Our article about the new Louisville show is finally up, sorry for the issues causing delay. It has fun stats: u2gigs.com/article1148.ht… #JT30
We’re currently experiencing some minor technical issues preventing us from posting an article about it at this time.
Reminder that the presale for the show in Kentucky starts tomorrow at 9am local time.
Blast from the past youtube.com/watch?v=akSOdc…
U2 Louisville, KT. Final North American stop for #U2TheJoshuaTree2017. Tickets onsale this week. More here - u2.com/news/title/one…
@joey_visser Good catch, fixed! :)
u2songs A look back at U2’s Record labels: Mother, Son and Kitchen. Includes video and audio. u2songs.com/news/mother_re… https://t.co/YdNAZfPRs4
Mouse Trap Through Your Wires! RT @Calvin_Pijn: @u2gigs defintely Trip Through Your Wires lol
MattGignac @u2gigs Stuck in a Glue Trap You Can’t Get Out Of
@lukeramone It has literally been there since Boy in 1980. U2 has always been about politics. Nothing about them has changed in this respect
Is there a U2 song that mentions mice/mousetraps? Just set one, feel like some music for the mood. Oh, it’s a release trap, don’t worry
@lukeramone Really? Because it will be no different to them playing Bullet the Blue Sky in the 80s. This time it is Trump instead of Reagan.
@lukeramone You’ll want to avoid this tour then.
He also recited it in Spanish for the same album; alas that one does not seem to be uploaded.
Here’s a rarity most of you didn’t know of! youtube.com/watch?v=kk_OTU… Bono redid MOTD in 98 for the album Ni Un Paso Atras
If you hadn’t realized it, Matkin has been on a bit of a MOTD kick the last few days…
Throwback to when Edge played Mothers of the Disappeared on a charango. youtube.com/watch?v=FW4kHA…
guidominguez @u2gigs @U2start my bet is they will chant “no wall” instead of “no more” either on Sunday Bloody Sunday or Pride. Encouraging the crowd
Last two retweets by Matkin.
We try to stay apolitical most of the time, but those last two just had to be shared. Bullet the blue.
JaneCaro Hey America, awesome move. 1.5 million of you killed by guns since 1968 versus 5 killed by refugees, but you guys ban…..refugees!
MadelnCanada America plans on building a wall, Canada plans on offering coffee and baked goods. https://t.co/C42Y6pvlwZ
@u2gator It’ll be that or Mothers of the Disappeared
“It’s the puppets, the puppets who pull the strings.”
@adammajorcsik and updated for today: “USA, Russia! Pyongyang, Tehran, Beijing. It’s the puppets, the puppets who pull the strings.”
RollingStone Willie Williams, U2’s longtime stage designer, discusses the band’s upcoming ‘Joshua Tree’ tour… https://t.co/OWODIIpYQY
Of course, you couldn’t get more political than this performance… youtube.com/watch?v=KuFMoW…
u2songs What’s going on with a 2nd show in Dublin? We look at Croke Park & some of the rumours going around:… https://t.co/a8BGcWkGuZ
Anyone expecting U2 to remain apolitical during The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 will be sorely disappointed youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBlT9…
@rileyrat @Aussiegirl360 Well no, nothing’s booked, locked down. But article is based on multiple sources reporting negotiations under way.
StephOnTour87 My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/vzQfe6PYOl: u2gigs.com/myshows/29205 via @u2gigs
breentony My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/nBH67ac6b9: u2gigs.com/myshows/29198 via @u2gigs
shunjidujapon My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/5sTsRGx1Zu: u2gigs.com/myshows/29188 via @u2gigs
ICYMI: some preliminary rumours about U2 coming to Australia and New Zealand: u2gigs.com/article1147.ht…
@AlexBarreto305 Now that would be perfect!
irishmoley @u2gigs I think I have found what I’m looking for https://t.co/VgVj6n5qXf
Brandy101273 To whom it may concerns… Meine aktuelle @U2-Konzertstatistik…^^ @ https://t.co/hWmdKKrKUW: u2gigs.com/myshows/29162 via @u2gigs
Joebach1878 My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/GbXvt3a3B8: u2gigs.com/myshows/29168 via @u2gigs
sjw8169 My personal U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/n1tZLcvbaq: u2gigs.com/myshows/29160 via @u2gigs
u2songs Dear @u2 - loved your lightbulb promo for the last tour. Can we get a cool 3D Joshua Tree this time out!? https://t.co/kPJDc1lagb
harrykantas #U2’s Adam Clayton Talks ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour, ‘Songs of Experience’ rol.st/2jt3lX3 via @RollingStone
patrickmoraes_ Ticket drop for Paris 1: GAs and Cat 1 tickets available right now. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 cc @atu2 @u2songs @u2gigs
@adammajorcsik This is what Eventim tickets look like. Bad photo but shows the difference. https://t.co/UHKLQhfoXI
@adammajorcsik Eventim tickets have the photo and TM tickets not.
@jeffgatorscape …you don’t get the joke, do you?
@nzubok See the article linked in the tweet after that one.
@crwilson_84 As a former Wellington boy, I keep hoping and hoping they’ll play the Cake Tin one of these days.
@crwilson_84 Time for a comprehensive New Zealand tour! I for one want a show in Raumati Beach.
Here are those tasty but tenuous rumours about U2 touring Australia & New Zealand! Grab a grain of salt & read on. u2gigs.com/article1147.ht…
Hey, Aussie and Kiwi U2 fans, fancy some tasty but tenuous tour rumours? Because we’ll have some very shortly…
I’m done for now, but that was fun. I always enjoy taking the mick. Matkin. #AlternativeU2Facts
Nobody came. #AlternativeU2Facts
An invite to join the band Us2 was posted by Marry Lullen Sr. after showing up a week late to Larry’s tryout. #AlternativeU2Facts
Get on Your Boots was inspired by a text Bono got from Ali after he forgot to wear wellies one rainy day. It had a typo. #AlternativeU2Facts
dmacirish @u2gigs beautiful day was pitiful day. Handwriting smeared on original draft so the record label changed the name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For is the most covered U2 song. #AlternativeU2Facts (Oops, this one is actually real!)
The great U2 fan war pitted @atu2 against @u2gigs. It ended with a truce brokered by @U2songs over a pint of Guinness #AlternativeU2Facts
@atu2 That moment when you accidentally tweet from the wrong account! Thanks for the read though!
Summer Rain was written as a counterpoint to Beautiful Day. Larry wanted it to open side 2 of Pop. #AlternativeU2Facts
With or Without You, the 1st single for Achtung Baby, continued a string of #1 singles that began with Joshua Tree’s One #AlternativeU2Facts
Axver’s highlight of the 360 tour was In A Little While. He loved it every night. EVERY. NIGHT. #AlternativeU2Facts
Two Hearts Beat as One was written as One Heart Beats For Two. Bono was inspired after discovering the Pushmi Pullyu. #AlternativeU2Facts
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses was originally about buffalo; the title was changed after the buffalo photobombed One. #AlternativeU2Facts
Hawkmoon 269 is the most-played U2 song, and was done four times sequentially at Glastonbury in 2009. #AlternativeU2Facts
@SVDCRacing It was a regular on Zoo TV and done every night on the first leg of the Vertigo Tour.
In God’s Country, Exit, and Trip Through Your Wires have never been performed in Latin America. #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
One Tree Hill has been played in Latin America just once. #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
Running to Stand Still has been played in Latin America just 4 times. All were in Mexico City in November 1992. #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
U2uruguay Help us bring back U2 to Latin America!
Support #U2ComeToLatinAmerica if you can, no matter where you’re from!… https://t.co/B3NNEJdRHk
@autistic_pidge Woah, I thought you were younger than me! So you were alive when they last did Trip Through Your Wires too!
“… They felt they would get a result that they wouldn’t get in other places.” #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
“Bono felt that the South American audience had a passion that matched his Irish passion…” #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
That’s actually completely true by the way joblo.com/movie-news/int… #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
U2 filmed U2 3D because that is where the most passionate and energetic fans outside Ireland are! #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
We would love to see #U2ComeToLatinAmerica
(image via @U2uruguay) https://t.co/HMn8JPkQKj
The last time U2 played Exit, I (Matkin) was five months old.
I stand corrected! twitter.com/nahuise/status…
It sounds like these #JT30 sales were pretty chaotic, like last week. More reports of success, but still more people locked out than usual.
2nd #JT30 shows in Amsterdam and Paris are sold out. Rome sounds like it nearly is. London 2 GAs shot out door, but some seats left.
@bibalukas a bit early to already give up.
Good luck in the U2 public sale for the extra shows that is about to start now. /Matt #TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2JT30
diarmaidm @u2 @u2gigs Look what I just found in the attic… a nice match for this year’s tickets. https://t.co/qQJPtETmBL
Remember yesterday’s stat about U2 performances for inaugurations? I’ve added it to article on Edge at #WomensMarch u2gigs.com/article1145.ht…
Had a hard time not writing that Larry received 1st Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.
Here we go, our report on Larry receiving a lifetime achievement award from Yamaha and playing at #NAMM2017: u2gigs.com/article1146.ht… #U2
Seems I (Ax) forgot to write up Larry’s NAMM performance y’day. Coming! & thanks @Choose2Live for confirming Edge only played Pride today.
@Choose2Live No worries! I know that feeling - thought I got an awesome video at a recent gig, but guess what didn’t record, sigh.
@Choose2Live Great, thank you!
@Choose2Live Did he play on anything other than Pride? I’ve only seen mentions of Pride so far.
Edge performed Pride at today’s #WomensMarch in Los Angeles. Read our report and watch a video here: u2gigs.com/article1145.ht… #U2
wiffen #LarryMullenJnr accepts his lifetime achievement award from #yamahamusic #NAMM2017 #NathanEast #RandyBrecker play t… https://t.co/cxtwT2mt7U
U2 (or members of) have performed at two inauguration events, Clinton ’93 u2gigs.com/show16.html and Obama ’09 u2gigs.com/show1539.html
gothtrotter @Unews77 @U2Achtung_ @u2france @U2roeli @u2gigs
Gonna be stunning to attend these summer gigs in Paris. Can’t wait… https://t.co/StxZ7RR1kg
@adammajorcsik I thinks a bit too early to worry. It’s just a few days.
@markpeterboro I’ll see them in San Siro a few days before U2 JT30 hits Europe. 2nd time since 2006. /Matt
harrykantas checked my bank acct post #U2JT30 sales, and there’s enough left to live comfortably for the rest of my life.
As long as I’m dead by Friday.
@azcat92 Good Q. I can’t recall what happened in past but think maybe not, on assumption most fans haven’t travelled to Northern Hemisphere.
Hey folks, here’s our article on additional US shows for #JT30 & presale info for ALL extra gigs, US and Europe: u2gigs.com/article1144.ht…
elkepatton @U2 @u2gigs I found this in an old box. Maybe Phoenix, AZ - Compton Terrace circa march 1985. https://t.co/gznz1tDiBJ
@WTSHNN U2 FB page.
Two extra shows added so far for North America. East Rutherford and Chicago. #TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2JT30
@pioneer2thefall @U2start @U2comZooMods Is this new? U2 had consecutive nights at Croke on past tours. I saw them on consec nights in 2009.
@winst0nw0lf Probably the same pattern we have in Europe. Next week same time as today’s sale.
General sales for North American #JT30 shows are happening today. Good luck to all trying for tickets! Should be extra gigs in LA, NY, etc.
Hey, Ax here. Thanks to Matt & everyone who sent in birthday wishes for my 30th. #JT30 helps make it a good year to turn 30 in.
hotpress hotpress.com/U2/news/U2-rul… @u2 rule out a second Croke Park show
@u2songs that’s actually a bad translation issue
Happy birthday to our setlistorian Ax! Same age now as this great album that keeps us busy these days. CU later this yr in Berlin. /Matt
It may be a typo. Though last tour there were some presales for bonus dates where the 2nd group got in same day but… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@harrykantas This is what I expect for Dublin.
jonfl @u2gigs Pre sale info for London 2 now showing on Ticketmaster https://t.co/ITKkdpHVsg
@mikeday63 It says “finalise the European leg” though, suggesting not just no more shows in those cities, but no more shows on entire leg.
We’ve just made some light updates to our mainpage article on extra shows in light of U2com’s piece: u2gigs.com/article1143.ht…
This u2.com piece reads as no more shows will be added: u2.com/news/title/new… #U2JT30
@EddieDunzYit @U2 At this stage we just don’t know, I’m afraid!
@scottsteedman About an hour after 1st went on sale/sold out.
@mcconnot2 But yes, I am curious to see if they do stump up and have two stages, or just one.
@mcconnot2 With 16 (likely 20) North American shows and now 12+ European shows, it’s proving to not be all that short.
Here is a mainpage article with the latest on what we know about extra #JT30 European dates: u2gigs.com/article1143.ht…
@mcconnot2 Past stadium tours have had such tight turnarounds - it’s not impossible!
@u2wanderer @U2Partygirl5 Ed Sheeran apparently has 1 as well. Of course U2 could easily choose another venue or do Cork/Belfast…
@U2Changa Would be nice, but I don’t know if there was much substance to those rumours.
@bennyutd1 @u2songs I know some people have, for instance, made extra accounts in name of parents/siblings/friends.
@bennyutd1 @u2songs If you can make an entirely separate account, you’d get into the Wires group. For best luck, diff cc #, address, name.
@U2Partygirl5 They can get permission for more. It’s 3 per year without needing to seek additional permissions from residents/council.
@jutotom Yes, think there’ll be presales. If code fully used, not reissued if subscription renewed, so yes would need totally diff account.
@magnushansson82 Yeah I’m a bit surprised they didn’t do a gig in Sweden to cover the Scandinavian markets.
mgoedseels @u2gigs Brussels sold out says @LiveNationBE
Let’s be honest, U2 could sell out ten nights of #JT30 in Dublin. Just one Dublin show would be 1st time only 1 Dublin show since UF 1985!
Re: Dublin, simply don’t know if there will be a 2nd show yet. Rumours for both yes & no, stronger for no but I’d be surprised if so. #JT30
To recap: all Euro shows except Barcelona & Brussels sold out right now. Extra gigs confirmed in London, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam. #JT30
Rome additional show July 16. https://t.co/6GxImcJZZD
@tony_a_rogers When in fact most of those people probably want GA! For me (Ax) it’s either GA or not go.
@RoryMcDonnell @andy_treble1999 @u2girl1966 Yeah, not just the presale. It was only just updated.
I suppose chaos was expected, but I’m seeing very few success stories and lots and lots of people shut out Dublin &… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
I didn’t expect to spend so much of the last night of my 20s refreshing Ticketbastard though. Now it’s time for a quiet beer.
Well, I (Ax) didn’t get through for London 1, but did for Berlin. I turn 30 tomorrow so it’s fitting I’ll be able to see this tour! #JT30
@bootcover I don’t think so, sorry, but not 100% sure. Think they don’t let people get new codes to stop some people buying 100 renewals.
@bootcover If you didn’t use the full presale allocation, yes.
Second Twickenham on July 9th via Livenation.
Second Paris show listed on Livenation site livenation.fr/artist/u2-tick… for 26th July.
@dperry905 @duuuaaaane @u2songs @U2start What a rort, I can do my entire trip from Australia for less than that price.
Amsterdam second show on sale January 23rd, fanclub January 18th #TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2JT30 https://t.co/Tx9CEcVja8
@duuuaaaane Not if you used its full allocation, no.
duuuaaaane @U2start @u2songs @u2gigs Irish media reporting now that the gig had sold out in under 10 mins. Second date imminent.
Second Amsterdam show confirmed by promoter Mojo for July 30th 2017 mojo.nl/concerten/u2/ #TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2JT30
Paris and Amsterdam listed as sold out on u2.com #TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/2snpjJykQY
@xabl Normally when it’s down to just that you get the “limited availability” warning though. Not yet. It’s been like this 45+ mins.
andy_treble1999 @u2gigs 2nd show in Amsterdam-no further details.
London claims there are tix for seated & standing - doesn’t even give “limited availability” warning - but nothing when i search. Maddening.
Barcelona tickets available from 3 sites. twitter.com/PalauSantJordi…
London and Dublin sales appear to be chaotic. I keep trying for London, which is not officially sold out yet, but nothing comes up. #JT30
RT @cvodb: Live Nation Belgium says no second show #U2JT30 https://t.co/IXOW6PlABP
>in Ticketmaster queue
>I Still Haven’t Found is playing
YES BONO I KNOW. #JT30
Less than 10 minutes until the European general sales begin and chaos hopefully doesn’t break out. Time to put on the Joshua Tree! #JT30
@MissFoot it’s general sale so I think only the per show limit is in place. It’s 4 or 6 for most shows.
@MissFoot I (Ax) thought presale limits were separate from general sale limits? But I might be wrong.
Today’s the day for European general sales. I (Ax) will be trying for London and Berlin. Good luck everyone! #JT30
@Kev_E_Connelly Why not get the tickets directly from TM? Any restrictions for US fans?
@NateU2 That’s an impressive list! I guess you crack the 100 easily this year :) /Matt
NateU2 Finally did the gig list. 95 shows! My personal @U2 concert statistics @ https://t.co/SQq7OyJfFc: u2gigs.com/myshows/29055 @u2gigs @atu2
u2songs Failed stage concept for #TheJoshuaTree2017Tour #U2JT30 #U2Songs - Scrapped for worries of Edge falling off the edg… https://t.co/uTcPfGd89L
@leontalbot7 I can’t see an indication there that the second date will go on sale immediately. We will know in the next days. /Matt
_TurboMike_ The que for @u2 tickets outside St Stephens Green shopping centre Dublin #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30 https://t.co/aNiBIZMYYT
TodayFMNews #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 In an online world it’s still possible to camp out for tickets as this guy will tell you! https://t.co/9h7dOKzPnO
@johnmatthews If you load your page now everything should be fine with the listing.
@johnmatthews Too keep the usual convention it has been changed to Foxborough. Thanks for the heads up!
To create your own U2 concert history follow this link u2gigs.com/personalshowch… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 twitter.com/johnmatthews/s…
u2songs We’ve updated our Q&A for the general sales starting next week. If you want to share, use this link:… https://t.co/rcdAplEBso
johnomurph The original @U2 @u2gigs Joshua Tree tour @CrokePark #jt30 https://t.co/Vc4w1OT1Ue
U2sJerseygirl @u2songs @u2gigs @atu2 My Paris collector ticket arrived today. The back has the event details. https://t.co/HLchHwY2Y3
Looks like a seconds Paris show on July 26th is coming (via @U2Achtung_) twitter.com/Pilip_de_Paris…
@tobi01001 that was a bit chaotic. Only happened in Berlin if I remember right.
tobi01001 @u2gigs don’t expect anything different this time youtu.be/Uf-FdyjJlhQ
Just in case: I am the one with an u2 shirt under a rain jacket.
GA queue for Berlin startet:
#1 - Matt
Next roll call July 12th 1pm.
@tawny_cat CC only ticketing is bad for collectors. They should hand out ticket stubs after the show. That’s what they did in London I+E.
@adammajorcsik I think only a certain amount is available for the presales.
Vancouver GA tickets are also available at the moment for the Wires group. #U2JT30
Seattle GA also available right now! #U2JT30
@mjaqkson @U2RadioBrook Too me it looks like GA. It’s common to number GA.
@RichWright73 These are for Barcelona and you had the choice between print and shipping.
@jeffgatorscape They also had a shipping option.
U2comZooMods Please share this far and wide - any North America #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 presale tickets on @StubHub are FAKE TICKET… https://t.co/r4BLM2QydG
atu2 GA tickets keep dropping on TM for #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 tour - don’t give up if you have a Wires code. Rose Bowl drop just happened.
First Red Hill presale tickets already arrived. That was really fast! #U2JT30 https://t.co/nAwMpZ0g3s
To me it looks that TM.com is region locked.
@mjaqkson @U2RadioBrook I can pull seats for SEA. No GA.
There were presales for additional dates on the last tour. So you’d hope there will be for #JT30 too. twitter.com/leontalbot7/st…