Earlier today, U2 performed a soundcheck. Twitter reports indicated that the band rehearsed When Love Comes To Town in the wake of the sad news of BB King’s death. The band then performed a passionate version of it during the show, broadcast to the world via Meerkat, with Bono giving tribute to BB King at the end by saying that “the thrill will never be gone”. It was the song’s first performance by the full band since 28 August 1993, a gap of 21 years, 8 months, and 17 days. Two members of U2 had participated in one more recent performance – Bono and Edge played it with BB on 26 October 2008.
Another song made a big comeback: Miracle Drug. It was performed live for the first time since 28 November 2005, a gap of 9 years, 5 months, and 17 days. There were a number of other setlist changes, with tour debuts by Angel Of Harlem, Bad, California, and One. Bono joked during the show about how Edge fell off stage the previous night during I Still Haven’t Found. Before One, he also made reference to the controversial distribution of Songs Of Innocence with a quip that “Edge downloaded himself into the audience without permission”.
The full setlist was:
- The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
- Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio? (snippet) / Vertigo
- California (There Is No End To Love)
- I Will Follow
- Iris (Hold Me Close)
- Cedarwood Road
- Song For Someone
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Raised By Wolves
- Until The End Of The World
- Invisible
- Even Better Than The Real Thing
- Mysterious Ways
- Angel Of Harlem
- When Love Comes To Town
- Every Breaking Wave
- Bullet The Blue Sky
- The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Pride (In The Name Of Love)
- Beautiful Day / Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (snippet)
- With Or Without You
(Intermission)
- Encore(s):
- Miracle Drug
- Bad / Moment of Surrender (snippet)
- Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet)
- One
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