It was an emotion-filled night for both fans and band when U2 returned to their home town for the first of four concerts at the 3 Arena tonight. It was – by the standards of this stadium band – a small concert, with a capacity crowd of 14,000. The 56,000 tickets for the quartet of […]
Read MoreNovember 23, 2015 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) The Electric Co. Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Sweetest Thing Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue Sky […]
Read MoreU2101 – Mysterious Ways
In the fall of 2002, around the time that U2’s Best of 1990-2000 came out, I was working at a record store in Cincinnati, Ohio. I remember that during the first time I played the store’s promotional copy over the in-store stereo system, when “Mysterious Ways” came on, one of the girls I worked with said “I […]
Read MoreHerald.ie: U2 to close world tour with Paris gigs in symbolic gesture
U2 are expected to announce their new Paris dates shortly in a move that would see them close their world tour in France in a symbolic gesture. The band had to pull the plug on their November 14 and 15 Paris gigs in the wake of the terror attacks. Now Bono, Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton […]
Read MoreNovember 19, 2015 – Belfast, Northern Ireland – The SSE
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) Out Of Control Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Desire Angel Of Harlem Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue […]
Read MoreNovember 18, 2015 – Belfast, Northern Ireland – The SSE Arena
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) The Electric Co. Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Sweetest Thing Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue Sky […]
Read MoreWhy The Paris Attacks Matter to U2 Fans
Normally, I’d be sitting down about now to write my weekly U2101 article. Actually, scratch that – I would have already written it several hours ago, but somehow today I just can’t seem to find the motivation. It doesn’t seem right for me to act like nothing out of the ordinary happened this past week […]
Read MoreParis, Walk On
From the staff here our prayers and thoughts go out to all the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris this evening. We pray for healing, peace, and safe travels for all U2 fans in and around Paris. The Saturday U2 iNNOCENCE+ eXPERIENCE show has officially been canceled. Via U2.com: As a result of the […]
Read MoreNovember 11, 2015 – Paris, France – Paris AccorHotels Arena
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) The Electric Co. Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Sweetest Thing Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue Sky […]
Read MoreBono’s new scarf!
As if U2 didn’t love Boston enough, have you seen that Bono has teamed up with the bad boys of Boston, Aerosmith! That’s right, Steven Tyler says, Walk this Way and Bono does just that. You know what says, “Aerosmith” more than Steven Tyler’s huge lips and their great rock sound….his trademark mic scarf. For […]
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