The second of U2's two Sao Paulo shows featured a number of surprises in its setlist. Arguably the most notable was the Vertigo Tour debut of Desire. Although it was an Elevation Tour regular, it has only been played once since 2001, at a promotional gig for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb on 15 November 2004. This particular performance was in response to a request from a member of the crowd, and it was played by only Bono and Edge, with Bono forgetting many of the lyrics. Before Desire was another surprise, the first performance of The First Time in a stadium. Its previous Vertigo Tour appearances have all been indoors in American arenas, the last of which occurred on 21 November 2005.

After missing the last two shows, Yahweh returned in the encore tonight, but a bigger surprise was to follow in the form of All I Want Is You. It was last played on 8 October 2005, and last appeared in an encore on 1 December 1989. To add to the surprise, at the end of All I Want Is You, Bono included a snippet of Love Rescue Me, a song last played on 10 January 1990. This is the first time All I Want Is You has ever closed a concert.

The full setlist was:

1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Elevation
4. Until the End of the World
5. New Year's Day
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Está Chegando A Hora (snippet)
7. Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet)
8. The First Time
9. Desire / Not Fade Away (snippet)
10. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
11. Love and Peace or Else
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Bullet the Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet)
14. Miss Sarajevo
15. Pride (In the Name of Love)
16. Where the Streets Have No Name
17. One

encore(s):

18. Zoo Station
19. The Fly / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (snippet)
20. Mysterious Ways
21. With or Without You
22. Yahweh
23. All I Want Is You / Love Rescue Me (snippet)

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Posted on February 22, 2006 by Axver