U2 360, London August 14, 2009
U2 bring their 360 production into London for the first of two shows. Tonight Wembley stadium will welcome its biggest crowd ever, with 88.000 people attending (former record holders: Rod Stewart in 1995 and Foo Fighters in 2008, both played in front of 83.000 people). Total attendance over two shows is estimated 170.000.
Mysterious Ways and Your Blue Room were played in full during soundcheck, as well as fragments of Beautiful Day and Get On Your Boots.
Support acts for this first night are The Hours and Elbow.
Among the celebrity guests spotted in the star studded capital are Noel Gallagher, Lars Ullrich, Richard Curtis, Bill Nighy, Roman Abramovich, Will Champion, Brian Eno, Paul Greengrass & Neil McCormick.
For the second time the Bishop Tutu intro is played before One instead of Streets and Mysterious Ways makes a suprise appearance as closer of the ‘main’ set
Setlist:
- Breathe
- No Line on the Horizon [video]
- Get On Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Beautiful Day (with “London calling” intro, “London Bridge is falling down” & Blackbird snippet) [video]
- Elevation
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Moving on up snippet) [video]
- Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
- Unknown caller
- The Unforgettable Fire [video *]
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo (Aqcuiesce snippet)
- I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (remix) (Two Tribes and O Come All Ye Faithful snippets)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (Rock The Casbah snippet) [video *]
- Pride (In The Name Of Love)
- MLK
- Walk On (You’ll Never Walk Alone snippet)
- Where the streets have no name [video *]
- One (Tutu intro)
- Mysterious ways (tiny snippet of Norwegian wood) [video]
- Ultra Violet (Light My Way) [video]
- With Or Without You [video *]
- Moment of Surrender (dedicated to Brian Eno, “a national treasure”) [video]
All video courtesy of the great u2006.com, except * by Liamjd2008.
(picture via twitpic: andreidore)
Reuters got a sneak peak during build-up in the stadium:
2 Comments
Permanent Hiatus
Archives
U2 News Links
- Like a Song: Gone February 8, 2012[Ed. note: This is the 64th in a series of personal essays by the @U2 staff about songs and/or albums that have had great meaning or impact in our lives.] I like the Pop album. There, I said it. I know I’m in the minority, but I think it’s a solid record that has been underrated ever since its release 15 years ago. It’s not a perfect album, […]
- Predict The Running Order February 8, 2012We know what tracks will appear on U22... but we don't yet know the order. Got any ideas? […]
- The Eternal Sunshine of Bono’s Mind February 7, 2012Just in time for Valentine’s Day, philosophy professor Michael W. Austin, examines authentic love with a little help from Bono. In a Pyschology Today blog post titled Authentic Love, Kierkegaard and U2, the concept of losing love to find romance is explored. In the song “A Man and a Woman” from the album How to [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.The Etern […]
- Column: off the record…, vol. 12-500 February 6, 2012If you missed it last week, please stop reading this OTR and check out Aaron Sams' overview of the 22 tracks that made the final cut for U22, the next U2.com members-only release. It's a super look into how the U2.com audience voted, […]
- @U2 Question of the Month: February 2012 February 6, 2012Welcome to @U2's Question of the Month for February 2012: What are your favorite one or two lines from a U2 lyric? What personal meaning does it have for you? Please send your responses to atu2.com@gmail.com by February 18. We'll post your answers -- and a new question -- on March 7. Want to see what QOM is all about? Check out the responses to pre […]
truly beautiful. wow.
truly beautiful. wow.