it was done at the last two shows after fans brought signs for it.
@markpeterboro Haha Bono spits on the spreadsheet’s consistency.
No Shine Like Stars unfortunately. And wait what the Stephen Hawking speech is playing now! This normally to start encore! #U2ieTour #U2
@JereVenencia13 That’s because it was. Bono may’ve said Satellite of Love but he was singing Walk On The Wild Side.
@markpeterboro Haha this is going to muck with things!