thombullock @u2gigs what’s the over/under on getting a “kneee-EEEE-eel” out of Bono? Never since Vertigo tour as far as I know.
As well as the longest gap between stages, just half-a-week short of 10 years & 10 months!
It’s worth noting that at the Dreamforce concert it will be only the second time the outdoor Vertigo Tour stage is used in the United States
@allhorizonbomb They’re more recent so older albums get the deep cuts instead. In a Little While had a long run on 360.
@supraman0511 Outside stage was used in Hawaii.
RT @U2enEspana: Getting ready for @U2 ! #Dreamforce #Salesforce #SanFrancisco #U240 (thanks u2blog.pl)
@supraman0511 When did the US go down to 49 states?
That old link still works by the way, though it is just a redirect to our current URL.
On a final sidenote, back then we were known as u2-vertigo-tour; didn’t become U2Gigs until the start of 360! How the times change!
So what does this tell us about the Dreamforce concert? Absolutely nothing, but fun to look back! Maybe we’ll get a Stories For Boys snippet
Finally, the tour also featured the last performances of Kite.
VT was also the last time we got a Pop song in concert (Discotheque x2), although Staring at the Sun was done a few years later for Clinton
An Cat Dubh, Into the Heart, The Electric Co., The Ocean. Gloria too for the October fans. Also a left-field Love Is Blindness!
Miss Sarajevo, Zoo Station, Running to Stand Still, Wild Horses, 40, The First Time. And of course the slew of Boy-era songs!
continued the trend of bringing back old songs for (in many cases) a last hurrah (or sometimes a first one!). What oldies did we get?
Outside the COBL and Vertigo staples only Yahweh (x1) and Miracle Drug (x2) have been done since the tour ended. But of course, it also …
Miracle Drug, Crumbs, All Because of You, Original of the Species, and Window in the Skies.
Apart from Vertigo (often done twice on the outside stage) and COBL which are still staples, we had Love and Peace, Sometimes, Yahweh, …
So since U2 appear to be setting up a version of their Vertigo Tour stage, let’s take a look at what that tour gave us!
U2 play Dreamforce on Wednesday. It’ll be longer than iHeart, scheduled for almost 2 hours. Will be interesting to see what’s performed.
U2Valencia Montaje con pasarelas en el escenario de #U2 en el #Dreamfest #CloudPalace #GenevaTheatre #SanFrancisco #DalyCity… https://t.co/MqcZR9rRZL
harrykantas “This is a song we played at the Cow Palace 31 years ago, a message to Donald Trump, this is a song called Seconds”
#DreamingOutLoud #U2 @U2
atu2 It looks like the 2006 Vertigo Outdoor tour stage is being setup for Dreamfest on Wednesday twitter.com/U2Valencia/sta…
MiguelFreitas Há 6 anos, à espera dos U2.
6 years ago, waiting for U2.
#U2 #U2360 #U2360Tour #U2Coimbra #U2Coimbra2010… https://t.co/09vA1EaBK6
So Bruce Springsteen signed one student’s absence note when he missed school for a meet and greet. That’s cool. bbc.com/news/world-us-…
@Cesar80798797 All of us use it in this way. It’s another form of interacting with our followers. The other 22k of them don’t seem to mind.
@Cesar80798797 So you want this to be a dull robotic account with no charm or personality? Cool, OK, but it won’t be.
@Cesar80798797 We’re allowed to occasionally mention other things we like, because we’re not one-dimensional people.
@steviec180466 What are you on about? 1st, I was talking about Australian Rules football; 2nd, we’ve often posted about sporting events.
Let’s pause to revel in the Western Bulldogs’ fairytale win in the #AFLGF and THAT feelgood moment between Bevo & Bob Murphy. #bemorebulldog
U2 Joe O since ’78… The Edge https://t.co/xtFG8TKjT5
U2Community last call for @U2.com subscribers to get your name in the hat u2.com/news/title/ent… #dreamforce
iAMFunk21 @u2gigs “On this episode of Bono Bono, Bono goes on vacation - only to get in trouble when he begins to play music from the new album aloud”
So Japan has an anime series called Bono Bono. I was quite disappointed to find out it doesn’t star everyone’s favourite lead singer. Matkin
markpeterboro Kraftwerk tickets have some restrictions, no more than four tickets per person over the whole tour https://t.co/nD1EXe33vs
The winner of tonight’s presidential debate is Canadian real estate.
hiattb Excited about Trump’s decision to debut his new Trumphisto persona tonight https://t.co/OZtspPWiph
tilldecember Have you guys seen this #U240 tribute? Let’s get it out there: pls RT m.youtube.com/watch?v=IPqRuv… @u2gigs @u2songs @u2gw @U2Valencia @U2Memes
SilRigote Of course I HAVE to RT this!!!! ❤️ twitter.com/u2/status/7803…
jovineri Timelapse of my 40th Anniversary drawing tribute to @U2 #U240 Cheers, J youtu.be/aA0oofFiHUA @atu2 @U2Memes @u2gigs @U2Community @U2start
37) One Tree Hill 38) Drunk Chicken 39) Mercy 40) Raised By Wolves
31) White as Snow 32) Cedars of Lebanon 33) Crazy Tonight 34) Stand Up Comedy 35) City of Blinding Lights 36) In God’s Country
25) Get on Your Boots 26) The Saints Are Coming 27) A Celebration 28) Love and Peace or Else 29) Crumbs From Your Table 30) Winter
INTERMISSION: George W Bush sings Sunday Bloody Sunday youtube.com/watch?v=PXnO_F…
@CrossEyedClam We’re just fans. If we were interested we’d say so, but we aren’t into flamewars.
18) The Hands That Built America 19) Last Night on Earth 20) Please 21) Walk On 22) Peace on Earth 23) Native Son 24) Breathe
11) Red Hill Mining Town 12) Exit 13) Wave of Sorrow 14) Race Against Time 15) One 16) Zoo Station 17) Miss Sarajevo
5) Sunday Bloody Sunday 6) Seconds 7) Bullet the Blue Sky 8) Mother’s of the Disappeared 9) The Refugee 10) The Unforgettable Fire
So hey, 40 years of U2. Here’s 40 political U2 songs to mark the occasion! 1) Pride 2) MLK 3) New Year’s Day 4) Silver and Gold
GnoccoFritto @u2gigs My take is that it’s a shame that people focus on U2’s politics instead of their innovative setlist of new songs at iHeart.
And don’t expect any of us to be positive about your candidate. We don’t endorse. We do disdorse. Also my wife is Mexican. Matkin.
.@corianderstem Those iPhones were asking for it!
And if you do… we’ll set Ax on you. He’ll live trivia you to the ground and then finish you off with the complete history of NZ railways.
But seriously folks; if you don’t like the politics of U2, don’t bother tweeting it at us. 1) We don’t care 2) We aren’t interested
corianderstem @u2gigs But it muat be true - look at the atrocities they committed to every iPhone owner! … or maybe that makes them dictators.
@phillipmoran1 Ax said he was done. I’d suggest you contact him personally. Matkin.
I think calling U2 “warmongerers” is my new favourite insult. Matkin.
RT @centreleftof1: @SBJanet @u2gigs They are humanists, anti-racist and anti-fascist. Research their history and you’ll understand why they…
RT @SBJanet: U2 has gone too far, no longer relevant. They just slammed half of all Americans, They’re now Dictators, H8rs, warmongers aga…
Some people don’t know when to stop
atu2 In this week’s OTR, @atu2comSherry lauds #U2’s social activism, including Friday’s #Trump takedown: bit.ly/2d9GoGP
dublinmuseum There’s still to come along and celebrate 40 years of @U2 in our permanent exhibition —> U2: Made in Dublin… https://t.co/cky7PibToa
@mrmazo Tell it to the band, we are an unaffiliated fansite.
TrailerTrsh @u2gigs the fine print says it all. Still making their voice heard. https://t.co/oYlrWldDiC
davec82 Dear @U2, Happy #U240! The greatest rock band since 1976! @U2start @u2gigs @U2Community @U2comZooMods https://t.co/EB7HSuUYen
@DutchU2Fan We have them tracked from the last tour. Not yet sure if they will be added.
@CBarcaQC Seems like people felt it was very forced/not in tune/destabilized the momentum/just didn’t fit.
We aren’t interested in those convos cluttering our timeline, folks. If you’re gonna wish someone drowned as a child, don’t @ us.
Surprise: The longest “talk” in our mentions from last night where people wish for others to die is about the Yellow snippet, not Trump!
@coribald Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if it was spontaneous, Bono belting it out because he listened to it earlier in the day
.@rachelh877 From the horse’s mouth: youtube.com/watch?v=7E_Bn1…
dublinmuseum We’ve had a great day celebrating @U2 If you didn’t get a chance to pop in, come along tomorrow for the 40th annive… https://t.co/CrMIrthygH
The Hollywood Mix of Desire from last night youtube.com/watch?v=HEd0mF…
harrykantas Better pics of the Trump dollar, and without the watermark, for whoever wants them.
Regular note for scale. https://t.co/fpERYMjhBd
In case any of you were wondering about my (Ax) reaction to #AFLGiantsDogs: What a breathtaking finish! SONS! OF! THE! WEST!
I (Ax) am surprised how many people are hostile to the Yellow snippet. I’m no Coldplay fan, but how is it worse than any other Bono snip?
@phillipmoran1 I also teach fascism. I know it when I see it, and Trump’s rhetoric is frankly terrifying. But whatever. I’m done.
@phillipmoran1 Somebody need not live in a country to have an informed opinion on its politics. I (Ax) am a political historian after all.
@phillipmoran1 I (Ax) would prefer not to debate this via this account, but given Trump’s policies are at best borderline fascist, yes.
@DWilbur3 I (Ax) find Bono’s love affair with the US tiresome, that’s all.
@mrmikeyadams I heard that one fifteen years ago!
@TheWizardTower Well I do enjoy Ultraviolet, the masochist’s favourite U2 song. “Ultraviolent love…”
Something to keep in mind: a disavowal of one person does not equate an automatic endorsement of another. It’s your world, you can change it
Sometimes I wonder why I (Matkin) try to play the peacemaker…
@Pigeon_off If you choose to focus on only two out of the main four that is your prerogative. In my country the third-placed party won last.
@Pigeon_off Are there ever more than two candidates? This year is more competitive than it has been in decades with two other known choices
@phillipmoran1 You sure are showing the lazy stereotypes that define a typical Trump supporter.
Signed Ax, in a personal capacity
Now I (Ax) am off to watch #AFLGiantsDogs. Here’s hoping Footscray achieve a miracle. CARN THE DOGGIES!
Here’s our write-up of U2 at the #iHeartFestival with full setlist: u2gigs.com/article1138.ht… #U2Vegas #U240
.@phillipmoran1 Extrapolating a “severe blanket stereotype” on Americans just for saying we received some racist commentary is laughable
@phillipmoran1 Ax did no such thing. He was talking about the tweets we received just for reporting on the set.
I (Matkin) will just say this: anybody who is surprised that U2 would dare comment on Trump’s policies clearly has no idea of U2’s past!
I (Ax) suppose the Amazon link for my book may be better for many of you. amazon.com/Acknowledge-No…
While I (Matkin) will remind him to be as political as Bono and not turn into a traveling salesman with a 16-inch cockatoo!
If you want to follow my personal account where I post more about history (and other stuff), it’s @DrDreHistorian.
joe_ahorro Spoke to Joe O’herly. New rumour alert. Says they’ll return here next year. North America in the Spring. Australia early 2018.
.@Pigeon_off No member of U2 endorsed Clinton tonight.
While I (Ax) have you all here, you should definitely grab a copy of my book. otago.ac.nz/press/books/ot…
@phillipmoran1 Maybe not but there have been racist tweets. I (Ax) prefer not to make this account more political than Bono makes it though!
@abidhussayn Still 25% of tonight’s concert. Accurate representation of 40 years I think!
@leehblair Very rare outside full tour concerts/dress rehearsals though. Only at music video, Super Bowl, U2 3D premiere, U2 Minus 1 & atU2
U2isBAD Looks like @U2 called it quits before the set list said to. Left WOWY out. Still a great show. @U2start @u2gigs https://t.co/Bh5eBSFhmb
Show report is coming, folks. Just lost a half-written one, ugh. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
@leehblair Last one of comparable length? Carnegie Hall had 6 songs, Hollywood Ball had 7. No Streets at either.
Oh goodie, Bono’s Trump comments have brought a few racists out of the woodwork. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
@sb_wreeldeal @nitebus Where was Miami? They were on the right continent!
@abidhussayn @U2start Half the set was 2000s to present, a quarter was post ATYCLB
@nitebus I am genuinely surprised no new song. The rest of the set not a shock.
Looks like that is it, no encore. People Have the Power playing over the speakers #U2 #iHeartFestival
Hah, the post-show music is familiar: People Have the Power! #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Nope, here’s post-show music. Definitely over. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Is there even half a chance of an encore? Crowd still cheering. Come on lads! #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
@nitebus To be honest I’d complain more but it’s just water off a duck’s back now. I expected exactly this.
@U2Achtung_ You’re missing EBW after One.
@nitebus We were bad last tour? I thought we were pretty good compared to normal!
Bono wishing the crowd goodnight. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
@MekVox Big “if” there I think. #U2 #iHeartMusicFestival #iHeartMusic #iHeartRadio
atu2comSherry Tonight’s #iHeartFestival performances will be edited down to fit a 2-hour TV special on Oct. 6 on the CW. Max. U2 will get 4 songs on TV
Bono talking about how 40 years ago U2 were formed, “had their first date”. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival #U240
8. No Bullet. It’s I Still Haven’t Found. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Or not. It’s ISHF instead!
Bono namedrops Ryan Tedder at end of EBW. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
EBW-Bullet-Zooropa-Streets to end?
Not sure I was needed tonight, Ax is entertaining you all plenty!
There have been rumours of Bullet. We may be about to get the IE Tour transition, EBW/Bullet. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
It’s the stripped down acoustic EBW of the IE Tour. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Every Breaking Wave! #U2
One is not the last song! Calm the panic stations.
7. “late night version” of Every Breaking Wave #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
It’s a pretty passionate Hear Us Coming, too. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
One has Do You Hear Us Coming, at least!! #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Given this is #U240, they better at least close with 40! #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
I wonder if Do You Hear Us Coming will make a return?
Geez I really hope this isn’t U2’s last song. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
sb_wreeldeal @u2gigs Feels like a night we we’re getting Acrobat. But that’s just me. Could be wrong
@coribald I’m struggling to remember!
Bono now urging people not to vote Trump, that a person not defined by their ethnicity or religion. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Bono over One intro reprises US as “not just a country but an idea”, “best idea the world has ever had” (ugh) #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
RT @iHeartRadio: .@U2 is making everyone extremely emotional out here. “More than ever, we need the spirit of non-violence”
Six is One. Err, that doesn’t sound right? #U2 #IHeartFestival
6. One, they’re racing through the hits #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Martin Luther King sample played during Pride with accompanying video footage. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Bono in Pride: “Peace not just the absence of violence - peace is love that gets organised! So get out and vote!” #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Bono in Pride calls for “spirit of non-violence, not just across this land, but across the world”. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Bono doing usual “sing for the peacemakers” IE Tour thing in Pride. “More than ever we need the spirit of Dr King!” #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Bono’s vocals don’t seem 100%. Edge obviously contributing heavily on Pride. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Pride is fifth #U2 #iHeartFestival
5. Pride #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Yellow snippet to close out BDay
Don’t worry Ax, I’m rusty too. I used up all my tweets with a Beautiful Day’s worth of time until they refreshed!
We’re all rusty. Bono’s flubbing end of Beautiful Day, mis-timing the lyrics. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
“Brandon Flowers right in front of you” Bono sings in Beautiful Day. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
I also forgot to mention Vertigo had a She Loves You snippet, sorry. I’m normally on the ball with naming those. Must be rusty! #U2Vegas
In case you missed us link to streams earlier. I (Ax) am using the Periscope. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
4. Beautiful Day #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Today is first time Desire has opened any full-band public show. (There are a few other examples, usually acoustic small/impromptu gigs.)
harrykantas #iHeartRadioMusicFestival #U240
@U2 @U2Community @iHeartRadio
ZOO Trump ECU!!!!! https://t.co/4kncxMwoPM
U2start Vertigo is song 2and is accompanied with the familiar Vertigo visuals and has the extended outro! Pic @harrykantas https://t.co/VpSwWRwOWE
3. Elevation #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Elevation makes a trifecta of rockers to open #U2
Extended outro for Vertigo with band intros. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Vertigo Tour visuals according to Sil.
@FernandoDante U2’s website
Well in case you were wondering if Bono still has the political fire in his belly, Desire proved FUCK YES HE DOES. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Vertigo is second. Hollywood Desire had something Trumpy incorporated into it. I believe they were ridiculing him. Matkin
2. Vertigo #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Bono re: Trump “what do you have to lose? Everything!” #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Bono: “Las Vegas are you ready to gamble with the American dream?” Trump on screen. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Been a few years since I listened to the Hollywood Mix. Really heavy emphasis on the bass if I remember it right.
Here is our mainpage article that will have full #U2 set in progress: u2gigs.com/article1138.ht… #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Yes, that is the opening song. Desire in the never before-played Hollywood Mix. Which is basically album version with police sirens.
U2 ARE ON STAGE.
1. DESIRE starts proceedings #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Hollywood Mix of Desire? Amazing!
Sean Penn introduces U2 as “four gangsters from Ireland”. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Seacrest introduces Sean Penn… #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Ryan Seacrest on stage crapping on right now. #U2Vegas #iHeartFestival
Okay, maybe a couple minutes was an exaggeration. Maybe closer to 30 seconds?
#iHeartFestival feeds update, audio:
Sil: mixlr.com/sil-rigote--2/
iHeart: iheart.com/live/iheartrad…
Video: periscope.tv/w/1MnxnnQwqXkxO #U2Vegas
Seems to be at least a couple of minutes behind though #iHeartFestival
The @U2 stream is now playing. #iHeartFestival
Some announcer at #iHeartFestival telling people U2 up next. Showtime very close… #U2Vegas
WTSHNN Dallas and Stuart set up 7 guitars. Also a b-stage-esque drum kit set up.
@TyTy1124 I’m assuming for E stage songs like Desire?
While Matt is relaxing on the beach, Matkin is busy getting medicated to try and stop his nose from auditioning for the Numb video!
Drake is finished. U2 on VERY SOON. #iHeartFestival
@SilRigote says heaps of people are leaving already.
Drake says “a lot of love for my brother Bono”, praises him for “trying to make the world a better place”. #iHeartFestival
Nice to see Matt is relaxing on a tropical island while Matkin and I put in the hard yards!
@allhorizonbomb Sorry, not a subscriber so I (Ax) can’t listen.
Good to see Ax and Matkin covering iHeart for our site. Here’s what I do at the moment. Matt https://t.co/pIPfGdHniH
#iHeartFestival audio feeds:
Sil: mixlr.com/sil-rigote--2/
iHeart maybe: iheart.com/live/iheartrad…
And Periscope vid: periscope.tv/timneufeld/1RD…
U2 meant to be starting now but proceedings a bit behind schedule, Drake still playing. Should be on within 20 mins though. #iHeartFestival
U2start Bono: “You mean there are some phones we haven’t gotten into yet?”
U2start Bono confirms in interview album is coming next year. Question: “Some young people are going to hear your music for the first time”
Here’s a live Periscope stream from #iHeartFestival. twitter.com/timneufeld/sta…
Bono says U2 album in 2017. twitter.com/TyTy1124/statu…
Here we go, @SilRigote saving the day w/ Mixlr feed: mixlr.com/sil-rigote--2/
@MekVox Show’s running behind schedule though. Drake has started 20mins late.
Drake is beginning at #iHeartFestival, so that means U2 are about 40 minutes away.