@corianderstem I’ve never heard the original, but the snippet itself is insipid, it’s more America blather, and it’… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
7. With or Without You #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
rob_leingang .@kdido on #Periscope: U2 Detroit @U2community #U2forU @u2start @atu2 pscp.tv/w/bHtXLDF4a2pE…
6. I Still Haven’t Found. Crowd singing along loudly. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@k_now_waite A shame. Need to update some of it.
@Cloverground Nah, tenuous. He started it one night to reference a tragedy, and it’s a generic phrase suited to suc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
A very brief “there is no end to love” in Streets. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@sb_wreeldeal Hahaha, touche. I’ll pay that.
@sb_wreeldeal I’m no patriotic booster, but my homeland gave women the vote first & pioneered welfare state. When’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@sb_wreeldeal Without intending offence, I find his enthusiasm for America both baffling and retrograde.
@carynrose @bethandbono No kidding. A neo-Nazi killed a protester with a car but we need to reach for higher ground… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
5. It’s time for the purpose of this tour: The Joshua Tree. Streets, of course, is first. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@Cloverground I honestly don’t think that’s a snippet. We’re not counting it.
@sb_wreeldeal Much shorter leg though. Oh god, another month of Bono blabbing about how much he loves the States.
Bono’s speech in Pride “we’ll find common ground by reaching for higher ground” is unchanged. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@sb_wreeldeal I got well tired of it before the first leg was even halfway through. Heroes was great.
The Periscope I posted earlier has gone down but this one is live: pscp.tv/w/1mrxmmRNQqDx… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
4. Pride #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@GnoccoFritto I’d be sorely tempted by Boy or October to get me some b-sides and other rarities.
The snippet of Simon & Garfunkel’s America is back in Bad. The European snippetry was better. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@GnoccoFritto I struggle to say which eighties tour had the best sets. Lovetown is my favourite for variety. But if… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
And on the War Tour, the only shows not closed by 40 were on the December 1982 “pre-tour” leg.
The only tour to ever have just one closer is UF. Every show ended w/ 40, unless you count Live Aid ending w/ Bad as part of the tour.
@sb_wreeldeal I seriously hope for Bad now. I might check out of covering a show if I hear ASOH. Really didn’t thin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
Bono calls Detroit “city of invention, city of reinvention”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Bono: “thank you for taking the trouble to come out and see us on your holiday weekend.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
3. Bad is still in the mix #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Here’s what Bono said about Beck at the start of NYD. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 twitter.com/godgrrl/status…
New Year’s Day still has the “golden age” verse, which has only ever been sung live on this tour, never before. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
And Elevation opened every Elevation Tour show but one. First gig of that third leg began with Beautiful Day: u2gigs.com/show1180.html
I should qualify ZooTV by noting that the public Hershey rehearsal began with Sunday Bloody Sunday. u2gigs.com/show609.html
Tours with just one opening song: ZooTV (Zoo Station), Pop (Mofo), IE (The Miracle), and so far #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 with SBS.
My stream just buffered a little but it sounded like Bono thanked support act Beck over the NYD intro. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
2. New Year’s Day #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Bono leads the crowd in the usual “no more!” chant in SBS. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Here’s our mainpage article that will have the full #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 Detroit set as it happens: u2gigs.com/article1220.ht…
1. The third leg begins with the only opener this tour has known, Sunday Bloody Sunday #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Finally! Here we go, intro music - it’s still The Whole of the Moon by The Waterboys. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
I hope you’re enjoying twiddling your thumbs waiting for U2. Hope Best Thing debuts tonight, but my guess is it will a couple of gigs later.
Here’s a Periscope feed for those of you who want one: pscp.tv/w/1nAJEeRMVLkJ… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2 are not on yet but they should be any moment now. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
This Mixlr by @jamesamurray is live at the moment: mixlr.com/jim-murray/
Jilly_Vanilly71 Beck Blue Moon; opening for the lads from Ireland @beck @u2 @u2gigs https://t.co/n0lWabgjjQ
Mixlr tonight from @SilRigote will be at mixlr.com/sil-rigote--2/ but she reports poor signal at the venue. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Hi folks, Ax here for night one of the third leg of #U2TheJoshuaTree2017. The band should be on stage in Detroit in 20-30 minutes.
justingagliano @u2gigs @u2songs i somehow got in the venue for the rehearsal of the new song, this was around 8:30, bono wasnt the… https://t.co/hiof8vQ4lf
markpeterboro The spreadsheet is ready for tonight’s gig. Will I have to delete this new line? #setlistgeek #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/Xu1Pqm8Qwi
Our article on U2’s rehearsals has been updated with more info on The Best Thing: u2gigs.com/article1219.ht… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
jamesamurray I’ll be doing @mixlr tomorrow at Ford Field. And I will have a solid connection @U2start @u2gigs @atu2 @U2ThreeChords @U2Online_ @U2BROTHR
Yep, I (Ax) will be pretending to do work while actually covering the gig.
We’ve got #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 rehearsal news from Detroit and full setlists from Vancouver rehearsals in May: u2gigs.com/article1219.ht…
@joe_ahorro Makes me think perhaps The Best Thing is possibly still a few days away from its debut, but fingers cro… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@joe_ahorro Cheers. So Edge only for The Best Thing, full band for the longer soundcheck of old songs later?
GirlinDC Buffalo GA line has started! Come to Gate 5 (Bills Store) to sign up @atu2 @U2start @u2gigs @u2songs… https://t.co/TtCotLn7MM
u2songs Kygo is doing weekly residency in Ibiza & he’s started spinning U2s new single again: instagram.com/p/BXyGOlUgZJp/ (than… https://t.co/MjRRcErWXI
AllanIsOnline @u2gigs I have a pair of GA floor seats for Tuesday night in Buffalo. Looking to Face Value, but reasonable offer will be accepted.
@joe_ahorro To clarify, was this all just Edge like The Best Thing earlier, or did the rest of the band turn up?
nunomoreira1 U2’s new song The Best Thing About Me live from Detroit!!! https://t.co/xAykJdWMkK
First night of a new leg tomorrow and I won’t be there. Away for the long weekend in Canada. Hope Ax or Matt are around! Matkin.
U2start Cover art for You’re The Best Thing About Me was posted on @TIDALHiFi but deleted soon after. Just 5 more days!… https://t.co/0wjoikpG0O
@U2Baja It’s filled under Various Dates u2gigs.com/show1421.html
Now it’s time for me (Ax) to sleep; it’s closing in on 3am Aussie time. Thanks for the company & nice to have a song exceed my expectations.
We have a little report on #U2TheBlackout, with a link to Facebook to replay the song: u2gigs.com/article1218.ht…
@tombhoy73 First song at any rate. And if it goes up on streaming those streams will be counted for charts.
@BirdieNumNums_1 Agree entirely. I was middling after the teaser; this beat my expectations.
BirdieNumNums_1 @u2gigs i feel like the 15 second chorus teaser did an injustice to the song, the groovy guitar is more the spirit;… https://t.co/hmBfXidcn0
@sb_wreeldeal It’s telling when you track the 360 sets and watch that opening blast of 4 new songs get eroded.
@sb_wreeldeal That was the cruelest part, that another top five song for me is what broke my heart.
@sb_wreeldeal My mate with me in London remarkedd he’d never seen anybody so disappointed as me when the Bad loop c… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@coribald I don’t think they could release anything and get a proper hit now, not like the old days. Albums, not si… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@sb_wreeldeal And I know it’s dumb luck and all that shit but fuck, songs that are all-time evoke emotions that don’t follow simple logic.
@sb_wreeldeal But I just couldn’t cover those shows. I’m not sure I can even do the third leg. That cut really deep… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@sb_wreeldeal I’d just got back to Australia. Felt completely flat; passed it off as jetlag.
@sb_wreeldeal OK now this is just starting to get cruel, like U2 have a vendetta against you hearing cool songs. I… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@vindersandhu89 Definitely getting Magnificent-meets-Zoo Station vibes from the intro too!
@_Dream_Out_Loud Yeah I definitely think it worked better as a gig opener than it did as a lead single.
@sereeasily Better than I expected. I’m actually pleasantly surprised.
@sb_wreeldeal I had like no money and still got the deluxe version. Why?! I just moved and I found my deluxe NLOTH,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@sb_wreeldeal DO NOT START ME ABOUT ASOH
There’s a reason I was quiet for the rest of the Europe leg.
@sb_wreeldeal EBW might’ve been a bit too adult-contemporary to be lead single but still not as clumsy as Miracle.
@sb_wreeldeal Kinda guilty? For listening to the leak…? Oh man, no guilt from me. What that says about teenage Ax’s ethics…
popartist61 OMG, that was balls to the walls fantastic @U2 #U2TheBlackout
@_Dream_Out_Loud Ehh, putting aside liking Miracle or not, I don’t think it was the best choice for lead single.
@prderocher We’ve got Best Thing to drop in a week and disagree about to get the earth back on its proper orbit. ;)
Ax’s 1st-listen hot take: U2 haven’t had a lead song from an album this good since Vertigo. Boots & Miracle were mis-steps; Blackout is not.
U2start You can listen again to #U2TheBlackout as much as you like with this link: facebook.com/u2/videos/1015…
markpeterboro Time to stop peeling carrots #U2TheBlackout https://t.co/3QLS5pnXJl
IT’S PLAYING. #U2TheBlackout facebook.com/u2/videos/1015…
Ten minutes until #U2TheBlackout, everybody. Premiering on Facebook: facebook.com/u2/videos/1015…
@Sanity_M Those remain the best U2 concerts I’ve seen. So much fun, and Boston was a great city to visit.
@Sanity_M That was 2005. I joined the site in Feb or March I think, just in time for the tour, and saw the band in May.
@Zooropalg You’d bloody hope so. Would be kind of crazy to just run it through on Facebook and then not put it up t… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@markpeterboro @Naomi_U2Sydney And hey, that still had good setlists. Part of me wants them to wait for 2019 for Lovetown30.
@duuuaaaane It’s so funny to think back to it now. Single songs?! Seems mad. And how long they took on my shitty dialup!
@markpeterboro @Naomi_U2Sydney Oh shit, because I’m going you’re probably right. I seem to be cursed for setlists this decade.
A few months later I joined Matthias in working on this site, saw U2 in Boston a couple more months later, then fast forward, here we are.
Luckily the power and Internet came back within a couple of minutes. I stayed up for hours listening to those songs. Simpler times, really.
Halfway through there was a huge thundercrack & my Internet died. I shouted “FUCK!” so loud I don’t know how I didn’t wake up whole house.
Turned out it was a friend telling me each song was going up online. This was summer in Queensland so a huge storm broke at the same time.
Who remembers HTDAAB leaking? I (Ax) was 17, I was just going to bed when my computer dinged & I decided to check who was messaging me.
@Naomi_U2Sydney If they bloody tour Europe and North America again before coming down here, I will…
@_Dream_Out_Loud In any case I’m aware that 1,000 streams = 1 sale.
@_Dream_Out_Loud My understanding—and I might be wrong—is that those strreaming stats accumulate to count for album… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@_Dream_Out_Loud If The Blackout is put on streaming services, it’s a single even if U2 don’t call it such, because… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@Naomi_U2Sydney Wouldn’t know since it never fucking came here!
@SilRigote That was so long ago, I (Ax) was 13, had no Internet, and only owned two U2 CDs!
@teddyD66 We’ll post a direct link closer to the time too. :) Just over one and a half hours away now.
@_Dream_Out_Loud …even if U2 reckon The Best Thing is the *true* lead.
@_Dream_Out_Loud Well yeah, that’s exactly what they announced is happening. But the idea of a trad 1st single is o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@teddyD66 They will be broadcasting it live on the official U2 Facebook page.
@bonojour Yøu trusted me, Ax, in the first place?
@Naomi_U2Sydney Yep. SOI *should* have been masterful but the fuck-up of giving it to everyone rather than offering… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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@U2_australia I’m even doing work right now to make up for the fact I will definitely be late into the office tomor… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@_Dream_Out_Loud I didn’t get that vibe from the announcement at all, just that it’s a low-level release for hype a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@othemightyi I’m in Australia so it goes like this: https://t.co/UcG2Od1Laj
No matter what the song sounds like in 2 hours’ time, the promo for SOE is already the best U2 have done for a new album in a whole decade.
Hey, Ax here. Looks like I’m sticking it out until 2am Aussie time for the new single. Make my sleep deprivation worth it, U2!
@JoeriHarcksen Thanks, we’ll check it out and add it as soon as we’ve got a moment. :) #TJT17
U2OughtaBeInPix On this day 33 years ago, Pride made its live debut. It has now been played 930 times—more than any other @U2 song… https://t.co/q2DsIg12A7
CegOnTheReg I have 2 Extra GA tickets for Buffalo. Selling face value. Contact me if interested. @u2gigs @atu2 @U2
U2 ‘The Blackout’, plus news on 1st single from Songs of Experience. Aug30. 9amPDT/12pmEDT/5pmBST #U2TheBlackout… https://t.co/qQ5iyAmrK1
meghpatrice After this is all over, can we make tshirts that say “I survived #U2TheBlackout of 2017” ?
u2songs Blackout streaming on the 30th. Best Thing single on the 6th. https://t.co/gQyNSotbyA
AllanIsOnline Two floor GA @u2 tickets for Buffalo next week available due to last minute schedule changes. $175 for the pair. @u2gigs
@yoshdesu @U2ThreeChords @U2start @U2_ultraviolet @U2 Yep, fantastic resource. Glad to have the last edition.
Architects singer halts gig after woman is groped bbc.in/2xdEWv5 Good on you lads, no place for that anywhere
israelzoo75 @U2 @U2start @u2gigs I know it’s too soon, but a zoo tv tour celebrating Achtung Baby 30 years?
I know I hurt you and I made you cry. Did everything but murder you and I. But love left a window in the skies, and to love I rhapsodize.
@U2OughtaBeInPix @U2 @U2Community Easy so see the rehearsal as well from outside youtube.com/watch?v=-HGBcG…
U2OughtaBeInPix short stadium + tall stage = greatest distance shots of entire 360 tour… @U2 in Horsens Denmark 7 years ago today… https://t.co/sAP2Wb0fGl
@U2OughtaBeInPix @U2 @U2Community I can remember seeing the stage or at least the top of it from kilometers away. That was special.
@U2ThreeChords @U2 @atu2 It was probably 70% U2 haters voting anyway so no need to care. Just look at the comments…
@U2ThreeChords @martyn_evans @U2History @U2thenandnow @u2radiocom Vote numbers should have be fine after the origin… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
MichaelRees84 Battle of the Bands #4The Final (Sudden Death)
Vote and RT ✊
About 1 hour left to vote for the battle of the Bands final U2 vs. Oasis. twitter.com/MichaelRees84/…
@U2OughtaBeInPix @U2 Can I (Ax) just say that it is absolute madness U2 have only played one show there? They need… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
I (Ax) had been told the band were unsure whether The Best Thing or Blackout would be the lead single. Looks like B… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
U2OughtaBeInPix 20 years ago today, @U2 played only Czech Republic show ever at the Great Strahov Stadium (one of largest sports ve… https://t.co/AVoPFphrjq
U2start Confirmation that SOE is finished, to be released on World AIDS Day (Dec 1). Best Thing first single for Sept 8, se… https://t.co/7VSreSFA4x
Battle of the Bands final U2 vs. Oasis. Have you voted yet? Please RT. twitter.com/michaelrees84/…
Time to vote if you have not so far. twitter.com/michaelrees84/…
alonlo My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/BeQrIEQujz: u2gigs.com/myshows/26306 via @u2gigs
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markpeterboro 73 mins left and U2 are on 43% and about 73 votes behind. RETWEET! twitter.com/MichaelRees84/…
Happy Birthday Edge (belated in Ireland but on time in Canada!) RT @u2gigs: Still fantastic youtube.com/watch?v=P01yM_…
U2RadioBrook Via @atu2, The Edge on #GlenCampbell in 2014.RIP???? https://t.co/ewlr6lBGmb
Still fantastic youtube.com/watch?v=P01yM_…
Happy Birthday The Edge! youtu.be/5-EW58RlrbQ
mrmarkreed Too many of you to tag, but I wrote about seeing @u2 with about 40 of my lovely friends in Dublin, London + Brussels https://t.co/UWcP5oaoaz
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@entertaindiaz @Totoro_lucile You can also copy/paste the URL. I think I see several listings in the database that… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@entertaindiaz @Totoro_lucile You should got a mail that has the link you can share and another one to edit the listing.
@BasBoudewijn I’m (Matt) pretty sure we see a tour next year most likely with the I+E stage.
sb_wreeldeal @u2gigs I’ve never seen someone’s u2 concert statistics and not gotten jealous
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Totoro_lucile 8 new songs, 2 more shows
My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/ERswtRDciG: u2gigs.com/myshows/31145 via @u2gigs
vzrinjski It all started here in Zagreb. My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/0zs9iWpJva: u2gigs.com/myshows/29828 via @u2gigs
markpeterboro An amazing find twitter.com/WalesOnline/st…
Just added more 360° photos from the last three shows in Europe to our JT360 site u2.gs/360… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
U2Nate Trying to catch the Shadow Man. #U2 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 @u2gigs @U2start #theshadowman #BONO https://t.co/8FcGmTbZPa