Setlist: Twilight, Shadows And Tall Trees, Boy-Girl. (incomplete setlist) Remarks: Promotional material refers to U2 as “V2” and the setlist is incomplete. A report on this show in Record Mirror mentions the set included a song called Boy Meets Man – and although this may initially seem to be a mistaken title for Twilight, Twilight […]
Read MoreDecember 4, 1979 – Islington, England – Hope & Anchor
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 are misnamed as “The U2’s” in promotional material. A significant number of media and record company representatives are in attendance along with only nine paying customers, but when Edge breaks a string, the band leaves the stage and does not return.
Read MoreDecember 3, 1979 – Clapham, England – 100 Club
Opening Act(s): Setlist: N/A
Read MoreDecember 2, 1979 – London, England – Nashville Rooms
Opening Act(s): Back to Zero, Secret Affair Setlist: N/A
Read MoreDecember 1, 1979 – West Hampstead, England – Moonlight Club
Setlist: Concentration Cramp, The Dream Is Over, Inside Out, Shadows And Tall Trees, Boy-Girl, Out Of Control. (incomplete setlist) Remarks: U2 begins its first tour outside Ireland by opening up for the Dolly Mixtures.
Read MoreOctober 5, 1979 – Cork, Ireland – Cork Opera House
U2 Live At Cork Opera House October 5 1979. Earliest recording of a U2 gig. Still, this is U2’s very first TV appearance, live on irish channel RTE. Setlist: Stories For Boys, The Speed Of Life, Cartoon World, The King’s New Clothes, Inside Out, Another Time, Another Place, Boy-Girl, Out Of Control. Encore(s): Glad To […]
Read MoreOctober 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – The Baggot Inn
Setlist: N/A Remarks: The exact date of this show is unknown, though it happens sometime in October. Executives from EMI, Stiff, and CBS Records are in attendance and U2 leaves the stage expecting a record deal will be offered, but it doesn’t happen. The EMI representatives don’t even stay for all of U2’s performance, leaving […]
Read MoreSeptember 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – Project Arts Centre
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 plays the second of two consecutive shows opening for Patrick Fitzgerald. The exact dates of the two shows are unknown, but they’re known to have been in September, 1979.
Read MoreSeptember 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – Project Arts Centre
Setlist: N/A Remarks: U2 plays the first of two consecutive shows opening for Patrick Fitzgerald. The exact dates of the two shows are unknown, but they’re known to have been in September, 1979. At tonight’s show, U2 tangles with a group of local punks who threaten to storm the stage. The punks are evicted, with […]
Read MoreAugust 21, 1979 – Dublin, Ireland – The Baggot Inn
Opening Act(s): The Blades Setlist: Concentration Cramp, In Your Hand, Stories For Boys, Shadows And Tall Trees, Out Of Control. (incomplete setlist)
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