@U2tour @markpeterboro Such bags/backpacks should have been banned for years. No need to plague other people at concerts.
@georgemccauley Yes, that one was just added today.
@markpeterboro @U2start @u2songs @joe_ahorro I guess some will start the queue early as we have seen for the US shows. Just my opinion. Matt
@reconpj Already posted but thank you.
Phoenix date added on Sept. 19 Univ. of Phoenix Stadium #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/bK6VQt2lqI
Another fun touring fact: U2 have played 5 shows in Oregon, 4 Portland & 1 Eugene. Most recent: Portland 2005-12-19 to end Vertigo 3rd leg.
@atu2comSherry A good point. But LN didn’t form until 2005 & U2 signed in 2008, so that doesn’t fully explain the s… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
On ZooTV, U2 played in 5 diff French cities. Since then they have done 17 French shows on 6 tours: 14 gigs in Paris, 2 Nice, 1 Montpellier.
u2songs Updated for last night in Philadelphia: Ultra Violet Light My Mysterious Ways: u2songs.com/news/updated_t… https://t.co/zP0dcEBrvg
@greety Bono did snippet it once! u2gigs.com/show502.html
I’m legit adding it right now! (It’s tedious, hence this Twitter break.) twitter.com/cqleonardo/sta…
Update for those queuing for the next #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 gig, in DC (or, well, next door in Landover): twitter.com/RomiTheWriter/…
Just so you know, Hear Us Coming is coming to our database. As in, actually, really, very seriously, right now. Not an aspirational promise.
sb_wreeldeal @u2gigs The way the show opens too is so just so good. While I read setlists, I avoid streams. So good
sb_wreeldeal @u2gigs Beautiful Day sounded amazing. I, of course, kept singing: SOUL THE GOAL IS SOUL at the end
@sb_wreeldeal I recently moved from inner Melbourne, where all gigs w/in walking distance, to a regional city near… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@codeis12345 @bejwebby @U2 This is the most incorrect tweet ever tweeted.
Derekcuth The Band that rocked Philadelphia #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 @atu2 @u2gigs https://t.co/7rV3Z1kHZ4
Derekcuth “If there was a roof, we’d be ripping it off right now!” They did!! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 @atu2 @u2gigs https://t.co/UnWh5HeVwm
@greety They are 100% wrong. It’s Cohen’s song. There have been lots of setlist blunders on U2 dot com over the years.
Derekcuth Philly in lights for Bad. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 @atu2 @u2gigs https://t.co/fuPN2n6mO9
@sb_wreeldeal So happy to have the slide solo back after ELEVEN GODDAMN YEARS.
sb_wreeldeal @u2gigs I just got home. Incredible show. I lost my mind at Mysterious Ways.
@CBarcaQC Check the video I just tweeted, around 2:42 and 3:58. He sings “light THE way” (“from day to the night”,… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Here’s footage of the #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 tour debut of Mysterious Ways. twitter.com/U2uruguay/stat…
@SammysJammies1 @gamermom742 Mate, this is the band that once prank-called the US president nightly from stage. The… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@CBarcaQC I thought I heard something like that in the stream. I’ll listen back, see what I think. Fear it’s going… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
bejwebby Amazing experience #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 Philly! Didn’t play ASOH but we got the Philly debut of RHMT & tour debut o… https://t.co/DPFa7drnkw
@dfallik @markpeterboro Well, they haven’t done four of those five at any of the last four shows, and Philly got th… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@gamermom742 Here’s our report: u2gigs.com/article1182.ht…
@markpeterboro Nice to see a new line on there!
gamermom742 @u2gigs I thoroughly enjoyed that the played the album front to back with older songs before and newer ones after. They rocked my face off!!
@gamermom742 Yeah, I think it’s well-ordered. It’s just hard to keep the Twitter feed interesting from night to night. ;)
markpeterboro U2 Set list chart after Philadelphia (15 gigs ) #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #setlistgeek @u2gigs https://t.co/xJwg4FejnK
@MicheleAmabile @samwilbur It was, yes. Last played in December 2015.
@samwilbur That’s what baffles me the most, plenty of time to play 2-3 more songs and bring this up to the length o… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@samwilbur I’d much rather I Will Follow than Vertigo. But it seems those two songs get a pretty good crowd reactio… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Here is the setlist and our full report for #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 in Philadelphia: u2gigs.com/article1182.ht… #JT30
I hope you enjoyed me toying with the Joshua Tree song titles. Our full show report is being prepared now.
Thanks so much to everybody who streamed, especially to @joycesmith for a very stable and good Periscope!
For the fourth show in a row, Vertigo was the last song. Only set change tonight was return of MW in place of UV. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Philadelphia Freedom in BDay is 2nd time Bono’s snipped a song w/ Philadelphia in the title. Here’s the 1st: u2gigs.com/Streets_Of_Phi… …
21. Vertigo still sticking around tonight #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@amandaalguire2 Hope you enjoy! Also, damn autocorrect, last tweet should’ve said “outro” not “outdo”!
20. A full version of Elevation, having already been snippeted during Mysterious Ways earlier. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Turns out that WAS a snip in Beaut Day: Elton John’s Philadelphia Freedom. Thanks @annehaines, @TheeEdge, @Toonamette! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@mysteriousdays Trying! Not sure if tonight’s freeform was actually a snippet?
@Rodrivox Yeah, every tour had it from ZooTV to Vertigo. Made its omission on the last 2 tours all the more weird.
Maybe the “shine a light” line he sung in that was a reference? But very hard to pick if so! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono cooing some stuff about loving Philadelphia before “see the world in green and blue”. Don’t think a snippet. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@amandaalguire2 It’s done as the outdo, though sometimes with one final climax of Bad afterwards. Snippets work wel… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Still delighted about getting the MWays slide solo. Damn it’s a good shot of energy. Ridic it wasn’t done on 360 or IE. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
19. Beautiful Day, w/ Bono bellowing some stuff about “beautiful night” for crowd to sing call-and-response over intro #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
One has Hear Us Coming, which I meant to add to database over the weekend but Surprise Jervis Bay Day Trip happened. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
atu2comSherry Chris Coons, Rick Santorum both name checked (as well as Presidents Bush & Obama) ahead of One tonight. Coons at show. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
WTSHNN Edge playing one of his Ricky’s (obviously) for Mysterious Ways for those who care about such things. #TheJoshuaTreeTour
18. One has started. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
This remark was in context of that aid being built up over decades by both Democrats and Republicans.
Bono on Trump: “I don’t know what party he’s a part of, his own maybe” in speech against aid budget cuts. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@EveryBrokenWave I suspect it’ll be ASOH’d, second night rotation.
It’s time for the speech prior to One. Go bake a cake, it’ll be done before the first lyric. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono at end of MWays: “Sam O’Sullivan, been here since the very beginning, like Joe O’Herlihy.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Well, without a doubt that was the best Mysterious Ways in over a decade. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@EveryBrokenWave Fucking stoked myself. See ya UV.
SLIDE SOLO! This is not a drill. SLIDE SOLO! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@carynrose Haha touché. I’ll pass on that!
@rdej68 Not yet.
bejwebby Mysterious Ways!!!!! Repeat Mysterious Ways!!!! #U2JoshuaTreeTour2017 @u2gigs https://t.co/dtjuqBOjJD
Elevation snippet during Mysterious Ways: “womankind, educate my mind, explain all these controls”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono modified his speech to fit MW rather than UV, remarking men have a long way to go on proper recognition of women’s rights & contrib.
17. TOUR DEBUT OF MYSTERIOUS WAYS #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono reprises “not just a country, an idea” line about the US that he used in 2015. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Miss Sarajevo has usual snippet of The New Colossus and generic bellowing about “America, home of the brave”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@k_now_waite Damnit now I could use some. Reckon you’re close enough to bring it to my desk?
@dunc_aldridge @Naomi_U2Sydney @p0pmark Yep, I’m a Kapiti Coast boy and I’d be on a plane back from Australia for a gig in a heartbeat.
@Shaaakeitsalome @atu2 Got to get the word out there so all fans have fair opportunity. I don’t like when some line… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Shaaakeitsalome U2 GA line has started for DC. People are @ stadium on Arena Drive. No info yet about check-ins @atu2 @u2gigs #U2JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@dunc_aldridge @Naomi_U2Sydney @p0pmark I’m hoping against hope for a gig in Wellington. It’s only been 28 years since the last one!
16. Encore begins with Miss Sarajevo, another serious message to follow the weight of Mothers at end of main set #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Really can’t believe U2 haven’t played Japan since 2006 - and never anywhere else in Asia. Heaps of bands now tour… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
That’s all of The Joshua Tree. Bono intros the band to the crowd before they walk off. “Stick around for the future.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@k_now_waite Yeah U2 have def not had a single political moment in their entire 41-year history! Sunday Bloody Sund… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@Naomi_U2Sydney @p0pmark CANNOT HEART THIS TWEET ENOUGH.
@cfbuckster @U2RadioBrook Jealous! Be interesting to see if that San Diego show and the others on leg 3 are much di… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
15. U2 are ending this obscure album with an emotional song about the great personal cost of misrule and dictatorship. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@GnoccoFritto (I have the sodding mountain goat line in my signature on Interference.)
@GnoccoFritto And said that he needs “a colostomy bag for his mouth”.
Exit has the usual snippets from Wise Blood and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@GnoccoFritto I always thought of UF as closer to the Bunnymen’s style. Love Ian McCulloch’s disses of U2 over the years.
14. Bono’s pointing Walter Trump towards the egress. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
SallieAnnG @u2gigs We were told he was heading over to a show… Come on guys!!! My heart stopped for a minute.. ???? https://t.co/Mth8Tau64W …?
@SallieAnnG Seriously, I was all “wait is this going to be a tour hint?!”
U2start Here’s a song that only gets better with the years: One Tree Hill. “We run like a river runs to the sea!”… https://t.co/jy5ncj0upW
In case tonight’s show doesn’t fully convince Michael Coppel, put your name to this: #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30 twitter.com/xrayjets/statu…
More explanation of Bono’s story during Trip. The band, Sherry adds, was Drifting Cowboys. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Bono dedicated One Tree Hill to Dennis Sheehan, U2’s late tour manager. You may recall 40 being played for him in 2015. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
13. I won’t make a gag at the expense of this song title, it’s too special. One Tree Hill. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono says that AU/NZ promoter Michael Coppel is there tonight. MAKE A TOUR HAPPEN. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “We love to go to Australia, New Zealand.” WELL TOUR HERE, LADS. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
atu2comSherry Bono’s bringing up Edge & Larry’s country music gig at the start of their career…see Kimmel interview & U2(com) fan Q&A for background.
Bono mid-Trip talking about Edge & Larry playing w/ some C&W musician. Thought he was about to talk Dalton Brothers! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2 have played this specific set more than any other. 21 shows, inc 20 of 32 on ZooTV’s 1st leg and one on 2nd leg: u2gigs.com/show110.html
@atu2comSherry *cracks fingers* Give me a minute and it’ll be Stats Time.
12. Whoops, Bono tripped over those wires you left lying around. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “I humbly beg your pardon for what’s about to happen. I’m about to play an instrument that I can’t.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
atu2comSherry @u2gigs I already have my drink ready for “Made in Germany, perfected in America, murdered by an Irishman” harmonic… https://t.co/RPzvsMjJHd
11. God owns a country. I’ll join Swervedriver on the last train to Satansville. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
“Welcome to side 2 of the Joshua Tree.” Take a shot. Looking at you @atu2comSherry!
cutigers1wood Another clip from One in Tampa @u2gigs #U2JoshuaTreeTour2017 https://t.co/LpDZlcRza8
@atu2comSherry Oh boy a Joshua Tree drinking game could be dangerous.
@popkewitz I keep up hopes of I Will Follow in the encore too. Little things!
…or Little Things.
@Hoosier2012 “U2 play the Joshua Tree, or: Axver butchers one language after another.”
10. The band are going into - or maybe out of - the mineral business on an ochre hill. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@atu2comSherry I do of course have my tongue firmly in cheek, and am enjoying thinking of ridiculous new ways to present the songs.
@atu2comSherry Hey don’t make me dig up our new stats on consecutive sets from ZooTV. ;)
It’s so great to hear these amazing JT tracks, but with no chance of variation, WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE SETLIST WEBSITES.
We knew it’d end up like this beforehand, but it’s getting to be a challenge to keep interesting the reports on this part of the set.
popkewitz @u2gigs well, at least today setlist is not cheese inspired. I was hungry that other night!
9. Bono’s sprinting on the spot. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Got Internet connectivity back, for now. Mainpage article with full set so far updated: u2gigs.com/article1182.ht… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bullet also has a little snippet of America - the West Side Story one. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
atu2comSherry @u2gigs nope - we’re back at the “sing you as you sing me” - no shine like stars tonight.
Black Dog snippet in Bullet. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
8. The band are now talking about firing shots at a clear blue sky. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Oh well of course my Internet has crashed. Maybe they’ll do Shine Like Stars! Main page updates will be delayed until computer reconnects.
7. It seems U2 are indecisive about whether they want somebody’s presence or not. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
cutigers1wood New Years Day from Tampa @u2gigs #U2JoshuaTreeTour2017 https://t.co/JkYPxpjOr7
Bono before Still Haven’t Found: “Here we still are, & here you still are! What a blessing you are, on a Sunday.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
6. I think Bono’s lost something. He’s singing about being unable to find it. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@popkewitz I couldn’t possibly guess the following ten songs accurately!
cutigers1wood The beginning of The Joshua Tree @u2gigs #U2JoshuaTreeTour2017 https://t.co/GRaDviITMH
@SallieAnnG I’ll take a Bad / ASOH medley like the Bad / First Time medley on 2005-09-21.
5. U2 are playing some obscure song about street names from an album about trees that nobody knows. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@SallieAnnG And Sympathy for the Devil!
SVDCRacing @u2gigs Definitely enjoy the stage lighting being off during the snippet. It’s actually really damn cool seeing all… https://t.co/BpZfyEVgev
cutigers1wood A few pictures from Tampa @u2gigs https://t.co/gasu6CLcyz
heynow85 Jesus @U2 Bad… https://t.co/tMKIpuPjLD
To be honest I miss the regular guessing game of “what will Bono snippet next in Bad?” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
This really is an excellent feed - thanks heaps! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30 twitter.com/joycesmith/sta…
4. Pride #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Simon and Garfunkel’s America has become a regular snippet in Bad. Here it is tonight. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Hey Bono mate, I think you mean green white and orange.
“True colours fly, red white and blue”, Bono sings in Bad. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “tonight we let go of some things, and gather some others. Let go of the useless, to be useful.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “we’d like to thank you back in your lives… letting us back in your country, which has given us so much.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
3. Bad. “Just give me a second, Edge”, says Bono. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
atu2 Solid scope: pscp.tv/w/1vOxwvavmXgJ…
Here’s our main page article with the full #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 Philly setlist live: u2gigs.com/article1182.ht… #JT30
2. New Year’s Day of course #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@Marcust99 Walk On had a very good run on 360, but I’d love Kite to come back.
I WANT TO BELIEVE #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30 twitter.com/Mommajaayyy/st…
bejwebby We are here!!! #u2joshuatreetour2017 my 18th show!!!!!! Whoop! @u2gigs https://t.co/1A1rGNvtrM
I (Ax) fucking adored Philly when I visited it in March. Somebody go grab a cheesesteak for me.
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday opens proceedings. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@Hoosier2012 This is really late, yeah. Should’ve been on at the start of the hour!
Here’s a working Mixlr: mixlr.com/julie-lovesu2/ and a scope: pscp.tv/w/1mnxeEzEPAnx… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Just about stage time - The Whole of the Moon is playing. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
If there’s any warhorse from Achtung that I want back in the setlist, it’s UTEOTW. But MWays obviously goes better w/ the women icons theme.
gracielover24 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017@u2 .. actually making America great again .. I’m thinking there’s more people here than the in… https://t.co/vwMz053jNR
@rdej68 They’ve done a total of 5 gigs plus a guest appearance on Bono & Ali’s anniversary, though one of those was… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Just discovered U2 played a show on Bono & Ali’s first anniversary (thx to @rdej68 for telling me their anni date): u2gigs.com/show634.html
@rdej68 5 shows on 21 August, inc one from 1979, plus a guest appearance. In 1983 they played on Bono & Ali’s first anniversary!
@mvdarosa Hahaha well played.
@AntonioMbass Yep. MWays will probably get a big crowd response, so UV might be ASOH’d - in rotation for 2nd nights.
Almost showtime, eh?
>locks office door
>turns off light
>definitely not here
popartist61 The waiting is the hardest part… #u2thejoshuatree2017 #nofilter #htcu11 @ Lincoln Financial Field instagram.com/p/BVgIiKEDWAh/
@Giuseppie82 Exactly. Back in 09 I was not tremendously surprised when the setlist settled for that part of the tour.
@AntonioMbass Oh, and to your second question: yes and yes.
@AntonioMbass I only picked up Vancouver being identical to the prev 4 through a hunch and a manual check.
@AntonioMbass We don’t count Happy Bday towards total songs performed, but in querying our database for these stats… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
But quite a way to go to beat ZooTV leg 5 in 1993: 9 out of 10 identical, inc 8 in a row. Melbourne 2 only change, w/ Dancing Queen added.
Of the last 5 shows on 360’s 2nd leg, the 4 from Norman to LA were identical & the last night in Vancouver only had addition of Happy B’day.
If MW doesn’t get played and U2 do same set as FL/KY shows, it’ll be first time U2 have played identical set 4x row since October 2009.
@mvdarosa Sorry but I rate UV as one of their ten worst.
@rdej68 At a guess surely there’s been one on Bono’s—whenever it is!
dkostival @u2gigs @u2gigs Headed in and ready….can’t wait!!! #JoshuaTree2017 #JT30 https://t.co/0H7BI2z19P
@RaulCamarena Sorry, I cannot stand UV and MW with solo makes me a bit less bored by this encore.
@rdej68 I’d be very surprised if this were a one-off anniversary addition anyway. They’ve not done that sort of thing before.
@Mario0003 They’ve rehearsed it with solo today.
@adamjDC I just can’t stand UV. MWays more than welcome.
(I await being tarred and feathered.)
Of course, what U2 really should be doing, since the set is short by Vertigo/360/IE standards, is add MWays and ASOH w/o cutting anything!
Ax here. 2 things:
1. Pleased if MWays replaces UV
2. Some of you know the band members’ anniversaries?! And I thought I knew obscure shit!