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July 31, 2009 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Ullevi Stadion

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Opening Act(s): Snow Patrol
Setlist:
Breathe, No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Beautiful Day, Mysterious Ways, One – She’s A Mystery To Me, Until The End Of The World, Desire – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride (In The Name Of Love), MLK, Walk On – You’ll Never Walk Alone, Where The Streets Have No Name. Encore(s): Ultra Violet (Light My Way), With Or Without You, Moment Of Surrender.

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July 27, 2009 – Dublin, Ireland, setlist, images, videos

Posted by SPun2U on Jul 28, 2009 in Tour News | Comments Off

Main Set: Breathe, No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Beautiful Day – My Hometown, New Year’s Day, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Stay (Faraway, So Close), Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, MLK, Walk On – You’ll Never Walk Alone, Where the Streets Have No Name, One, Bad

Encore(s): Ultraviolet, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender

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July 27, 2009 – Dublin, Ireland – Croke Park

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Opening Act(s): Bell X1, The Script
Setlist:
Breathe, No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Beautiful Day – My Hometown, New Year’s Day, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride (In The Name Of Love), MLK, Walk On – You’ll Never Walk Alone, Where The Streets Have No Name, One, Bad. Encore(s): Ultra Violet (Light My Way), With Or Without You, Moment Of Surrender.

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Gig may end later, as U2 reconsider curfew

Posted by SPun2U on Jul 27, 2009 in Tour News | Comments Off

Bono and the rest of U2 spent some hours yesterday considering whether they should risk breaking the law — in the interest of their fans’ enjoyment.

It cost millions to create and the effect is spectacular. But the Claw — the massive stage creation which U2 are currently using on their worldwide 360 Degree tour — is seen to its best effect in the dark. So in every other one of the 44 cities in the world where the band have or will be performing, it’s a late date: In Barcelona the concert finished at 1.30 am.

In Dublin it is different. In deference to the complaints of some residents of the area around Croke Park, the planning permission includes an 11pm curfew. The band go on stage at 8.45pm and it gets dark around 10 pm. The result is that the majority of the show takes place in daylight and the audience gets only a fraction of the €40m effect that the inventive staging is intended to create.

On Friday night the band obeyed the curfew and finished on time. But it rankled with them. So much so that throughout yesterday there was a serious debate about how this obstacle to entertainment might be gotten over for the remaining shows last night and tomorrow.

There were two possible solutions: try to have the curfew lifted, or simply break the law and take the consequences — a heavy fine.

- Independent.ie

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80,000 pack in for U2 home gigs

Posted by SPun2U on Jul 26, 2009 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

They have been rocking for 33 years, but U2 showed there was still a spring in their step in Dublin on Friday.

The Irish rock superstars played in front of 80,000 fans in Croke Park in the first of three concerts at the stadium.

“In the words of our good friends the Corrs, we are so young,” lead singer Bono, who turns 50 next year, shouted, at the start of Beautiful Day.

“As a nation I mean,” he added pointing to the crowd.

U2 had promised fans a night and a stage show to remember – and they weren’t going to let anyone down.

Once they performed tracks from their latest album, the band launched into their greatest hits.

Bono also paid tribute to Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners, who died last year, by playing one of their tracks the Auld Triangle.

U2 dazzled fans from inside a giant steel claw that rose to 60 metres high above the crown – almost as tall as the stands surrounding it.

It took a week to construct the impressive setting, that included 550 tonnes of steel, 56 tonnes of video screens and spanned across a third of the pitch.

Music aside, the band’s political allegiance was clear – with a dedication to jailed Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi, currently on trial charged with breaking a security law.

Thousands of concert-goers wore a mask bearing her image when the band played Walk On.

Fans queued from midnight last night in torrential rain to catch the band up close.

Over the coming days more than 240,000 revellers from as far as Japan, Canada and America will descend on the north Dublin stadium – the equivalent to three All Ireland’s finals back to back.

It is estimated the series of gigs – tonight, tomorrow and Monday – will boost the city’s economy by 50 million euro.

Celia Braga, from Lisbon in Portugal, was in the audience.

“I am a big fan,” said the 36-year-old.

“This is my first time seeing them. It will be a fantastic night.”

Ahead of the gig Bono told fans via a website link-up: “The ‘rehearsals’ have been going really well. We’ve been rehearsing in Barcelona, Milan, Nice, Berlin and Amsterdam, but we expect that the main event in Dublin will be better than any of them.”

The Edge added: “It’s not just another show, for us or for the fans. They travel from all over the world to see us perform in Dublin. Most of them believe it’s the best gig for them to attend.”

Concert promoters MCD and gardai again appealed to concert-goers to follow traffic plans in the area and respect local residents.

- BBC News