Spoilers from Turin (Rehearsal, August 1)
Great vibes from today’s rehearsals in Turin. First of… B’s deffo in the house now. Continue if you want to hear what U2′s been cooking.
This is for reals (check the lyric change ‘if you’re alive at… 53.’). Which… awesome. Can we get horns and makeup too, please?
Also rehearsed: Miss Sarajevo, and a Soon -> Moment of Surrender segue.
Update: These are all the songs rehearsed on Sunday
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
New Year’s Day (solo)
Gone (intro)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One Day Like This (Elbow) – Beautiful Day
Beautiful Day (partial)
Magnificent
Soon -> Moment of Surrender
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
New Year’s Day
Get On Your Boots
Beautiful Day
Magnificent
Get On Your Boots
Mysterious Ways
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (snippet: Many Rivers To Cross)
‘Flowering Rose of Glastonbury’ (a new song, played twice)
Miss Sarajevo
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Oh my. I thought some of the late ’90s stadium-ready stuff might make a comeback in 2009, especially from PopMart. Apparently “Gone” was somewhere in there too.
Oh my. I thought some of the late ’90s stadium-ready stuff might make a comeback in 2009, especially from PopMart. Apparently “Gone” was somewhere in there too.
HMTMKMKM!! Fuck yes
Is it asking too much for Acrobat now? 
HMTMKMKM!! Fuck yes
Is it asking too much for Acrobat now? 
Yes yes yes! I’ve been waiting to hear HMTMKMKM since 1998, this song was born for intimate stadium gigs!
Yes yes yes! I’ve been waiting to hear HMTMKMKM since 1998, this song was born for intimate stadium gigs!
With the intro, I can see HMTMKMKM being the opener to the encore instead of Ultraviolet.
With the intro, I can see HMTMKMKM being the opener to the encore instead of Ultraviolet.