Here is In A Little While from the 2nd U2 show in La Plata http://u2.gs/jq #u2360ARG #U2360SAM
My photos from the 2nd La Plata show http://u2.gs/laplata2pho… #U2360ARG #U2360SAM
Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of from the 2nd La Plata show http://u2.gs/jn #U2360ARG
Beautiful Day from the 2nd La PLata show http://u2.gs/jm A fan recites Gracias A La Vida before it #U2360ARG
The new opener Even Better Than The Real Thing from the 2nd show in La Plata http://u2.gs/jk #U2360ARG
Internet is a mess here. Hopefully some videos are up after the night here in Argentina. Can’t promise anything …
@u2_news I’d say crazy in a very good way :) Really enjoy the shows here.
@u2_news Oh, that was me (Matt) while editing the setlist after being back from the show. Thanks for the heads up!
@GeraldineNM Only played 3 times in mid-2009: http://u2.gs/EStorm
@dawn9902 Heh, no worries, will reply further from my personal account…
Hi folks, Matt here. Network was down for me but got some vids. Great show. People here really rock. #U2360ARG
@dawn9902 I think that’s a bit patronising. But then you probably think some of my favourite genres are unlistenable noise.
Here’s the full setlist and info for La Plata 2: http://u2.gs/lp2 #u2360arg
Thank you so much to @popartist61, @FioU2, and @u2_news for tonight’s live updates - couldn’t have done it without any of you. #u2360arg
There we go, folks, 23rd and last tonight is Moment Of Surrender! Write-up in a few mins, hopefully vids from Matt soon too. #u2360arg
@dawn9902 My fav Muse song, Dead Star, can’t even touch One Tree Hill, UF, Bad, Zooropa, Exit, 11OTT, etc.
@dawn9902 Well I (Ax, yes) would never suggest Muse’s best would come close to touching U2’s best songs, but U2 aren’t playing their best!
@FioU2 Do you know if they’re up to Moment Of Surrender yet?
@dawn9902 Haha, how come?
@Gravy1199 I reckon they could fairly easily re-invent some older songs so that Bono can sing them now. Wish they would…
@dawn9902 Like I say, I totally agree re: last 2 Muse albums derivative. But U2 have totally trendhopped too, from post-punk to Madchester.
22nd is With Or Without You. #u2360arg
@dawn9902 e.g. Plug In Baby? Some similarity to Bends-era Radiohead, but RH never played guitar like that. Closer to Swervedriver, Ride.
@dawn9902 I agree re: post-Absolution Muse, but Origin Of Symmetry in particular I think you’re exaggerating.
@Gravy1199 It’s a very selective “what made us” history though that ignores most of the 1990s and almost everything pre-War.
Second encore opens with Ultra Violet, 21st song of the night and its first performance for 2011. #u2360arg
@dawn9902 I get that you have an axe to grind against Muse, and cool that’s your taste, but let’s not put U2 on a special pedestal here.
@dawn9902 Oh you can. Let’s take my fav U2 album, UF. It’s just a mix of Eno with Echo & The Bunnymen.
Amazing Grace snippet leads into Streets, 20th song of the night. No MOTD tonight …? #u2360arg
@comay Already feels like they’re starting to think of NLOTH in the same way as Pop due to the commercial disappointment too. :(
.@FioU2 notes Bono briefly tributed Mercedes Sosa pre-BD and she popularly covered Gracias A La Vida, hence the Violet Parra snip. #u2360arg
@dawn9902 No band is truly unique & original (such a rockist concept anyway); all bands are the sum of their influences.
@dawn9902 As long as their songs are good, I couldn’t care less if they wear their influences on their sleeve. (See also: U2)
You don’t need me to tell you that first song of the encore, 19th of the night, is One. #u2360arg
Bishop Tutu keeping La Plata occupied while the band run offstage for the first encore break. #u2360arg
Aaand there’s the You’ll Never Walk Alone snip at the end of Walk On, right on cue! #u2360arg
@dawn9902 You can do that with any band though.
And more thanks to @popartist61, @FioU2, and @u2_news for their setlist updates! #u2360arg
17th was Scarlet, now 18th is Walk On. If you want to catch up on the full set so far, it’s here: http://u2.gs/lp2 #u2360arg
@smbonneau They got ATYCLB songs in 2006 though, just like other places that missed Elevation. No need for the continued ATYCLB lovefest.
Meant to say “then an older boy was on stage during COBL”, past tense, since we’re in SBS now! But what’s muddled tenses amongst friends?
More from @popartist61: Gracias A La Vida was a “very long” snip at the end of B Day, and now an older boy’s on stage during COBL. #u2360arg
@popartist61 Thank you so much for all the info!
Crazy Tonight also has Two Tribes snip, now 16th is Sunday Bloody Sunday. #u2360arg
.@popartist61 has confirmed that Bono did indeed sing the snippet of Gracias A La Vida.
@Allan_Oroz I think they got cold feet with the NLOTH material after the lukewarm response it got in the US.
@popartist61 Great, thanks! Would you say it was a snip in Stuck or in BDay? (Or a sep song!)
14th is Vertigo, 15th is Crazy Tonight with an It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll snippet. Thanks @FioU2/@u2_news! #u2360arg
@Gravy1199 And they should’ve kept playing the NLOTH songs, since this tour is meant to promote it, not some 11 year old album.
@Alisaura No, though they got stuff from it in 2006 like we did.
Can anybody clarify if Gracias A La Vida (which is by Violetta Parra, not Sosa) was snippeted by Bono or just by a girl on stage? #u2360arg
Got to admit, I totally agree with those of you disappointed that U2 are playing more from ATYCLB than NLOTH. #u2360arg
13th is City Of Blinding Lights. #u2360arg
@Drea104 Aahaha, why didn’t I think of that!
@Allan_Oroz I’ve been fairly convinced it’s a greatest hits tour ever since it began, honestly!
@ZooPony More just disappointed.
@MemphisMullen I always enjoyed tweeting the set from shows.
FioU2 . @u2_news tells me that the song recited before B.l Day was GRACIAS A LA VIDA by MERCEDES SOSA http://tinyurl.com/3qcqf… #U2 #U2360ARG
12th is Miss Sarajevo. @popartist61 reports a snip of an Argentinian song at the end of BD. #U2360ARG
Unbelievably, we’re now at 4 of the last 5 songs being from ATYCLB. Shit, is it still 2001? Yep, 11th song is In A Little While. #u2360arg
@ZooBaby91 So shall I fall over myself to praise these songs in the hope they’ll drop them in favour of UF tracks? ;)
3 out of the 4 last songs are from ATYCLB. Surely, surely IALW won’t be next?! U2 must remember they have other albums… #u2360arg
Tenth is Beautiful Day. Or to quote @popartist61: “Bono has a gal reciting some argentinian song. Now BD” #u2360arg
@ZooBaby91 Haha. Maybe they’ll have realised they shouldn’t inflict both Stuck and IALW on a crowd… a fan can hope, eh?
@ClaytonsKitten Amen to that.
@anorthernsoul78 Haha, though I’m sure IALW will still be in the set later.
Got to say @popartist61 is doing a great job reporting the set so far. #u2360arg
Stand By Me snip at the end of ISHFWILF, then ninth is acoustic Stuck (eww), first time in 2011 and only third time since 2009. #u2360arg
@ZooPony Haha yeah, we all know Bono needs an hour for his speechifying.
@trainmaniac Be surprised/disappointed if 4 out of 5 songs in a row are from ATYCLB (i.e. Elev/ISHF/Stuck/BD/IALW)
Will next be a new song or just BD? There was a rumour Glasto was soundchecked, but I never got confirmation of that. #u2360arg
Lots of interesting guesses, and eighth is… I Still Haven’t Found. #u2360arg
Will they just go straight from Elevation to ISHFWILF and continue with business as usual? Or BD? Or something else? #u2360arg
Seventh is Elevation. But what next, as UTEOTW has already been done! #u2360arg
@trainmaniac It was only at some shows in late Sept/early Oct ’09. They’d open with Breathe/Boots then do Magnif/NLOTH a bit later.
Sixth is Mysterious Ways. #u2360arg
@trainmaniac No, they were separated at some 2009 North American shows too, sometimes by a few songs.
By far the earliest UTEOTW has been in the set this tour. Last time it was this early, it was 4th in the set on 2006-11-30. #u2360arg
But there’s the confirmation from @popartist61! UTEOTW a surprisingly early fourth, then Magnificent fifth. #u2360arg
@MissLuchifer Not that I know of. Data networks at the venue are pretty overloaded.
Apparently fourth is Until The End Of The World, though I’m not taking that as confirmed just yet… #u2360arg
@atu2 I will! Just waiting now…
Third song of the night is Boots. #u2360arg
OK folks, I’ll be posting the full setlist live as it happens to this article: http://u2.gs/lp2 #u2360arg
Second is New Year’s Day in its first performance for 2011. #u2360arg
@siders_mus Oooh! [email protected]
@trainmaniac The world needs more Mofo in U2’s setlists!
U2 begin with… EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING! #u2360arg
Now it’s Space Oddity time! So that was a build-up of Discoverer (REM) and De Música Ligera (Soda Stereo) into Space Oddity. #u2360arg
The Argentinian song is De Música Ligera by Soda Stereo, per @FioU2. Bono dedicated MOS to singer Gustavo Cerati at La Plata 1. #u2360arg
And after Discoverer is an Argentinian song that @popartist61 reports is quite popular with the La Plata crowd. #u2360arg
@RugbyByDilbert Nope, night 1 in Melbourne was 1 Dec, then a rest day, then night 2 was on 3 Dec.
Via @popartist61, pre-show PA music not Elbow tonight, but REM’s new song Discoverer. To me, a rare good song from post-80s REM. #u2360arg
@gazza_954 Haha, no worries. As for the very first Barca show, 29 June, that was just the dress rehearsal. Maybe should list it elsewhere.
@aleh_ Haven’t seen a stream yet, alas …
@gazza_954 Just checked and there was only one night off in Barca. 1st show on 30 June, rest day on 1 July, 2nd show on 2 July.
Trying to think when U2 have had 2 full rest days between nights 1 & 2, but can’t think of any prior to now. Can anyone else? #u2360arg
@ZooPony I (Ax) don’t now that I no longer subscribe to U2.com, but yeah, I’d heard about this Magnif remix thing. Could be interesting…
@trainmaniac I’ve always wanted to hear Dead Star live, my fav Muse song, but no luck yet!
God, let’s hope getting accurate setlist info for U2 isn’t quite as hard as Muse. Hate it when people post bullshit. #u2360arg
@trainmaniac When Muse played Melbourne in 2010, they did Bliss at one show - it was awesome. They did Citizen Erased too; even better!
So via @popartist61, the only diff between Muse’s set tonight and La Plata 1 is Feeling Good played instead of Eurasia. #u2360arg
That unconfirmed Muse set earlier? Damn right it was unconfirmed. It’s bollocks. @popartist61 confirms NO BLISS. :( #u2360arg
@trainmaniac To me, the more from Origin Of Symmetry, the better!
Now should be half an hour until U2, I think. Will EBTTRT stay as opener? Will BD return? Or will U2 stun us all with Zooropa? #U2360ARG
This is the Muse set I have (unconfirmed): Uprising, Supermassive, Bliss (!), Hysteria, Eurasia, Starlight, Plug In Baby, Cydonia. #u2360arg
Conflicting reports from stadium: looks like Muse didn’t open with Plug In Baby, but it was in the set. Will post full set for fans soon.
@ZooPony I think BD may go back to the start. They may love their ATYCLB, but I’d be surprised if mid-set is Stuck/BD/IALW in a row.
Muse are opening for U2 now. Their set began with Plug In Baby. Great song, possibly better than most U2 will play tonight. ;) #u2360arg
@MarsGirl75 I’ve given up hope of hearing Drowning Man. :( And it sounded SO good in soundchecks too …
Though you know what I reckon would dominate? Opening the entire show with HMTMKMKM. #U2360arg
I wonder if U2 might put UV in one of the mid-set rotational slots between ISHFWILF and IALW, and open the encore with EBTTRT… #U2360arg
With thanks to @liz_lemon_, today’s soundcheck has been EBTTRT, Stuck, New Year’s Day, and Ultra Violet. #U2360arg
Hey, how’s everyone doing today? Looking forward to tonight’s set as much as I am after the shock of Even Better Than the Real Thing?
@iambradk Heh, though it’s only 7:15pm in Buenos Aires at the moment.