Although the most recent show, the final show of the tour’s first leg, featured the tour debut of Party Girl, I chose to cover another song tonight, one which received it’s Innocence + Experience Tour premiere a couple of nights earlier, “Two Hearts Beat As One”.
Read MoreU2101 – Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
I’m often reminded of a bet that Brian Eno supposedly made with Bono – that “Stuck in a Moment” would be the band’s biggest single ever. Even though Brian lost that bet, the song did become an important release from All That You Can’t Leave Behind, peaking at number two in the UK singles chart.
Read MoreU2101 – October
Well, the big news this past week was the tour debut, Saturday night, of “October”. I’ve got to be honest, I’m a little surprised that U2 chose to dust this one off, but I think it’s really cool that they did.
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U2101 – Gloria
“Gloria” was a big surprise at two of the Chicago shows a couple of weeks ago, and I missed writing about it last week, so since nothing really exciting happened this last week, we’ll cover it today.
Read MoreU2101 – Where the Streets Have No Name
There are several songs in U2’s repertoire that some fans seem to think should be dropped from the live setlists. Pride (In the Name of Love) is one, as is New Year’s Day. Sunday Bloody Sunday is another one, and people being tired of the song is a major reason for its reinvention on this […]
Read MoreU2101 – Until the End of the World
One song that I could have covered on any of the band’s tours over the last twenty years is “Until the End of the World”, which was originally released in 1991 as part of Achtung Baby.
Read MoreU2101 – 40
As we continue to cover songs that are receiving nightly love on the Innocence + Experience Tour, I thought that this week we’d cover one of the oldest songs that U2 are currently playing, “40”.
Read MoreU2101 – The Hands That Built America
I had a little bit of trouble deciding what song to cover this week – Saturday night’s big surprise, “Lucifer’s Hands” was already covered a few weeks ago, there really weren’t any other big debuts this past week.
Read MoreU2101: Ordinary Love
With the Innocence + Experience tour premiere of “Ordinary Love” coming just four nights ago as I write this, I decided to do something a little different for this week’s U2101, and give you all a little peek into my creative process.
Read MoreU2101 – 11 O’Clock Tick Tock
The big news from this past week seems to have been the great set that U2 played at West Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre. In case you missed it somehow, U2 played five songs (nearly half their set) from Boy-era releases, which means material that came out in 1980.
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