One More?

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U2 played “Vertigo,” “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own,” and “I Will Follow” on tonight’s Saturday Night Live program in New York City. (Most bands perform only two songs on the program, with some occasionally slotted time for only one.)


Bono, Edge, and Adam all came out into the audience for the finale of “I Will Follow,” with Bono either making the day of, or completely terrifying, the woman whose lap he jumped into during the middle eight. (We could tell he made the day of SNL cast member Amy Poehler, who wept for joy when Bono embraced her at the song’s conclusion. Rachel Dratch, who was hopping up and down like a maniac, also seemed to be enjoying herself.) The credits rolled over the performance, as the show was scheduled to end at 1AM. As the broadcast ended, Bono could be heard saying, “One more?” as he returned to the stage.

A reader who attended the show tells us that the band gave an encore of three songs after the broadcast ended. They performed “All Because of You,” repeated “Vertigo” (without the countdown intro), and played a third song, which the reader cannot recall the title.

During the dress rehearsal for the show, Bono shared a story about his father before the band performed “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.” He described how his father used to listen to opera and wave his mother’s knitting needles like a conductor. Bono credited his father with passing on the ability to hit that “amazing note” in the song to him after he died.

  • Quicktime video of “I Will Follow” performance
  • Video of all three songs (in Windows Media format) at U2exit.com
  • SNL Full show, bittorrent. 350 mb avi.
  • 54 thoughts on “One More?

    1. what a great performance by the band. I think SNL should have just let U2 play the whole night as the rest of the show was horrible.

    2. what a great performance by the band. I think SNL should have just let U2 play the whole night as the rest of the show was horrible.

    3. Awesome! U2 knows how to play rock and the crowd and all of those other things. They are Too Much Rock for One Hand!
      mm/

    4. Awesome! U2 knows how to play rock and the crowd and all of those other things. They are Too Much Rock for One Hand!
      mm/

    5. There no real excuse for NBC as a network & Broadway Video as a producer not to extend the live program to fit in one more song. Local affiliates on the East coast have no essential programming to hit @ 1am and could have easily gone over by 5 minutes. Hopefully, the NYC concert in the park will make its way onto the myriad of torrent sharing sites like the Irving Plaza show.

    6. There no real excuse for NBC as a network & Broadway Video as a producer not to extend the live program to fit in one more song. Local affiliates on the East coast have no essential programming to hit @ 1am and could have easily gone over by 5 minutes. Hopefully, the NYC concert in the park will make its way onto the myriad of torrent sharing sites like the Irving Plaza show.

    7. hi y’all, good to be back to another 4 yrs.. of u2 that is! and holy smokes was i blown away tonight. i know many of you fellow junkies have prolly already grabbed up on the freebie DL’s of the album, but i have been trying to resist temptation, my ritual is to listen under headphones in the dark .. anyhoo. i cant stand it. hearing ‘make it on your own’ for the first time – live – i burst into tears and sobbed from the point of ‘opera in me’ to the end.. breathtaking. so now i need the studio version. my pre-ordered-on-the-net-limited-edition-dvd/cd of HTDAAB wont get here til the end of the week. dont think i can go that long. i’m just floored over how amazing they sounded tonight and i just sat there saying’YES, THEY’RE BAAAAACK!!!’ bring on MARCH!

    8. hi y’all, good to be back to another 4 yrs.. of u2 that is! and holy smokes was i blown away tonight. i know many of you fellow junkies have prolly already grabbed up on the freebie DL’s of the album, but i have been trying to resist temptation, my ritual is to listen under headphones in the dark .. anyhoo. i cant stand it. hearing ‘make it on your own’ for the first time – live – i burst into tears and sobbed from the point of ‘opera in me’ to the end.. breathtaking. so now i need the studio version. my pre-ordered-on-the-net-limited-edition-dvd/cd of HTDAAB wont get here til the end of the week. dont think i can go that long. i’m just floored over how amazing they sounded tonight and i just sat there saying’YES, THEY’RE BAAAAACK!!!’ bring on MARCH!

    9. That was probably the best ending EVER to SNL. You can obvously tell that it was totally on the spot, the entire crew was strugling to keep up with Bono as he ran around of the stage. He is such a great musician. He isnt in it for the money or for himself, he does it for the fans, as said above he played even after the show was of air. That is so great, playing for the fans.

    10. That was probably the best ending EVER to SNL. You can obvously tell that it was totally on the spot, the entire crew was strugling to keep up with Bono as he ran around of the stage. He is such a great musician. He isnt in it for the money or for himself, he does it for the fans, as said above he played even after the show was of air. That is so great, playing for the fans.

    11. Absolutely amazing, I’m from Ireland and normally miss out on the US broadcasts however I’m now in Canada and got to see tonights show.

      What can I say!, U2’s performance was electric from the start, they gave it their all… the music was alive, I turned my TV way up and really felt the music. You could almost see how emotionally attached Bono was when he was performing ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own’, it was great to see the band come down off stage at the end – even Adam!.

      I hope they repeat the show again, then I’ll have my VCR ready!.

      Roll on March 1st…

    12. Absolutely amazing, I’m from Ireland and normally miss out on the US broadcasts however I’m now in Canada and got to see tonights show.

      What can I say!, U2’s performance was electric from the start, they gave it their all… the music was alive, I turned my TV way up and really felt the music. You could almost see how emotionally attached Bono was when he was performing ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own’, it was great to see the band come down off stage at the end – even Adam!.

      I hope they repeat the show again, then I’ll have my VCR ready!.

      Roll on March 1st…

    13. Usually I just wait to hit “record” in these situations, but this time, to be on the safe side, I taped the whole show on a timer. I was regretting it at some points, because the show itself was dreadful, but boy was I glad I did, because there is no way I would have been prepared for that ending with the end credits rolling over the band — that has to be the first time SNL ever did that. Slobass is right — let’s think a bit outside the box NBC and Lorne Michaels, keep the live feed rolling, what were they afraid of, that Bono was going to get carried away and cost them money at the hands of Der Kommissar Powell and the FCC? Or maybe the band just took them by surprise. I got a huge kick out of seeing the cast being blown away like that, like real people with heads and hearts — some cast members over the years were just too, too cool for school, know what I mean? Obnoxious. The band sounded as good as they looked, it was incredible, except Bono’s hair is starting to scare me, but I have to work on that. Let’s hope that the rerun of this program will be edited to dump some of those lame skits and include the extra songs. BTW, I had a nightmare last night that the band appeared on a float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — I’m still traumatized from the time they almost did that in the St. Patrick’s Day parade, many, many years ago!

    14. Usually I just wait to hit “record” in these situations, but this time, to be on the safe side, I taped the whole show on a timer. I was regretting it at some points, because the show itself was dreadful, but boy was I glad I did, because there is no way I would have been prepared for that ending with the end credits rolling over the band — that has to be the first time SNL ever did that. Slobass is right — let’s think a bit outside the box NBC and Lorne Michaels, keep the live feed rolling, what were they afraid of, that Bono was going to get carried away and cost them money at the hands of Der Kommissar Powell and the FCC? Or maybe the band just took them by surprise. I got a huge kick out of seeing the cast being blown away like that, like real people with heads and hearts — some cast members over the years were just too, too cool for school, know what I mean? Obnoxious. The band sounded as good as they looked, it was incredible, except Bono’s hair is starting to scare me, but I have to work on that. Let’s hope that the rerun of this program will be edited to dump some of those lame skits and include the extra songs. BTW, I had a nightmare last night that the band appeared on a float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — I’m still traumatized from the time they almost did that in the St. Patrick’s Day parade, many, many years ago!

    15. Been listening to U2 for 25 years and watching SNL for just as long…….that performance last night was the best one I can remember for a band on the show. I hope a link will be set up somewhere to view a feed of the performance, including what was cut off at 1AM.
      The way the members came off stage to get close to the audience is another great example of how U2 genuinely seeks to share the experience, not just perform a set.

    16. Been listening to U2 for 25 years and watching SNL for just as long…….that performance last night was the best one I can remember for a band on the show. I hope a link will be set up somewhere to view a feed of the performance, including what was cut off at 1AM.
      The way the members came off stage to get close to the audience is another great example of how U2 genuinely seeks to share the experience, not just perform a set.

    17. What an amazing performance! I’ve never seen anything like that on SNL before. The only time that comes close is U2’s last performance, but this definitely topped it. I actually thought some of the show was good, especially the skit before their last song about how drunk guys just say the same stuff over and over. I gotta agree with U2faninVA–btw, that could be my user name too:)–and say that it was great to see the cast *so* into the performance. I saw Mya Rudolph(sp?) wiping tears away and the girls–especially Amy Poehler who got a huge hug from Bono–looked like they were gonna lose it completely.

    18. What an amazing performance! I’ve never seen anything like that on SNL before. The only time that comes close is U2’s last performance, but this definitely topped it. I actually thought some of the show was good, especially the skit before their last song about how drunk guys just say the same stuff over and over. I gotta agree with U2faninVA–btw, that could be my user name too:)–and say that it was great to see the cast *so* into the performance. I saw Mya Rudolph(sp?) wiping tears away and the girls–especially Amy Poehler who got a huge hug from Bono–looked like they were gonna lose it completely.

    19. U2’s performance was great. Too bad we had to wait through such a horrible episode of SNL. How many lame homophobic jokes does one have to sit through? With a huge cast, and a whole army of writers, you think SNL would be able to come up with something funny for once. Oh well.

      U2 were spot on. Frankly, I wasn’t expecting “Vertigo” to sound as good as it did, expecially the guitar parts which the Edge pulled off without a glitch. Bono’s voice was in fine form too (remember how ragged he sounded at the SuperBowl?). Too bad we didn’t get enough shots of that yummy Larry, though.

    20. U2’s performance was great. Too bad we had to wait through such a horrible episode of SNL. How many lame homophobic jokes does one have to sit through? With a huge cast, and a whole army of writers, you think SNL would be able to come up with something funny for once. Oh well.

      U2 were spot on. Frankly, I wasn’t expecting “Vertigo” to sound as good as it did, expecially the guitar parts which the Edge pulled off without a glitch. Bono’s voice was in fine form too (remember how ragged he sounded at the SuperBowl?). Too bad we didn’t get enough shots of that yummy Larry, though.

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    27. I’m a fan of U2 since around 1981; the performance was just amazing. My husband who is all into like, gerald albright and grover washington jr. (smooth jazz) had said, “what a stage presence… unbelievable”. The Vertigo song is too much like that old supremes song, “You keep me hanging on”… (still like it though!) and the other song, “Sometimes you just can’t make it on your own” is REAL U2. I did find it kind of freaky how the gals on the SNL crew were all in tears and blubbering about, and that, together with Bono’s little grinding dance for a bewildered (but not unamused) audience member just made me think how to many Bono’s just a symbol, and he knows it and isn’t afraid to use it (just think: “Bono on Oprah”). U2 is still one of my all-time faves, but for a whole lot of other reasons! They continue to transcend the meaning of being a rock band!

    28. I’m a fan of U2 since around 1981; the performance was just amazing. My husband who is all into like, gerald albright and grover washington jr. (smooth jazz) had said, “what a stage presence… unbelievable”. The Vertigo song is too much like that old supremes song, “You keep me hanging on”… (still like it though!) and the other song, “Sometimes you just can’t make it on your own” is REAL U2. I did find it kind of freaky how the gals on the SNL crew were all in tears and blubbering about, and that, together with Bono’s little grinding dance for a bewildered (but not unamused) audience member just made me think how to many Bono’s just a symbol, and he knows it and isn’t afraid to use it (just think: “Bono on Oprah”). U2 is still one of my all-time faves, but for a whole lot of other reasons! They continue to transcend the meaning of being a rock band!

    29. paige I thought the b man’s hair looks great. I think his look is a thousand times better than 4 years ago……i just listened to the SNL performance again and the boys are all on top of their game…..God we are spoiled rotten to have such a great band to follow!

    30. paige I thought the b man’s hair looks great. I think his look is a thousand times better than 4 years ago……i just listened to the SNL performance again and the boys are all on top of their game…..God we are spoiled rotten to have such a great band to follow!

    31. Cindy–all I see at u2exit.com is Windows Audio of the SNL appearance but not Video. Am I missing something? My Tivo malfunctioned Saturday night and I missed it! The audio sounds great and the I Will Follow posted here was terrific. Just want to see the video footage of Vertigo & Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own from SNL as well.

      Thanks!

    32. Cindy–all I see at u2exit.com is Windows Audio of the SNL appearance but not Video. Am I missing something? My Tivo malfunctioned Saturday night and I missed it! The audio sounds great and the I Will Follow posted here was terrific. Just want to see the video footage of Vertigo & Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own from SNL as well.

      Thanks!

    33. Cindy–all I see at u2exit.com is Windows Audio of the SNL appearance but not Video. Am I missing something? My Tivo malfunctioned Saturday night and I missed it! The audio sounds great and the I Will Follow posted here was terrific. Just want to see the video footage of Vertigo & Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own from SNL as well.

      Thanks!

    34. Cindy–all I see at u2exit.com is Windows Audio of the SNL appearance but not Video. Am I missing something? My Tivo malfunctioned Saturday night and I missed it! The audio sounds great and the I Will Follow posted here was terrific. Just want to see the video footage of Vertigo & Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own from SNL as well.

      Thanks!

    35. Hello, I am the girl that got the lapdance. Writing that is almost as crazy as saying it. Nevertheless, I felt compelled to clarify the article above, (if there was ever a possible doubt) in that: Bono made my day. And as my newly registered name indicates, all my days. Terrified?
      Only at the realization that all my stories are downhill from here…
      Take care everyone, and thankyou for tolerating my post.

    36. Hello, I am the girl that got the lapdance. Writing that is almost as crazy as saying it. Nevertheless, I felt compelled to clarify the article above, (if there was ever a possible doubt) in that: Bono made my day. And as my newly registered name indicates, all my days. Terrified?
      Only at the realization that all my stories are downhill from here…
      Take care everyone, and thankyou for tolerating my post.

    37. If the post from the girl that got the lapdance from Bono is legit, I very much want to thank her for restoring some of my faith that there are people out there who can experiance a rock and roll moment without calling a lawyer. Lapdance girl rocks for enjoying the moment and not being uptight like the majority of our great country!

      An unbelievably powerful performance of ‘I Will Follow’ when watching on TV; I’m sure it was 10 fold as powerful in person. I’m 38 and it took me back to when I could or would let go of my self awareness and reserve when hearing a great rock band. At the end of the song I had tears in my eyes, which I did manage to hide from my wife. Powerful and as perfect as rock can be ..

    38. If the post from the girl that got the lapdance from Bono is legit, I very much want to thank her for restoring some of my faith that there are people out there who can experiance a rock and roll moment without calling a lawyer. Lapdance girl rocks for enjoying the moment and not being uptight like the majority of our great country!

      An unbelievably powerful performance of ‘I Will Follow’ when watching on TV; I’m sure it was 10 fold as powerful in person. I’m 38 and it took me back to when I could or would let go of my self awareness and reserve when hearing a great rock band. At the end of the song I had tears in my eyes, which I did manage to hide from my wife. Powerful and as perfect as rock can be ..

    39. I liked how he went “it’s live, live, live, live,…” at the start of the first song; perhaps a reference to the Ashley Simpson lip-sync fiasco? I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned that yet.

      I’m so glad I Tivo’d it. I’m going to import the three songs into my Mac and convert them to a DVD and an audio CD to pass out as stocking stuffers. If SNL was smart, they’d release the U2 portions as a mini-CD themselves.

      You can bet I will be buying tour tickets when they go on sale.

    40. I liked how he went “it’s live, live, live, live,…” at the start of the first song; perhaps a reference to the Ashley Simpson lip-sync fiasco? I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned that yet.

      I’m so glad I Tivo’d it. I’m going to import the three songs into my Mac and convert them to a DVD and an audio CD to pass out as stocking stuffers. If SNL was smart, they’d release the U2 portions as a mini-CD themselves.

      You can bet I will be buying tour tickets when they go on sale.

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