U2 are rehearsing in Barcelona, Spain ahead of the 360 tour kick off. Below is the rehearsal set they performed (as report on U2 mailinglists, thx Dom!).

June 17th

The Unforgettable Fire
City of  Blinding Lights
Magnificent
Get on yout boots
Elevation
Beautiful Day
I still haven´t found what I´m looking for
Drowning man
Breathe
In a little while
Angel of Harlem + Suspicious minds
Unknown caller
The Unforgettable Fire
City of blinding lights
Pride (in the name of love)
MLK
Where the streets have no name (quelle suprise)
Ultraviolet
With or without you
Vertigo
I´ll go crazy if I don´t go crazy tonight
No line on the horizon
Moment of surrender

Security at the U2 concerts in Croke Park next month will be so tight that even the GAA’s museum will have to be closed down for the three dates.

As the band’s 360 Degree Tour kicks off in the Nou Camp in Barcelona on June 30, it has emerged that extra security has been brought in by the U2 organisation.

During their last tour the band were plagued with fans trying to pilfer trinkets from their private backstage compound.

It was reported last week that the band have become so fed up with the invasion of privacy that they have asked for increased security this time round.

Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna confirmed that the GAA museum would be closed for the band’s eagerly anticipated dates in Dublin.

He said a factor that needed to be considered was the proximity of patrons who wanted to visit the the museum and the large number of vehicles involved in the U2 concerts. “There is a health and safety element to the decision,” he said.

U2 will rock Croke Park on July 24, 25 and 27.

Fans are travelling from Brazil, Canada, Australia and Japan and almost every country in Europe for the Dublin concerts.

The U2 360 Tour has now sold an amazing 2.5 million tickets throughout Europe and North America since the tour was announced in March.

More than 160,000 tickets for the Croke Park July 24 and 25 dates sold out in just 40 minutes. However, tickets for the third and final date were slower to shift.

- Independent.ie

Legendary Irish group U2 allowed free of charge use of their song “New Year’s Day” in a spot prepared by the European Commission. This clip published on You Tube shows a transformation of Poland in last 20 years mixed with short scenes from today’s Warsaw seen form a perspective of 20 years old woman.

The choice of this song is no coincident – it was composed in 1983 as a reply to martial law in Poland in December of the same year.

During U2 concert in Poland 4 years ago a group was surprised by a happening organized by their fans, when they played this song. All participants formed a gigantic Polish white and red flag. Bono said in many interviews after that it had been the greatest moment of their whole tour.

- Poland.com

Magnificent - Adam White Remix from the Perfecto Podcast.

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U2 are all set to hit the road on their first tour since 2006. Europe is first, opening night is Barcelona on June 30th, then U2 360 hits North America in September. It’s going to be one special show and while the band are rehearsing Adam has been making some clips – like this one.

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