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Wed, July 26, 2017 in Paris, France @ Stade De France
I went to Dublin and Paris to see 3 amazing shows by U2 (Saturday on Dublin and then Tuesday and Wednesday in Paris) from the "The Joshua Tree Tour 2017".
Celebrating 30 Years of "The Joshua Tree".
"The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into superstars. U2 is celebrating the album’s thirtieth anniversary with a world tour. The original album tackled weighty real-world topics. Bono and company want to connect the music to right now — to global anxieties about, immigration, human rights, and governmental regimes."
"But The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into superstars, with hit singles “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where the Streets Have No Name”. It was their first album to hit No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. U2 found themselves on the cover of Time magazine. A Grammy was awarded to the music video for “Streets,” shot on top of a Los Angeles liquor store. And when it was all said and done, The Joshua Tree sold more than 25,000,000 copies worldwide, was awarded the Grammy for Album of the Year, and contributed to U2 entering the discussion for greatest rock band ever. When Rolling Stone Magazine compiled its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, five U2 albums were listed, with The Joshua Tree ranked No. 27 (U2’s highest presence on the list)."
"In 2017, U2 is celebrating the album’s thirtieth anniversary with a world tour that spans 33 shows for an estimated 1.7 million fans. But these Dubliners have no desire to present The Joshua Tree tour as a museum piece. Bono and company want to connect the music to right now — to global anxieties about labor, immigration, human rights, governmental regimes, and the environment."
Saw them 12 times before in other places, my Country and even other Countries.
Before "U2", played "Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds", they played 53 minutes.
Noel the member of the band "Oasis" (1991–2009).
U2, played for 128 minutes. Played 23 songs.
They were awesome live doing this stadium show. Amazing sound.
1st show I was Pitch 1 on the right corner of the VIP area just on front row.
2nd show I was 1st row corner of the B Stage (Tree Stage) with Larry Mullen drums just ahead of me.
3rd show I was on the stands with a Gold Hot Ticket from VIP Nation.
U2 played their second night in the French capital. On all three of their European stadium tours in the 2000s–10s, they have done at least two dates in Paris; the last stadium tour to feature just one night there was Popmart on 6 September 1997.
There were a few changes to the set from night one. A Sort of Homecoming made its second appearance on the current leg, replacing Bad in third. Mysterious Ways returned to the encore after missing three gigs. Little Things was absent from the set, missing the opportunity to be played at four shows in a row—its best run of consecutive concerts thus remains three. The closer was instead I Will Follow, its sixth performance of the tour and first outside North America.
01. Sunday Bloody Sunday 02. New Year's Day 03. A Sort Of Homecoming 04. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 05. Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (Snippet) 06. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (Snippet) 07. With Or Without You 08. Bullet The Blue Sky 09. Running To Stand Still 10. Red Hill Mining Town 11. In God's Country 12. Trip Through Your Wires 13. One Tree Hill 14. Exit / Wise Blood (Snippet) / Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Snippet) 15. Mothers Of The Disappeared
Encore(s): 16. Miss Sarajevo 17. Beautiful Day / Starman (Snippet) 18. Elevation 19. Vertigo / It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It) (Snippet) 20. Mysterious Ways 21. Ultra Violet (Light My Way) 22. One / Hear Us Coming (snippet) 23. I will follow
In bold are the videos I made.
Videos of U2 (24 videos of 23 songs):
U2-Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/xVIlc1UgyPU
And the video:
U2-New Year's Day, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/GuxIpLJ1NTE
And the video:
U2-A Sort Of Homecoming, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/9_y6D0O1awo
And the video:
U2-Pride (In The Name Of Love), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/KbOe3FcXloY
And the video:
U2-Where the Streets Have No Name + California(TINETL)(Sn),StadeDeFrance,Paris,France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/S_dYcXkZCeY
And the video:
U2-I Still Haven't Found What I'm LookingFor+StandByMe(Sn),Stade De France,Paris,France,2017-07-26HD
https://youtu.be/sJCkSOKm9Ns
And the video:
U2-With Or Without You, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/E1kcsR33wPo
And the video:
U2-Bullet The Blue Sky, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/Z1hcts_ZGxc
And the video:
U2-Running To Stand Still, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/eGJjMlWx044
And the video:
U2-Red Hill Mining Town, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/SUoOwIzj8Ts
And the video:
U2-In God's Country, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/3qrQq6_Jcto
And the video:
U2-Trip Through Your Wires, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/edo0jKNlli0
And the video:
U2-One Tree Hill, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/12LSkbFvx7Q
And the video:
U2-Exit + Wise Blood (Sn) + Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Snippet), StadeDeFrance,Paris,France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/JdUClqtyJxQ
And the video:
U2-Mothers Of The Disappeared, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/Mn0nfz0eoXU
And the video:
U2-Miss Sarajevo, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/P6Ak8hp7wSA
And the video:
U2-Beautiful Day + Starman (Snippet), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/Vu7uQtkr-As
And the video:
U2-Elevation, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/6uRHwHi_Q0I
And the video:
U2-Vertigo + It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (ButILikeIt)(Snippet),StadeDeFrance,Paris,France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/JgxwHD40qps
And the video:
U2-Mysterious Ways, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/7GZYBVRaEO0
And the video:
U2-Ultra Violet (Light My Way), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/xb5VaNeIF0Y
And the video:
U2-One + Hear Us Coming (Snippet) (...), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/DVuSwzCUxik
And the video:
U2-One + Hear Us Coming (Snippet) (End), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/96UN6yBteEQ
And the video:
U2-I Will Follow, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-26 HD
https://youtu.be/LNOzoijcGCs
And the video:
Tue, July 25, 2017 in Paris, France @ Stade De France
I went to Dublin and Paris to see 3 amazing shows by U2 (Saturday on Dublin and then Tuesday and Wednesday in Paris) from the "The Joshua Tree Tour 2017".
Celebrating 30 Years of "The Joshua Tree".
"The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into superstars. U2 is celebrating the album’s thirtieth anniversary with a world tour. The original album tackled weighty real-world topics. Bono and company want to connect the music to right now — to global anxieties about, immigration, human rights, and governmental regimes."
"But The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into superstars, with hit singles “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where the Streets Have No Name”. It was their first album to hit No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. U2 found themselves on the cover of Time magazine. A Grammy was awarded to the music video for “Streets,” shot on top of a Los Angeles liquor store. And when it was all said and done, The Joshua Tree sold more than 25,000,000 copies worldwide, was awarded the Grammy for Album of the Year, and contributed to U2 entering the discussion for greatest rock band ever. When Rolling Stone Magazine compiled its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, five U2 albums were listed, with The Joshua Tree ranked No. 27 (U2’s highest presence on the list)."
"In 2017, U2 is celebrating the album’s thirtieth anniversary with a world tour that spans 33 shows for an estimated 1.7 million fans. But these Dubliners have no desire to present The Joshua Tree tour as a museum piece. Bono and company want to connect the music to right now — to global anxieties about labor, immigration, human rights, governmental regimes, and the environment."
Saw them 11 times before in other places, my Country and even other Countries.
Before "U2", played "Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds", they played 52 minutes.
Noel the member of the band "Oasis" (1991–2009).
U2, played for 127 minutes. Played 22 songs.
They were awesome live doing this stadium show. Amazing sound.
1st show I was Pitch 1 on the right corner of the VIP area just on front row.
2nd show I was 1st row corner of the B Stage (Tree Stage) with Larry Mullen drums just ahead of me.
3rd show I was on the stands with a Gold Hot Ticket from VIP Nation.
Today, U2 performed their first of two concerts in Paris. This is their first visit to France since the two special shows on 6 and 7 December 2015, which were postponed after the terrorist attack on an Eagles of Death Metal concert, and at the second of which Eagles of Death Metal made a guest appearance.
At both of those concerts in 2015, U2 performed a full cover of Patti Smith's People Have the Power, once with Patti and once with Eagles of Death Metal. At today's show Patti Smith again joined U2, but for Mothers of the Disappeared, during which she added extended snippets of People Have the Power. This is the second guest appearance in Mothers of the Disappeared after Eddie Vedder and Mumford and Sons joined the band on 14 May 2017.
The setlist was unchanged from that played in Dublin and Barcelona. This is the second time this tour that three consecutive shows have had setlists identical in songs and order, after the shows in Miami, Tampa, and Louisville on 11, 14, and 16 June.
01. Sunday Bloody Sunday 02. New Year's Day 03. Bad / Heroes (Snippet) / Where Are We Now? (Snippet) 04. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 05. Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (Snippet) 06. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 07. With Or Without You
08. Bullet The Blue Sky / Black Dog (snippet)
09. Running To Stand Still
10. Red Hill Mining Town
11. In God's Country
12. Trip Through Your Wires
13. One Tree Hill
14. Exit / Wise Blood (Snippet) / Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Snippet)
15. Mothers Of The Disappeared / People Have The Power (Snippet) (with Patti Smith)
Encore(s):
16. Miss Sarajevo 17. Beautiful Day / Starman (Snippet) 18. Elevation 19. Vertigo / Rebel Rebel (Snippet) / She Loves You (snippet) 20. Ultra Violet (Light My Way) 21. One / Hear Us Coming (snippet) 22. The Little Things That Give You Away
In bold are the videos I made.
Videos of U2 (13 videos):
U2-Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/DWjdtyIR9qM
And the video:
U2-New Year's Day, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/0xAoFNHhUJc
And the video:
U2-Bad + Heroes (Sn) + Where Are We Now (Snippet), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/KaDn-bnv98w
And the video:
U2-Pride (In The Name Of Love), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/tpw6GbSmAU8
And the video:
U2-Where the Streets Have No Name + California(TINETL)(Sn),StadeDeFrance,Paris,France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/JM6tZ-5eNbI
And the video:
U2-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/tmEye5-IbDw
And the video:
U2-With Or Without You, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/RHiBEU9VvVk
And the video:
U2-Beautiful Day + Starman (Snippet), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/suOIEECU7bw
And the video:
U2-Elevation, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/VBZgMXiAqCc
And the video:
U2-Vertigo + Rebel Rebel (Sn) + She Loves You (Sn), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/SuLleAAvRcg
And the video:
U2-Ultra Violet (Light My Way), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/2fdr3dYxnpk
And the video:
U2-One + Hear Us Coming (Snippet), Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/W8LJVxwoCCY
And the video:
U2-The Little Things That Give You Away, Stade De France, Paris, France, 2017-07-25 HD
https://youtu.be/dxUkkNjHecA
And the video:
Sat, July 22, 2017 in Dublin, Ireland @ Croke Park
I went to Dublin and Paris to see 3 amazing shows by U2 (Saturday on Dublin and then Tuesday and Wednesday in Paris) from the "The Joshua Tree Tour 2017".
Celebrating 30 Years of "The Joshua Tree".
"The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into superstars. U2 is celebrating the album’s thirtieth anniversary with a world tour. The original album tackled weighty real-world topics. Bono and company want to connect the music to right now — to global anxieties about, immigration, human rights, and governmental regimes."
"But The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into superstars, with hit singles “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where the Streets Have No Name”. It was their first album to hit No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. U2 found themselves on the cover of Time magazine. A Grammy was awarded to the music video for “Streets,” shot on top of a Los Angeles liquor store. And when it was all said and done, The Joshua Tree sold more than 25,000,000 copies worldwide, was awarded the Grammy for Album of the Year, and contributed to U2 entering the discussion for greatest rock band ever. When Rolling Stone Magazine compiled its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, five U2 albums were listed, with The Joshua Tree ranked No. 27 (U2’s highest presence on the list)."
"In 2017, U2 is celebrating the album’s thirtieth anniversary with a world tour that spans 33 shows for an estimated 1.7 million fans. But these Dubliners have no desire to present The Joshua Tree tour as a museum piece. Bono and company want to connect the music to right now — to global anxieties about labor, immigration, human rights, governmental regimes, and the environment."
Saw them 10 times before in other places, my Country and even other Countries.
Before "U2", played "Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds", they played 54 minutes.
Noel the member of the band "Oasis" (1991–2009).
U2, played for 129 minutes. Played 22 songs.
They were awesome live doing this stadium show. Amazing sound.
1st show I was Pitch 1 on the right corner of the VIP area just on front row.
2nd show I was 1st row corner of the B Stage (Tree Stage) with Larry Mullen drums just ahead of me.
3rd show I was on the stands with a Gold Hot Ticket from VIP Nation.
Tonight was U2's only hometown jaunt of The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour. The last time they played Dublin just once on a tour was all the way back on 29 June 1985, during the sixth leg of The Unforgettable Fire Tour, subtitled the European Summer Festivals leg. That concert also took place at Croke Park. Discounting those festivals, the last time they played Dublin only once was 26 January 1982 on the third leg of the October Tour, a night that saw the live debut of Tomorrow. U2 have never before played Ireland just once on a tour.
Bad was dedicated to Guckpants Delaney, the Lypton Village name for Andy Rowan. At the end of the song Bono snippeted Simon & Garfunkel's America for the first time this leg. During Streets there was a quadruple flyover by fighter jets, the contrails of each mixing to create the Irish tricolour as they passed over the stadium. Mothers of the Disappeared was played in Ireland for the first time ever, although it made a brief appearance in the past when it was snippeted on 25 July 2009. Amazingly, tonight's performance of Miss Sarajevo (the 183 for the song) was also the first in Ireland. Although a mainstay on both the Vertigo and 360 tours, it joined the set after the Irish concerts on both occasions. This is the longest gap (in both number of performances and time) for a song between debuting live and appearing in Dublin, though if Scarlet is ever performed there it will shatter that record for time.
01. Sunday Bloody Sunday 02. New Year's Day 03. Bad / America (Snippet)
04. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
05. Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (Snippet) 06. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
07. With Or Without You
08. Bullet The Blue Sky / Black Dog (Snippet) + America (Snippet)
09. Running To Stand Still 10. Red Hill Mining Town
11. In God's Country
12. Trip Through Your Wires
13. One Tree Hill
14. Exit / Wise Blood (Snippet) + Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Snippet)
15. Mothers Of The Disappeared
Encore(s):
16. Miss Sarajevo 17. Beautiful Day / Starman (Snippet)
18. Elevation
19. Vertigo / Rebel Rebel (Snippet)
20. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
21. One / Hear Us Coming (Snippet)
Happy Birthday 22. The Little Things That Give You Away
In bold are the videos I made.
Videos of U2 (6 videos):
U2-New Year's Day, Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 2017-07-22 HD
https://youtu.be/r9B38mMfrKM
And the video:
U2-Bad + America (Snippet), Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 2017-07-22 HD
https://youtu.be/mGqQ3Xf1ows
And the video:
U2-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 2017-07-22 HD
https://youtu.be/O5Q54hlZx0U
And the video:
U2-Red Hill Mining Town, Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 2017-07-22 HD
https://youtu.be/5fCM3dVQCEw
And the video:
U2-Beautiful Day + Starman (Snippet), Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 2017-07-22 HD
https://youtu.be/W_g3WRUAEHg
And the video:
U2-The Little Things That Give You Away, Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 2017-07-22 HD
https://youtu.be/foMLkSjP2AM
And the video:
At the end of Fear the Walking Dead‘s midseason finale, fans heard an unfamiliar cover for the familiar song, “Stand By Me.” The cover fit perfectly with the ending and made for a tense, emotional monologue at the end.
The cover is by Ki: Theory (aka Joe Burleson), a recording artist who specializes in alternative rock.
Here’s the full song:
There’s also an official music video for the song, which you can watch here:
Fans are saying that they absolutely loved the song. In fact, most fans loved everything about the midseason finale of Fear the Walking Dead. It was intense and had some big twists and turns (did anyone predict what happened with Ofelia?) The scene with Strand was also moving. And although we didn’t get to see Daniel Salazar, it’s going to be interesting to see how he reacts to learning about what Ofelia did, if he ever meets up with her again.
Do you think Ofelia will group up again with Madison, Nick and Alicia? Or is this the end of Ofelia’s role on the show? And what do you think will happen next? Will Madison take over the camp, or will they live in peace at the ranch with Walker and the other Native Americans? It’s hard to imagine how Troy especially is going to deal with what happened to his dad.
Bono hails London as ‘capital of the world’ as U2 triumph at Twickenham
Bono also paid tribute to murdered Labour MP Jo Cox.
(David Jensen/PA)
By Catherine Wylie, Press Association
Bono has thanked Britain for “looking after the Irish” as U2 played to a packed Twickenham Stadium.
The rock star hailed London “capital of the world” as the band played the latest gig in The Joshua Tree tour, celebrating the album of the same name released 30 years ago.
He said the band were “boys” when they first came to the city and went on to reflect on Irish immigrants coming to Britain.
U2 at Twickenham (David Jensen/PA)
As green, white and orange Iights illuminated the stage, Bono described the scene as a “subliminal message from the motherland”.
He said: “We came to this great Great Britain and we thank you for looking after the Irish.”
Bono expressed thanks for the “safety” and “sanctuary” given, adding: “We hope that won’t stop.”
The band played for more than two hours and performed all the songs from The Joshua Tree album including With Or Without You and Where The Streets Have No Name, before belting out more recent hits such as Vertigo and Beautiful Day.
Released in March 1987, The Joshua Tree was drawn from U2’s relationship with the United States and beat Prince’s Sign O’ The Times to the best album prize at the 1988 Grammy Awards.
The band dedicated one of the last songs of their set – Ultraviolet – to murdered MP Jo Cox who was shot and stabbed on June 16 last year as she arrived for a constituency surgery in Birstall.
The mother-of-two had been elected as Labour MP for the Batley and Spen constituency just 13 months earlier.
Before the song, Bono said she lived her life “championing the lives of others”, adding: “Jo Cox, you light the way.”
For the last song, the band were joined on stage by Noel Gallagher for a rendition of Don’t Look Back In Anger.
