U2 treat Toronto to a Pop-selection
Boom. Cha. While we await full reports from our troops on the ground, we’re going to tease you with this short and simple statement: They played Discotheque!
Set: City of Blinding Lights / Vertigo / Elevation / Electric Co. / The Ocean / Beautiful Day / Miracle Drug / Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own / Love and Peace or Else / Sunday Bloody Sunday / Bullet the Blue Sky / Miss Sarajevo / Pride / Where the Streets Have No Name / One / Discotheque / The Fly / With or Without You / All Because of You / Fast Cars / Yahweh / 40
Daniel Lanois plays guitar on One, Eddie Vedder joins them near the end for a few bars of Ol’ man river. The ‘Pop Muzik’ intro starts the encore and the screen shows PopMart imagery.
2 Down, 2 To Go in T.O.
The belly dancer makes a return in Toronto as does Daniel Lanois’ joining in on ‘Bad’ – not sure what the connection is there. The ‘new’ songs (Fast Cars, In a Little While) that were played at the first Toronto concert are dropped and it looks like a return to the standard Vertigo setlist.
Will U2 be in an experimental mood for the 3rd concert – or wait until the 4th show to relax and let loose?
Thanks to flickr user andreakw for the photo
- Slideshow at Universal Music Canada’s web site
Vertigo Artwork
U2wanderer have got the final artwork for the European commercial “Vertigo” singles, which includes the interesting revelation that “Are You Gonna Wait Forever?” is produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno — an ATYCLB outtake, then?
Atomic Details
U2log.com has learned a few more details from yesterday’s preview of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb in Australia, including the running time and producer of each song:
1. Vertigo 3.11 (Steve Lillywhite)
2. Miracle Drug 3.54 (Steve Lillywhite)
3. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 5.05 (Chris Thomas)
4. Love & Peace 4.48 (Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois)
5. City of Blinding Lights 5.46 (Flood)
6. All Because of You 3.34 (Steve Lillywhite)
7. A Man & A Woman 4.27 (Steve Lillywhite)
8. Crumbs From Your Table 4.59 (Steve Lillywhite)
9. One Step Closer 3.48 (Chris Thomas and Daniel Lanois)
10. Original of the Species 4.34 (Steve Lillywhite)
11. Yahweh 4.22 (Chris Thomas)
Other details emerging from the preview:
Lanois on WNYC
Daniel Lanois will be the guest on WNYC radio’s New Sounds show tonight at 11 pm. Lanois will be in studio to discuss his current release Shine (and, likely, his career). WNYC/93.9 FM streams live audio at its web site.
Bono and the Edge appear on Late Late Show
The Edge and Bono both appeared on RTE’s Late Late Show’s Tribute to Jim Sheridan presented by Pat Kenny on Friday evening.
Bono revealed the band had been working in London on using string sections for three on three tracks but had to bin it because ‘the songs were crap’. The Edge said they would have to start from scratch to rework them. (quotes paraphrased from memory)
After being interviewed by Kenny, they were joined by Daniel Lanois to perform Falling at your feet.
Earlier in the day, Bono appeared on ArtZone on Lyric FM, RTE, in a taped interview (windows media) in which he talks very briefly about Peter and the Wolf and the sadness involved in drawing the pictures. There’s also an interview at USA Today. Check the right hand column for an additional real audio excerpt.
Chris Thomas to produce new U2 album?
Daniel Lanois is interviewed in Hot Press Magazine (reg. req.). Asked whether he is working on the new U2 album, he says:
Chris Thomas produced classic albums such as Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure, the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind The Bollocks, INXS’s Listen Like Thieves and Pulp’s Different Class.
(thx to Aaron for the tip off)
The Soul Miner
…He’s dressed all in black, his thinning hair covered with a watch cap that he never takes off.
No, it’s not a description of The Edge. It’s one of Canadian son Daniel Lanois, who is interviewed in the current issue of Maclean’s. In the interview, Lanois describes his method of recording and producing music, which he calls “soul-mining,” and comments on working with the Dublin Four.
Falling at your Feet on “Shine”
Bono guests on Daniel Lanois upcoming solo album “Shine”, singing vocals on the track ‘Falling At Your Feet’. This song previously featured on the Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack.
Lanois and Eno in the news
Two of U2′s longtime collaborators, the production duo Lanois and Eno, are in the news this week. Daniel Lanois’ new solo album “Shine” (his first in ten years) is scheduled for release in April on the Anti label (more at daniellanois.com), while Eno contributes a piece to Time Magazine. (links via Bernard and Paul)
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