Today, U2 played their first of two concerts in London - the last city of the European leg to receive two concerts. Before the show began, the band did a soundcheck that featured Mysterious Ways and Your Blue Room. The latter has never been played live before.

During the actual gig, U2 seemed to be playing it very safe setlist-wise with the tabloid media's reviewers presumably attending in droves, though Stuck In A Moment was victim to some errors. Then the band threw in a considerable surprise: at the end of the main set, Mysterious Ways (featuring an extremely brief Norwegian Wood snippet at its end) followed One. Although Mysterious Ways has often been second-last in both main sets and encores, this is the first time it has ever actually been a main set closer. This tour, when One has been played after Streets (i.e. all but four shows), it has typically been the main set closer - the only previous exception was when Bad followed it in Dublin on 27 July 2009.

As a matter of interest, the Desmond Tutu intro was again before One rather than Streets. On the statistical front, tonight's performance of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For was its 500th live appearance, while Streets was played for the 666th time. The full setlist was:

1. Breathe
2. No Line On The Horizon
3. Get on Your Boots
4. Magnificent
5. London Calling (snippet) / London Bridge Is Falling Down (snippet) / Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet)
6. Elevation
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Movin' On Up (snippet) / Brass In Pocket (snippet)
8. Stuck In A Moment
9. Unknown Caller
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. City of Blinding Lights
12. Vertigo / Acquiesce (snippet)
13. Crazy Tonight / Two Tribes (snippet) / Reverend Black Grape (snippet)
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet)
15. Pride (In the Name of Love)
16. MLK
17. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
18. Where the Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet) / Acquiesce (snippet)
19. One
20. Mysterious Ways / Norwegian Wood (snippet)

encore(s):

21. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
22. With or Without You
23. Moment of Surrender

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Posted on August 14, 2009 by Axver