Eagles of Death Metal, the band which was performing when the deadliest of the Islamic State attacks took place in Paris on Nov. 13, made an emotional, powerful appearance at a U2 concert in the city on Monday. Led by frontman Jesse Hughes dressed in a white suit at a packed AccorHotels Arena, the Californian […]
Read MoreDecember 7, 2015 – Paris, France – Paris AccorHotels Arena
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue Sky Zooropa Where The Streets Have […]
Read MoreU2101 – People Have the Power
When U2 returned to Paris on Sunday to play the first of the two shows that were postponed in the wake of last month’s horrible terrorist attacks, emotion and sentiment ran high. It was no surprise, therefore, that the band had something special up their sleeves – an appearance by New York singer / songwriter […]
Read MoreDecember 6, 2015 – Paris, France – Paris AccorHotels Arena
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) Out Of Control Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Elevation Ordinary Love Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue Sky […]
Read MoreEagles Of Death Metal to play with U2 in Paris
[Update: Via U2.com “We’re back in Paris and it’s great to be here. Some people have been saying that Eagles of Death Metal will appear on stage with U2 tonight. This is not the case. We have another surprise guest planned for tonight’s show.”] Less than a month after a terrorist attack that killed 89 […]
Read MoreDecember 1, 2015 – New York, New York – Carnegie Hall
Setlist When Love Comes To Town Every Breaking Wave Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of Angel Of Harlem I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For One Bono and The Edge only perform for the “A Night of Music: Celebrating 10 Years of ONE and (RED)” at Carnegie Hall. This was a private event. […]
Read MoreU2 Life Goes On!
This week, those of you returning home from Dublin are probably somewhere between fantastically exhilarated and gravely depressed. You’ve probably forgotten who you are and where you come from, because for the past week, you were Irish – all smiling and making out with the powerful (AKA the upper echelon of U2 fandom, and possibly […]
Read MoreU2101 – With or Without You
“With or Without You” is another one of those songs that U2 will probably never stop playing live, and I suppose that there’s good reason for that. If I had to choose one song to name as U2’s signature cut, it would probably be this hit from 1987 – their very first American number one. […]
Read MoreNovember 28, 2015 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
Setlist The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) The Electric Co. Vertigo I Will Follow Iris (Hold Me Close) Cedarwood Road Song For Someone Sunday Bloody Sunday Raised By Wolves Until The End Of The World (Intermission) Invisible Even Better Than The Real Thing Mysterious Ways Desire Angel Of Harlem Every Breaking Wave October Bullet The Blue […]
Read MoreRachel’s first look at U2’s California
It’s funny to me that just a little over a year ago, I looked at the list of titles on Songs of Innocence and freaked out over a little song called “California (There Is No End To Love).” I knew as soon as I saw that title that I was going to like this strange […]
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