@pappy90 Alas not.
One mistake I will not make tomorrow: waiting until after U2 finish their show to have dinner.
Tonight’s stream by @mysteriousdays was absolutely crisp and clear. Fantastic stuff, fans around the world thank yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Here is our write-up and the full setlist for the first night of #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 in Auckland, New Zealand, w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@chrisdougal @markpeterboro More like Orcland amirite.
Signed,
A Wellingtonian
markpeterboro Set list chart after the opening U2 Joshua Tree 2019 show in Auckland #U2Auckland #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 @u2gigs… https://t.co/MzmwBd5gyq
Look what absolute champion was ready and waiting to do his thing as soon as #U2Auckland ended! #U2JT19 twitter.com/markpeterboro/…
@litofpigs Also, the Royal National Park between Wollongong and the southern suburbs of Sydney is really good to ex… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@litofpigs Maybe in a year or so if I’m lucky!
That’s the end of the show. 24 songs. They’ve played longer, but a lot of shows in 2018 were shorter, so, on balanc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
One ends with the refrain of “no them, there’s only us” from Invisible. Bono also improvised some lyrics before Edg… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
24. Well, this is unexpected (if you hadn’t seen the setlist spoiler anyway, and only knew about rehearsals): One.
#U2JT19 #U2Auckland
Bono is now thanking Noel Gallagher for supporting U2, thanking his crew, apologising to the audience for not visit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Cannot believe it took this bloody long for U2 to include Kate Sheppard in the “herstory” visuals, but at least it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@litofpigs One word: don’t.
(I’m discontented because I had to move here for work from Melbourne, my favourite cit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
mysteriousdays @u2gigs Kate Sheppard #herstory https://t.co/9wCD0awSXx
@mysteriousdays Smashing that like button!
YES SHE IS FINALLY ON SCREEN #U2JT19 #U2Auckland twitter.com/mysteriousdays…
23. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
@Almond87 Funnily enough, at this stage not doing either Sydney show, just Melbs and Adelaide. Thought I was doing… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Kate Sheppard is literally on our money, U2. Don’t fuck this up.
22. Ultra Violet #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
I swear to god Kate Sheppard better be on screen tonight, the woman who led t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bono’s delivering the “when human rights drown out human wrongs, that’s a beautiful day; when sisters go to school… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Almond87 Also, will I see you next week? I hope I will!
@Almond87 Well, on the one hand at least it means no Best Thing.
Problem is, it also means no Acrobat.
@JaneGallatly Me too. I rate the studio version as one of SOI’s better songs, but never taken much interest in the more spare live version.
21. Beautiful Day #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
“Beautiful day today here in Auckland”, says Bono: “beautiful reasons to be alive!”
Gotta be honest, I’m struggling to imagine this stripped-back version of Every Breaking Wave in a stadium setting…. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
20. Every Breaking Wave #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
Bono and Edge most recently played this on 30 June 2018 at a small gi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I am really happy U2 are doing Even Better Than the Real Thing, not so much through my own preferences (I’d take ot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
19. After tweeting Bono’s chat and working out snippets, I almost forgot to say what song the band are up to! It’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
brodiemcgrahan @u2gigs it was indeed Gary Glitter Rock and Roll, take it from a Canadian that hears it in a hockey rink daily, sho… https://t.co/BzK3jrARbz
Bono is talking to the crowd after Vertigo, saying hello “from Ireland people to island people”. Joking now about h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Glad somebody identified the Vertigo intro snippet! Yes, seems a bit odd. He’s actually snippeted three Gary Glitte… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I think there was maybe some sort of snippet in Vertigo’s intro? I could not hear the words clearly though. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
18. Elevation leads straight into Vertigo. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
Both songs were played at U2’s most recent previous show, 13 November 2018.
If you are just tuning in now and want to catch up on U2’s set tonight, our mainpage article with the live set and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
17. The encore begins with Elevation, in the same way the second set began at last year’s shows. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
Angel of Harlem is the end of the main set. Encore break now. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
16. Angel of Harlem #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
U2 last performed this song on 11 June 2018 with Sun Ra Arkestra at a spec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
15. We’re already at the end of the Joshua Tree album: Mothers of the Disappeared #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
MarkRiceCT @u2gigs Listening on Mixlr, it’s very emotional given it’s in NZ. U2 do this to you. I recall being caught out by I… https://t.co/0m2McgeZ2Q
@mysteriousdays I absolutely bloody love this.
Exit is performed the same way as in 2017, with the snippets of Wise Blood and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
U2start And here’s a NZ special: Greg Carroll on screen! ♥ #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 twitter.com/U2start/status… https://t.co/pYX9fx7ZeB
@adammajorcsik Heaps of good bands out there and I’m very active in my local scenes!
mysteriousdays For Greg Carroll #OneTreeHill #U2 #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 https://t.co/oFqv1zaDKk
I absolutely love Exit but gee I need a quick breather after every single one of the feels in One Tree Hill. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
14. The Walter Trump video is back: “You’re a liar, Trump!” This introduces the live beast of the Joshua Tree, the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Doesn’t the Kiwi crowd absolutely fucking love that and connect to that. U2 will never have a more important song i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“And when it’s raining, raining hard, that’s when the rain will break my heart…”
Bono absolutely belting it out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I (Ax) have been to lots of gigs by lots of bands. I do about 70-80 a year. Still the most emotional live moment I’… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
13. Emotional time now. One Tree Hill, the song, in sight of Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill, the volcanic cone.
Bono i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Psst, my day job is as a historian of New Zealand. My mate Lyndon Fraser has written some great books on Irish migr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
12. Trip Through Your Wires #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
At the start, Bono points out the Irish flag on screen. Says U2 ar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
11. “This song is about how in a blink of an eye a country can change … not just physically but psychologically,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@atu2comSherry …would you believe I didn’t even notice your typo?
10. “Welcome to side two of the Joshua Tree! For those of you who’ve been listening to us on cassettes, turn it ove… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Aha, I wasn’t sure if Black Dog was in there, but here’s the confirmation: twitter.com/atu2comSherry/…
For the rest of the Joshua Tree section of tonight’s show, I will stop noting when a song was last performed, becau… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
9. Running to Stand Still #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
This song, too, was last performed on 25 October 2017.
Bullet includes a snippet of America, the song from West Side Story, not the Simon and Garfunkel song of the same n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@LawrenceTheBea1 I didn’t, actually…
This tweet should say Bad, not New Year’s Day! NYD was played in 2018. twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
@toolz2112 You are quite correct, good catch.
8. Bullet the Blue Sky #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
This song was last played on—you guessed it—25 October 2017, the final… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@MarkRiceCT @u2songs My gig numbers (this is Ax) are relatively low compared to some: 22. Melbourne and Adelaide wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
7. With or Without You #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
The most recent performance of this song before tonight was on the Song… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Also, although our tweets tonight are mostly from Ax, Matthias is with us! He’s updating our website with the set,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
If you just got here you can still tune in for U2 live from Auckland here and join 1400 others listening live on Vi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Like Streets and New Year’s Day, this song was last played on 25 Oct… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Gee I had forgotten what it’s like to maintain a Twitter account with almost 29k followers and have the menchies ab… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Streets has a snippet of California’s refrain of “there is no end to love”. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
5. It’s time for the Joshua Tree: Where the Streets Have No Name is starting now, with Bono reciting a sort of pray… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@MarkRiceCT @u2songs That would be excellent if they do! I won’t be at the Sydney shows, so you can guarantee AIWIY… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
AndrewDowling84 @u2gigs Shed a tear during the performance of “Bad” as my son was born to this song on Saturday just gone ???? #U2 listening in Wales ❤️
tanethegreen U2 are off to a good start, they seem to know what they’re doing #U2Auckland https://t.co/apKkXYUgtJ
4. Pride #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
This song was last performed at U2’s most recent previous gig, 13 November 2018.
Bono rehearsed a snippet of Crowded House’s Don’t Dream It’s Over in Bad. That would’ve been better tonight than Am… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Dunno if Bono realises this “stake in the idea of America” schtick might not really appeal to New Zealand or Austra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bono: “All over the world the word ‘freedom’ is being weighed and measured…even in America, a country born on a d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“This is not a moment to take a word like ‘freedom’ for granted is it? If you believe in freedom, let’s see your li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@CathalU2ie Who, me, an enabler? Noooo, who’d get that idea!
3. Bad #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
First performance since 25 October 2017, the last show of that year’s Joshua Tree Tour.
Bono has sung the “golden age” verse in New Year’s Day, which was not included in live performances before 2017. #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
@romsdias You’re awake early! That’s commitment!
@CathalU2ie U2 tours don’t start every day though, you could justify it. ;)
U2roeli NYD bass is shaking my car….. @u2 #U2Auckland twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
It’s 6:45pm in Wollongong and I’m about to crack open a beer. A cold one and a live stream of U2, a good Friday nig… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
madfl3a This bass line works better than coffee to wake you up! #U2 #U2JT19 #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019
atu2comSherry “What do we got for Christchurch tonight?” - Bono, Sunday Bloody Sunday
#TheJoshuaTreeTour2019
2. New Year’s Day #U2JT19 #U2Auckland
This song was played at U2’s most recent previous gig, 13 November 2018.
This is the first performance of Sunday Bloody Sunday since 29 September 2018. It missed the rest of last year’s Eu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
U2 have taken the stage in Auckland for the first night of #U2JT19. The Waterboys’ Whole of the Moon was their intr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@u2songs So glad you were on the ball! First time in a long time we haven’t done daily updates—felt weird, but with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@hippycatpilates Just about to begin now!
@u2songs @one_bad_lemon @U2 Cheers!
Dear @U2, please use a more sensible short hashtag like #U2JT19. I will even a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This mixlr is now live mixlr.com/mysteriousdays/
@u2_se Ugh I hated that one in 2017, simply because it uses so many characters! I’m a verbose sorta guy.
@one_bad_lemon Bloody hope so! There have been some needlessly long hashtags on recent tours…
@u2songs Fitting for the above tweet to have a typo of its own, eh…
I’m so out of the loop I’m not sure what hashtag everyone has decided on for this tour. I used #U2JT19 in my last c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
U2 are close to showtime in Auckland, and guess what! I’ve finished a summary of the #U2JT19 rehearsals. It draws o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
KiwiCraig74 Nervous anticipation #u2joshuatreetour2019 #U2 https://t.co/mjiVzcgxZS
u2songs Briar Wood’s “One World” is a new poem on the screen tonight. Wood is a writer, poet and academic from New Zealand…. https://t.co/ztD98uHjh1
Mike_Pollok U2 Joshua Tree Auckland Awesome! https://t.co/2LFIq9KDzP
u2songs We’ll be live tweeting here throughout the show tonight. But also are reporting on the site, including spoilers abo… https://t.co/n7bGvvUG7u
So, yes, hello, this is Ax with you for the opening night of #U2JT19 in Auckland. Hopefully I have enough time to w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
U2start The tree stage is bigger than in 2017, reaching further into the field.
Gingerznz Big screen issues at @U2 . Wonder what the call to the help desk would be sound like. https://t.co/g6Lfwtx7x7
Noel Gallagher and his High-Flying Birds are opening proceedings for the first night of U2’s little Joshua Tree-the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
GRDHoops @u2gigs If U2 ever did a gig in Uxbridge in the UK, there is only way to travel to it … https://t.co/8vAUawY1Ht
@EveryBrokenWave I’m gonna miss you during these shows!