Opening Act(s): PJ Harvey
Setlist:
Elevation, Pride (In The Name Of Love), Until The End Of The World, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, In My Life-Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Kite, Gone, New York, Out Of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Desire-Psalm 51, Party Girl, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Bad, Where The Streets Have No Name, Beautiful Day. Encore: Bullet The Blue Sky, With Or Without You, One-She’s A Mystery To Me, Walk On.
Remarks:
With Elvis Costello on hand, Bono quotes from ‘Pump It Up’ in ‘Elevation’ and ‘Alison’ in ‘Bad.’ He also quotes from ‘Dude (Looks Like a Lady)’ in honor of Boston’s own Aerosmith. ‘Party Girl’ is played for the first time since June 6, 1993. When Bono is singing snippets from Van Morrison’s Gloria at the end of Desire, he inserts some other lyrics that one may initially assume to be U2’s Gloria, due to some similarities: “Oh Lord, open my lips/Anything I can, I will do for you/And my mouth shall shout up your praise”. However, although the last line does not resemble any in Gloria, the lines do bear a strong similarity to Psalm 51 from the Bible. As the connection to Psalm 51 appears stronger, the snippet is credited to it rather than Gloria. A fan also gets on stage during ‘Walk On’, embraces Bono and then runs a lap around the heart.