Setlist: Love Is All We Have Left The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow All Because of You Beautiful Day The Ocean Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday – When Johnny Comes Marching Home Until the End of the World Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) Elevation Vertigo […]
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U2101 – I’ve Got You Under My Skin
As you read the title to this article, you might be thinking “U2 never covered Frank Sinatra,” and you’d be right. The song that I am writing about this week is technically not a U2 recording. Rather, it is a track that Bono recorded with Ol’ Blue Eyes around the time that Zooropa was being […]
Read MoreJune 22, 2018 – Boston, Massachusetts – TD Garden
Setlist: Love Is All We Have Left The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow All Because of You Beautiful Day The Ocean Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday – When Johnny Comes Marching Home Until the End of the World Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) Elevation Vertigo […]
Read MoreJune 21, 2018 – Boston, Massachusetts – TD Garden
Setlist: Love Is All We Have Left The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow Gloria – Gloria (Van Morrison) Beautiful Day The Ocean Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday Until the End of the World Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) Elevation Vertigo – Rebel Rebel Desire (Hollywood […]
Read MoreJune 18, 2018 – Washington, District of Columbia – Capital One Arena
Setlist: Love Is All We Have Left The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow All Because of You Beautiful Day The Ocean Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday – When Johnny Comes Marching Home Until the End of the World Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) Elevation Vertigo […]
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U2101 – Some Days Are Better Than Others
One of the greatest truisms of Bono’s lyrical career comes from the title and lyrics to one of Zooropa’s unsung gems: “Some Days Are Better Than Others.” It is a simple statement, really — some days really aren’t as good as some other days — but it is a statement that still manages to be […]
Read MoreJune 17, 2018 – Washington, District of Columbia – Capital One Arena
Setlist: Love Is All We Have Left The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow Gloria Beautiful Day The Ocean Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday Until the End of the World Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) Elevation Vertigo – Rebel Rebel Desire (Hollywood Mix) Sympathy for the […]
Read MoreJune 14, 2018 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Wells Fargo Center
Setlist: Love Is All We Have Left The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow All Because of You Beautiful Day – Drowning Man The Ocean Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday – When Johnny Comes Marching Home Until the End of the World Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill […]
Read MoreJune 13, 2018 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Wells Fargo Center
Setlist: Love Is All We Have Left The Blackout Lights of Home I Will Follow Gloria – Gloria (Van Morrison) Beautiful Day The Ocean Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday – When Johnny Comes Marching Home Until the End of the World – Introduction Intermission (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill […]
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U2101 – The Wanderer
Apart from one small detail, Zooropa’s closer fits in with the rest of that album perfectly. “The Wanderer” conforms perfectly with that album’s futuristic sounding euro-pop and even continues the use of Biblical themes from the song we talked about last week, “The First Time.” In fact, with the exception of that one small detail, […]
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