Elevation Tour Archive

Opening Act(s): Garbage
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, Mysterious Ways, Out Of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, In God’s Country, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, My Sweet Lord, Walk On-40.
Remarks:
N/At the final Elevation concert, Larry Mullen plays drums on ‘Only Happy When It Rains’, the last song of Garbage’s set. ‘In God’s Country’ is complete with harmonica tonight. Bono also thanks several people, including Sheila Roche, Paul McGuinness and Chris Blackwell before ‘One’.

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Opening Act(s): Garbage
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite-My Sweet Lord, Angel Of Harlem, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.
Remarks:
Bono dedicates ‘Please’ to Elvis Costello, who is in attendance tonight (Costello has covered ‘Please’ in the past). Bono wears an ‘I (heart) NY’ shirt for the entire second encore. Seats behind the stage are not sold for tonight’s show, and a cloth screen showing the male/female ‘Elevation’ symbol hangs behind the stage.

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Opening Act(s): Garbage
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Out Of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, My Sweet Lord, Angel Of Harlem, People Get Ready, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.
Remarks:
Bono dedicates ‘Kite’ to his own dad and to Mike Mills’ (of R.E.M.) father, who died this past September. Mills and R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe are attendance tonight. U2 sings ‘My Sweet Lord’ in tribute to ex-Beatle George Harrison, who died yesterday of cancer at age 58. A male fan is brought on stage to play guitar during ‘People Get Ready.’

Opening Act(s): Garbage
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, Angel Of Harlem, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.
Remarks:
N/A couple of fans come up on stage to join in on performing ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’. One fan performs the song on the piano and the other on guitar.

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Opening Act(s): Garbage
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Desire, Kite, Angel Of Harlem, Happy Birthday, Please, Bad-When I Look At The World, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.
Remarks:
Bono brings a female fan on stage and sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to her. ‘When I Look At The World’ is sung for the first time as a snippet added to the end of ‘Bad.’ Bono sings at the tip of the heart while The Edge plays guitar on the main stage. An estimated 14,500 fans are in attendance, leaving the show about 1,000 tickets shy of a sellout.

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Opening Act(s): No Doubt
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Out Of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, In God’s Country, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.

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Opening Act(s): No Doubt
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Out Of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, In God’s Country, I Shall Be Released, Please, All I Want Is You, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.
Remarks:
N/At tonight’s concert, ‘Kite’ is dedicated to former INXS singer Michael Hutchence, who died 4 years ago yesterday. ‘In God’s Country’ is played for the first time since October 9, 1989. A female fan gives Bono the lyrics and plays guitar during ‘I Shall Be Released’. Gwen Stefani duets with Bono on ‘What’s Going On’ for the final time of her 8 consecutive performances of the song. Finally, during ‘Walk On,’ Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson walks a lap around the heart while carrying the team’s recently won World Series trophy.

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Opening Act(s): No Doubt
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, Mysterious Ways, I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, Angel Of Harlem, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For-Stand By Me, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, Happy Birthday, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.
Remarks:
Bono dances on stage with a female fan during ‘Angel Of Harlem.’ Gwen Stefani joins in singing ‘What’s Going On.’ Before ‘One,’ Bono tells the crowd its Dallas Schoo’s birthday and Bono gives the mic to a fan who leads the crowd in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to The Edge’s longtime guitar tech.

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Opening Act(s): No Doubt
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, Mysterious Ways, Out Of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, Wild Honey, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One, Peace On Earth-Walk On.
Remarks:
‘Mysterious Ways’ makes its first appearance since the show in Montreal on October 12th. ‘Out Of Control’ includes a couple of lyrics from ‘Into The Heart.’ A young girl is brought on stage for ‘Wild Honey,’ and Bono and the The Edge sing the song to her (its also the final time the song is played on the tour). During ‘Bad,’ Bono takes a cell phone from the audience and sings the 2nd half of the song into it. During ‘Streets,’ Bono takes an American flag from the audience, and runs a lap around the heart with the flag trailing behind him.

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Opening Act(s): No Doubt
Setlist:
Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, Wild Honey, People Get Ready, Please, Bad-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Pride (In The Name Of Love). Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, What’s Going On, New York, One-Can’t Help Falling In Love, Walk On.
Remarks:
N/A female fan is pulled onstage to play ‘People Get Ready’ with the band. Gwen Stefani once again joins in on a full band version of ‘What’s Going On’. Bono takes a cross from a fan and puts it on. ‘One’ is dedicated to Quincy Jones who is sitting in the crowd. An Elvis impersonator is seated in the first row at Adam’s side of the stage, and Bono makes several references to his presence throughout the show.

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