@JoeriHarcksen @u2torrents @U2start Yeah, if not I’m like this! https://t.co/G7XIEVjrBh
You get at least two new songs no matter how many shows you have seen over the years.
If you’ve been to U2 Vancouver don’t forget to update/create you personal show charts u2.gs/myshows #U2TheJoshuaTree1987
U2start My (Remy’s) photoset of last night is now up. 30 photos. As always free to reuse and in the highest quality. Enjoy!… https://t.co/ckpsUWtPRc
@_TurboMike_ Looks like. It sounds a bit strange/too loud on the video … not sure how it was in the stadium.
@pdxmormongirl @U2start Checkout @U2start mixlr showreel for May 12 broadcast for U2, and also Mumford & Sons mixlr.com/u2start
Some great shots from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree1987 twitter.com/jholden23/stat…
pdxmormongirl Did anyone stream Mumford & Sons last night? Would love to hear the playback since I missed it in line. @u2gigs @U2start #U2JT30
Here’s our final clip from U2 tour opening night in Vancouver: In God’s Country #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=Ny7LJg…
bethandbono I have an extra GA for Seattle, face value at $90 USD. I’m possibly queueing early so you’d have to accompany me.
@Cloverground @mysteriousdays @u2wanderer @rossgperry @SilRigote @jamesamurray Might be a good option to get all th… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@mysteriousdays @u2wanderer @rossgperry @SilRigote Maybe different networks? Rogers was not very useable for us…. twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@harrykantas Looks like a Theta!?
harrykantas [360 Video] #U2 - The Little Things That Give You Away - Vancouver - 2017-05-12 youtu.be/P1cCdShRRmU
@U2 @U2Community @u2songs #U2in360
@jeffgatorscape You expect U2 not to be political? Keep dreaming. (Also, Dems won the popular vote, so your point fails.)
@duuuaaaane It is indeed. Beautiful Day now only song to not miss gig since debut.
DeweysaysGoReds @u2gigs @u2gigs I was 20yo. I worked stage and security. I guarded the soundboard. If guarding=watching and singing… https://t.co/h3aIUhtFpJ
@MrMacPhisto73 Well yeah, we have counted other children’s rhymes before. It’s as legit as Hokey Pokey, which Bono… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@SteveDupoy I hope it’s coming later.
@_TurboMike_ I know but can’t be fixed now. Everyone is to bed in Vancouver now.
Good night or good day everyone - it was great to be part of this tour opening with you. Matt
I also want to thank Ax and Matkin for their Twitter, article and stats work and Joni for the Twitter photo posts from Vancouver. Matt
I think this is it. One more video might come later (In God’s Country). Thanks a lot to Stefan and Frank for the footage.
@u2_se Current screen footage is from Syrian, Iraq and from a refugee camp (not made by Gabriel Chaim but a company from London).
U2 Miss Sarajevo live from Vancouver with screen footage by Gabriel Chaim #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=116h77…
U2 One live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=wmGFQT…
U2 Mothers Of The Disappeared live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=IGsjZm…
U2 One Tree Hill live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=bvpOh6…
U2 Bullet The Blue Sky live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=EESiHi…
U2 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m looking For live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=PJ7pgn…
U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday live opening the Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 show youtube.com/watch?v=oX1BIa…
U2 Beautiful Day w/ intro live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=E47eEM…
U2 Running To Stand Still live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=A9cakt…
@CraigFairlie @U2start Yes, this is correct. Beautiful Day now only song to claim this record.
@U2Chile @atu2 @U2Valencia @U2TOURFANS @U2start I normally like being right, but I wanted to be wrong about this!
U2 With Or Without You live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=hEuY3m…
If you want to catch up with our videos we are running our article here. Still in progress. u2gigs.com/article1161.ht…
I think it’s the usual rules for cameras? Non removable lens up to 3 inch. twitter.com/viguidugli/sta…
U2 Where The Streets Have No Name live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=D1iehf…
@nahuise Here it is already posted earlier twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
U2 Exit live from Vancouver. Not played live for 27 years, 6 months, 28 days! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=clwZyx…
U2 Trip Through Your Wires live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=ZoFrI8…
U2 Ultra Violet (Light My Way) live from Vancouver #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 youtube.com/watch?v=t3fyuK…
A BIG thank you to Stefan and Frank in Vancouver for all the efforts put into getting us some great videos quickly! More to come.
U2 A Sort Of Homecoming live from Vancouver youtube.com/watch?v=Qj_oE3… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Ax here; it’s just dawning on me that I will need to do a big update of our Setlist FAQ! Guess that’s my task for tomorrow.
U2 The Little Things That Give You Away new song live from Vancouver youtube.com/watch?v=T4LJRs… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@FamousRamos_ Yeah it sounded pretty awkward on the live stream.
@Geddon766 Yeah shame UF hasn’t been done since 2010. But their best song is actually ASOH. ;)
U2 Red Hill Mining Town live premiere video from Vancouver youtube.com/watch?v=Vd3nZo… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
View from the top if the Joshua Tree. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/EH7r1C1Boh
LukeFritz64 @u2gigs A little timelapse of Streets tonight. https://t.co/3OFCLLOdzW
toolz2112 @u2gigs I was born on 21 Dec 1987, so that means that Trip Through Your Wires has just been played live for the first time in my life time.
OK folks, I (Ax) need to eat dinner & go to gig of my own. Thanks for company & see you for Seattle in 2 days.
PS… A SORT OF HOMECOMING!!
@Rodrivox I (Ax) wasn’t too excited by the start of it, but it built to a decent conclusion. Will need to listen back for firmer opinion.
I (Ax) have a few more things up my sleeve to include in reports for subsequent shows. But this should keep stats-hungry fans happy I hope!
Here is our full writeup for opening night of #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 in Vancouver, w/ some amazing info & stats: u2gigs.com/article1160.ht… #JT30
@coggster El Pueblo Vencera in Mothers and Eeny Meny Miney Mo (of all things!) in Exit
scatterolight oh, #haircutupdate
#U2TheJoshuaTree2017
goodnight. x https://t.co/FiUCWsuAzS
pauljallen @u2gigs what a wonderful show to wake up to on a Saturday morning. can’t wait for Twickenham.
bethandbono BABY BABY BABY, LIGHT MY WAY https://t.co/8BCIeKiSDW
Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry, and all the crew: Thanks for putting on such a fantastic concert. It was brilliant! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Only two snippets tonight. That’s the fewest for quite some time. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2ClaytonArg Thank you so much @SilRigote @u2fancast @U2start @u2gigs @u2br and more for the streamings
Correct. And Beautiful Day is now the only song to be played every night since its debut, unless you count the new… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Here’s the previous date played stats for the complete setlist. This does only count tour concerts not various date… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@adammajorcsik Yep
I love that Mark has a special sign just for Shine Like Stars in his chart. So glad he’s doing it again this tour! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
HOW DID AX/MATT BEAT ME TO THAT RETWEET, IT WAS 10 SECONDS OLD! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
adammajorcsik @u2gigs Can we just say something about the stage? it is impressive, very similar to the PopMart display in size
maxtsukino All the thanks in the world to @joe_ahorro, @Sil_Rigote, @postrin, @u2gigs and many more for letting us in the sound #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Forgot how mad opening night can be. Give me (Ax) a few minutes to add all the big info to our mainpage article. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Oh, big thanks to everyone who streamed and periscoped tonight. Far too many to try and list them all! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@atu2 Glad to have you here with us tonight! See you in a couple days!
bethandbono And Van Morrison plays us out after The Little Things That Give You Away. Go see this show, people.
@popkewitz 2:30am for Matkin. Ax is lucky; its the afternoon for him and he got to chill with a beer!
This stat about The Little Things That Give You Away/Father Is an Elephant is possibly my favourite stat I’ve ever found. 37 YEARS BETWEEN.
A new U2 song! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 RT @Rodrivox: @u2gigs “The Little Things That Give You Away” sound like… (you complete, please!) ????
About 1h55m by my count. RT @Dakkis7: @adammajorcsik @u2gigs How long did it take to play 22 songs
And 6 August 1997 ended with glorified snip of She’s a Mystery to Me after One, but Roy Orbison’s version had been released years before.
They also closed 4 December 1982 with Sunday Bloody Sunday, but it was already scheduled for release, so that doesn’t really count.
Want to know the last time U2 closed a show with an unreleased song? 28 November 1980!! Father Is an Elephant. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I think that was a really great show. U2 were on it, and the set largely worked. I enjoyed it. Matkin. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@popkewitz Actually a lot of this is just off the top of my head (Ax)! But that one and a few others I scribbled do… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
And that is the show! Now Ax gets the write-up and Matkin gets to go to bed! Matt gets to do whatever it is he plans to do in Germany
Bono giving more thank-yous. That’s the end of the show, it appears. 22 songs. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@adammajorcsik In any case, it was still unreleased on that date.
@adammajorcsik And the version used in the film is incomplete, cut off.
@adammajorcsik It was in the film but not on the soundtrack I believe
The last time U2 played an unreleased song live was North Star on 29 June 2011. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
The Little Things That Give You Away introduced as “a song of experience”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
New song!
22. A BRAND NEW SONG ON LIVE DEBUT: THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU AWAY. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono says he slept for 9 hours last night for the first time since he was 9 years old. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@Hoosier2012 Not dumb! On the big tours it has always been on piano
Bono giving thanks now to people like Anton Corbijn, Willie Williams, the band’s crew, etc. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Pavarotti singing his soul out 10 years beyond the grave. I have chills. #U2TheJoshuaTree207
Bit weird to have Pavarotti’s taped vocals, if you ask me (Ax).
atu2 Images of Syria and camps of refugees in Jordan. Especially children. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
.@adammajorcsik 20 years since Popmart Sarajevo, 10 years since Pavarotti died, Bono’s honourary citizenship, relevant to todays politics
@Hoosier2012 Yeah.
@adammajorcsik Passengers is a U2 album. Just a pseudonym.
You sure Ax? I think he played guitar at Modena in 95? Not sure about Popmart though
This is the first time Edge has played guitar on Miss Sarajevo. Sounds pretty good. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
This was amusing bc.ctvnews.ca/it-s-a-beautif…
21. Miss Sarajevo, first performance since 30 July 2011, preceded by short video. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
U2place #U2 #joshuatreetour2017 #u2vancouver Photo by Michael Martin instagram.com/p/BUBZZ2blIVq/
@harbinger384 Yes
One does not have the Hear Us Coming verse. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@william14959253 @atu2 Tonight’s curfew is 11:30pm local, so 25 minutes away.
@coribald Yeah that didn’t entirely work too well… doubt it will last the tour.
cvodb “In democracy, government should fear the citizens, not the other way around.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
When I enter One into our database, it also gives me the option for Gone. IF ONLY.
That phrase was previously used to protest the death of an Egyptian blogger en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wael_Ghon… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
20. One, with discussion about fight against HIV at start. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Getting crowd to chant/sing this. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30 twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
Bono sending message from Canada to USA. “Power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@shamrockdream @cvodb You’ll never hear it the same way again!
Oops. That was a typo. Violet, not violent! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
ULTRAVIOLENT LOVE #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
It was lead-in to Elevation, not part of Beautiful Day. Doesn’t count. twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
Ultra Violet dedicated to “great women” U2 know—mums, sisters, wives—and women who fought for rights everywhere. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Ax may not like this song, but this Matkin adores it. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
So Ax, did that count as an Elevation snippet in BD or just too late in the segue?
19. Ultra Violet, for the first time since 9 July 2011—also in Canada, but in Montreal. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
bethandbono Little robotic twist to Beautiful Day. https://t.co/s1DmHktO83
@Drea104 I’d like to see him try some Inuktitut
renowned Following @u2gigs is nuts, feels like I’m at the show in Vancouver. Amazing how @mixlr @twitter @periscope have empowered livestreaming
@Drea104 And New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province.
Signed,
Ax, who learnt a few things while in Canada in March
bethandbono “A beautiful day for human rights to drown out human wrongs.” https://t.co/CthYLnXeEs
@k_now_waite Me too!
@Drea104 Technically, though Quebec and New Brunswick are the only two provinces where French is an official language.
18. Elevation. Bono’s little speech at end of Beautiful Day led into this via “goal is soul” reference. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono talking about how it’s a beautiful day when human rights overcome human wrongs. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
gatobronco @u2 Live beautiful day https://t.co/JpHbFE00WN
Woah, what have they done to the vocals here? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
“Vancouver, mon ami, mon amour” Wrong part of the country, Bono! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
mhealy1972 @u2gigs How about a stat of the least amount of Bono banter in 1 show… This may win…#U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@adammajorcsik No acoustics
@adammajorcsik Correct!
bethandbono Beautiful Day ‘bout to get lit. https://t.co/SGRKn43ZiG
U2_Breathe #TheEdge and #Bono [#Vancouver - 12/05/2017]
VIA: @countingants
#U2NewsIT #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2 https://t.co/JU6B0CMErV
17. Beautiful Day opens the encore. I (Ax) am still drained from The Joshua Tree, to be honest. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
OK, so, that was the first full band Mothers since 20 December 1987. Subsequent either Bono/Edge or stripped down v… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Sounds like the intro to Beautiful Day is from one of the remixes. Is it Perfecto? Oakenfeld?
hjwallace1 Well that was incredible!!! #Exit #thejoshuatree2017 https://t.co/USmHMxbxx4
jknoftle Waiting for the encore #u2 #u2thejoshuatree2017 ift.tt/2puENE3 https://t.co/4L0OOGcyIZ
If you want to know more about Tangiwai or wonder what I (Ax/@DrDreHistorian) do as a historian, here’s a sample: stuff.co.nz/national/95483…
Okay Ax, bring out that Mothers stat as a distraction!
“Thank you for listening to our new long-player!” says Bono at the end. The last three songs emotionally exhausting for me (Ax).
“Muchas gracias” Bono says. Think he mixed up what country he is in!
bethandbono Bono is jacketless for MOTD. https://t.co/ylFJ7aZcMy
My Grandpa was the only survivor from the second carriage. I wouldn’t be bringing you this set if he hadn’t got out. He was 18.
El Pueblo Vencera: The people will win #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
My (Ax) family tragedy was Tangiwai railway disaster in New Zealand. Uncle’s body one of 20 never found, washed to… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
#Trip RT @harrykantas: #U2JoshuaTreeTour2017 #U2JT30Vancouver
@U2 @U2Community @u2songs https://t.co/VKdfKydqP7
That’s… really not appropriate for this song RT @adammajorcsik: @u2gigs For tears or for something else? :D
bethandbono We have a Stetson! Exit is INSANE. #fucktrump https://t.co/ngHjhka2Gu
@Hoosier2012 It was bloody odd! I’m counting it, we’ve got other children’s rhymes in the database like Hokey Pokey.
CBarcaQC @Hoosier2012 @u2gigs Exit was everything I hoped it would be and more. Wow wow wow.
16. Mothers of the Disappeared, first since 15 September 2010. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Someone please hand Matkin some tissues now #MothersoftheDisappeared #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Next mega like from Matt for this Exit performance! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Eenie-meenie-miney-mo as a snippet? That’s novel! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
“Eenie meenie minie mo catch a tiger by the toe” over Exit climax hahahaha. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Now “PUT YOUR HAND AGAINST THE SCREEN!” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
cvodb Yaaaasss. Exit. Exit. Exit. Exit. Exit. Exit. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
“Hold out your hands” sings Bono over second Exit solo. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
By the way, Bono is wearing a cowboy hat #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Exit last played 27 years, 6 months, 28 days ago, 3rd-longest gap between song plays ever (Trip, Scarlet longer) #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
U2start “The moon is up over One Tree Hill…” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2 #BCPlace https://t.co/4m10TIKzgq
My body is ready for Exit, here we go! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I want video of this. Sil is freaking out on mixlr. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2 linking Trump to Exit. My God, that’s a hell of a statement in and of itself! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
15. Exit, with a Trump message at the start! “The world will end at midnight tonight.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Oh great ocean, oh great sea
Run to the ocean, run to the sea…
One of my highlights a well! Matt twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
Time for the real belter of the set… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
And when it’s raining
Raining hard
That’s when the rain will break my heart
<killer Edge solo>
RAINING, RAINING HARD
RAAAAINING, RAINING—
@Opti_maX Thanks! I feel much better now :)
Basically the highlight of my U2-gig-going life was seeing U2 play One Tree Hill live in Auckland 2006 w/ actual hill visible behind stage.
bethandbono Rainbow bassman on In God’s Country https://t.co/OMyqlycxI9
I’ll see you again when the stars fall from the sky
And the moon is up and over One Tree Hill
Gets me every time. Every. Time. -Ax
@bethandbono Looks like!
bethandbono Is that Morleigh? TTYW https://t.co/n8NxdrG5Vf
Can a smartphone explode if you get too many notifications? I’m a bit worried today. Something is flashing all the time. Matt
Every time U2 play One Tree Hill is such an extraordinary privilege, a sad yet beautiful experience. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@adammajorcsik My meltdown will come with Mothers. Matkin.
Bono goes too soon into “you run like a river” line! Switches to right lyric, “moon is up”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
14. One Tree Hill, first performance since 5 July 2011. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
So, is that giant ball behind the stage a moon? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@rossgperry @atu2 @U2Community See the hashtag. ;)
Okay, time for Ax’s second meltdown of the night.
@AntonioMbass In God’s Country? Nope, just snippet.
marshalederman In God’s Country #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/NAVYVVrlb7
Elevation had the heart, Vertigo had the bomb shelter, #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 has, perhaps obviously, The Tree
@CBarcaQC @Hoosier2012 Wouldn’t you say JT tells its own story?
Trip beats Scarlet, which went 29 years, 2 months, 22 days between performances from 1981 to 2010. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
13. Trip Through Your Wires, first for 29 years, 4 months, 22 days—LONGEST GAP EVER BETWEEN U2 SONG PERFORMANCES. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
“30 years and I still can’t play the fucking thing. Larry, help me out here!” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Okay Ax, throw out that Trip stat! Scarlet, you’re shunted into second! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
popartist61 Wow. #u2 #u2joshuatreetour2017 #u2jt30 @ BC Place instagram.com/p/BUBUODBjYwU/
DeweysaysGoReds @u2gigs I was at the sound check in Murfreesboro, TN in 1987 when they played it. Somewhat sorry to lose my exclusive.
If U2 didn’t have video of Larry hacking in a mine and Edge throwing canaries on the screen, they really missed out! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Since that 9 Oct 1989 performance, In God’s Country has been played four times: three acoustic in Nov/Dec 2001, and once w/ fan 22 May 2015.
Last time U2 did full band electric In God’s Country? 9 October 1989 in the city where I currently sit, Melbourne #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@rossgperry @atu2 @U2Community Were there any unofficial ones? #cheeky #rehearsaldoesntcount
12. In God’s Country, back after just that one IE Tour performance. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Mega like! Matt
Just like A Sort of Homecoming, I can’t believe I just entered Red Hill Mining Town into our database. Surreal! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
There is a light, don’t let it go out? RT @coribald: @u2gigs AMONGST ALL THE DARKNESS IN 2017 THERE IS A LIGHT
marshalederman Salvation Army meets Red Hill Mining Town #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/deg9mtbHYx
@adammajorcsik If I’m willing to ‘fess up with it, I’m cool with that. ;) But hate how tweets can have a life of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Aw geez, they’re playing this song? Come on guys… #RedHillMiningTown #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
11. LIVE DEBUT OF RED HILL MINING TOWN CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE WE ARE HEARING THIS. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
In fact I’m going to delete my earlier tweet because I don’t want wrong info getting out there.
I’ve always found “Still running” to be a really emotional coda. Matkin #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
dontgoslideaway @u2gigs I have a feeling the next song might top that
Shit, I (Ax) was wrong and Tyler is dead right. Three Sept 87 performances of RTSS not after Bullet. twitter.com/TyTy1124/statu…
@Hoosier2012 In general, yes
CBarcaQC @u2gigs This show already has such a different feel compared to a regular U2 tour. Quite strange. Kinda hard to explain.
U2 have never done the first 20 seconds of RTSS from the album, by the way #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2Community Bar raised x10 again. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #WillieWorld #Genius twitter.com/U2Community/st…
Hey Ax, has Running to Stand Still ever NOT followed Bullet? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
10. Running to Stand Still, first time live since 15 July 2005! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
By the way, excepting Live Aid and that Hershey rehearsal on ZooTV, this is the first time U2 have opened with SBS #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
I may have some terribly unpopular opinions, but I would never bag out Shine Like Stars, the only way to end WOWY! twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
Don’t troll Ax, that’s my job. Matkin. RT @MrMacPhisto73: @u2gigs Thank God, so overrated
harbinger384 @u2gigs Indeed. It already feels fresher not being the pre-end “tiredness” song (maybe that’s not a thing for anyone else)
No snippets yet tonight, in case you were wondering. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
bethandbono Going to Zabriskie for WOWY. https://t.co/X8KkM5XCp2
The Joshua Tree Tour didn’t actually end… it just went on a 30-year hiatus. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2start “The screen is insane”, a short clip of I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2… https://t.co/EtwGb9iLWl
@AntonioMbass The “this” meant the link, which was 2005! ;)
@harbinger384 Weird and welcome!
9. Bullet the Blue Sky #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Sorry, no Shine Like Stars tonight, folks. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Stable and clean live feed from Vancouver by @jamesamurray here mixlr.com/jim-murray/ #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
BernheimBiz All I want is #shine like stars @U2 @U2start @U2BreakingNews @u2radiocom @vanycf @lunachic33 @mrsmullenjr @u2gigs
Tonight With or Without You is 8th. It has been 5th, 6th, 7th once each, and 8th 3x. All on JT/Lovetown except this: u2gigs.com/show1290.html
The earliest U2 have ever played With or Without You is fifth, in Tokyo 1989: u2gigs.com/show940.html
8. With or Without You. It’s been played earlier in the setlist, but only a few times. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
7. I Still Haven’t Found #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Though debuting the album version of NYD tonight, U2 have yet to play the alum version of Streets #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Love love looooove ????????????????
marshalederman After emotional tribute to MLK, @U2 launches into the Joshua Tree. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/WwWiyDZGXE
808pierson #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 et ça commence… https://t.co/af89mUteYn
In case you’re wondering how long it’s been since U2 played these songs, Matt got backend to spit out some data:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
6. Where the Streets Have No Name, in case the last tweet didn’t tip you off #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Hoosier2012 @u2gigs They’re really going for it tonight.
Heeere comes The Joshua Tree… #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
MapleLeafOtaku #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 OH MY SWEET LORD U2 IS KILLING IT https://t.co/xYqvYtCBV3
@adammajorcsik Mate I feel so sorry for everybody near me if they play it in London or Berlin.
@razorcash There might be a Pre-War performance where he sings a part of it. I’ll have to check. But don’t think done properly?
@Damoratis Hahaha damn, way too excited to be clever/clearheaded enough to have thought of that.
@MekVox Shortened version then
Even back in the mid 80’s they did it that way. Every release is that way. I’m intrigued now. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
5. Pride #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Usually they skip the end of the first verse and go right into the end of the second. This time they did both #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
And yes you want the ASOH stats. First performance since 16 November 2001, just the third since 27 June 1987. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Wait, is the first time they’ve done MLK in full? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
First MLK since 8 October 2010, by the way. #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
MLK fourth. So, so fucking awesome to get to enter A Sort of Homecoming into our database live. #JT30
DO NOT STOP PLAYING THIS SONG, U2. EVER. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
U2_Breathe #TheEdge [#Vancouver - 12/05/2017]
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#U2NewsIT #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #U2 https://t.co/sCVFKRmFO7
Guitar taken over the synth at the end.
SEE THE SKY THE BURNING RAIN
SHE WILL DIE AND LIVE AGAIN TONIIIIIIIIIGHT
THE WIND WILL CRACK IN WINTER TIME
THIS BOMB-BLAST LIGHTNING WALTZ
NO SPOKEN WORDS, JUST A SCREEEEEEAAAAAAAM
Bono leading crowd in “oh come away say I” verse. #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
AlexandraGail45 @u2gigs I think I just died. That’s the song I’ve been waiting 30 years to see live…
Edge is even playing A Sort of Homecoming on the Gibson Explorer, by far my (Ax) favourite guitar of his. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
oh my god I never thought this would be played again #ASignofHomecoming was just a crazy stupid dream of mine and HERE IT IS
porcupine_pete @u2gigs Love the ’80’s synth!!!!
OH, OH, OH ON BORDERLAND WE RUUUUN
Oh fuck I’m almost crying, folks.
Is that a synth in the background of ASOH? Very different! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
AND YOU KNOW IT’S TIME TO GO
ACROSS THE SLEET AND DRIVING SNOW
ACROSS THE FIELDS OF MORNING
LIGHTS IN THE DISTANCE
AND YOU HUNGER FOR THE—
A SORT OF HOMECOMING
A SORT OF HOMECOMING
A SORT OF HOMECOMING
A SORT OF HOMECOMING
A SORT OF HOMECOMING
A SORT OF HOMECOMING
A SORT OF HOM—
@montyvox lower key
To our knowledge, this is the first time U2 have ever done this verse in concert. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Bono has never sung the final “golden age” verse of New Year’s Day live. Tonight, he’s sung it. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Very rare! “Maybe the time is right, maybe tonight!” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Good b-stage angle on this Periscope. Bono intro’ing Adam and Larry over Edge’s solo in NYD: pscp.tv/rob_leingang/1… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
jesseisgolfing @u2gigs @dabishie Awesome periscope feed: pscp.tv/u2fancast/1BdG…
bethandbono Larry walking down to b stage solo. SBS https://t.co/fv2W2miy5t
bethandbono “When fact is fiction and reality tv.” Accidental or intentional?
Second song of #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 is New Year’s Day. It was played just three times on IE Tour in 2015. #JT30
Sunday Bloody Sunday has never opened a full tour gig. Closest is Hershey public rehearsal in 1992: u2gigs.com/show609.html #JT30
Here’s our mainpage article with live #JT30 opening night setlist: u2gigs.com/article1160.ht… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Our live feed from Vancouver is running here mixlr.com/u2gigs/ #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Sunday Bloody Sunday! U2 Tour: START! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@dabishie @jesseisgolfing Yeah, this is a real novelty, never had this pre-show experience before. Thanks!
It’s late enough in the afternoon here in Melbourne to crack open a beer. I’m set for #JT30 to begin! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@mariamocheli No, sorry, she’s just in the VIP audience section at the soundboard.
@bethandbono @_Dream_Out_Loud Long way to fall! Hope Edge has padding on!
Very glad U2 aren’t taking the stage til all inside; even if it means it will be a short night before F1 tomorrow! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2tour GA @bcplace a couple of minutes before 9pm ##u2TheJoshuaTree2017 ift.tt/2qcU0bw https://t.co/kW3Ln57DeI
Cool that Grimes is there. I (Ax) rate “Flesh Without Blood” best song of 2015, maybe 2010s.
Ivanobe At the mixing desk, and I see Gavin Friday, Anton Corbin, Elvis Costello and Grimes.
#U2TheJoshuaTreeTour2017
@azcat92 I shouldn’t be so wary - they sometimes divert from printed set but not on opening night!
Listening to the pre-show music via mixlr and the security feed what’s happening outside. That’s a premiere. Matt
@FernandoDante Meant to be 10 minutes ago!
@ekstewie Well #2 for favourite live performances is 11 O’clock Tick Tock at Red Rocks, though 3-solo version of 4… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@goalissoul Only referring to rehearsals. ;)
@azcat92 Yes, seen it too, still wary. (Also not running spoilers in main tweets for those who want to experience set reveal live.)
@jbbrookman Yeah, sometimes I expect Wake Up…
dabishie @u2gigs - Here’s a feed of security at BC Place for fans. U2 not on stage until all are in: springtide.ca:8000/u2-security.mp3
ASOH is my favourite U2 song. Studio anyway. #1 of anything is One Tree Hill, 26 December 1989. But studio OTH comes second to ASOH.
I (Ax) hope you’re all ready for my reaction if they play A Sort of Homecoming. After DrowningMan/EStorm tease at Dublin III 2009, I’m wary.
@rodrigosalem Paris 2015 I think. About a year and a half
I’m half-expecting to hear People Have The Power roar out #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@InTheSlipstream Hello from Kitchener! =P
Our mixlr is live now mixlr.com/u2gigs/ #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Stefan is live on our Mixlr! mixlr.com/u2gigs/ #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@willdohikes Not unless they are under a hidden/fake account name!
It’s what I do, Ax!
@robertjwitte Yeah I’m really surprised nothing from Boy in that opening sequence, and I was certain 40 would close this tour.
I (Ax) was planning to tweet later that “On the basis of no evidence at all, #ASignofHomecoming worked”. Thanks Mat… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Here is our mainpage article that will have the live setlist once U2 begin: u2gigs.com/article1160.ht… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
If U2 do play ASOH tonight, Ax is taking full credit because of his #ASignOfHomecoming campaign last tour. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@SVDCRacing Me too (Ax). I was sure as sure can be that it would be this tour’s closer.
Just realised I (Ax) plain forgot to do a rehearsals reference article like on previous tours. Will do one in the coming days.
@Bonovoxx With your excuse it sounds less crazy to be up than just a concert like me ;)
@jessie4324 You seriously don’t want them to play A Sort of Homecoming?!
VancouverPD Staff @bcplace are working as quickly as they can to get fans into the concert. Pls be patient: be ready for ticket… https://t.co/iW9cZ7jO2x
@sportcourt01 Opening show for 360 was 22 songs too.
Good morning from Berlin. Matt joining for the tour opener.
SPOILER ALERT
DO NOT LOOK AT IMAGE IN QUOTED TWEET IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THE PLANNED SETLIST FOR TONIGHT twitter.com/tagjim/status/…
@jessie4324 How is it U2’s fault? If BC Place offer a method of entry, it’s their responsibility that it works & is implemented well.
Just been informed of a spoiler for tonight’s set! Can confirm that a single from 1987 will be played tonight! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@glencue @bcplace U2 have blown past curfews before, and in this case could make stadium wear the fine.
@PBear1979 Ha, no, though had one confusing exchange with that person yesterday.
So what will U2 do? Take the stage on time? Or delay until everyone is inside? Has the @bcplace staff told them? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Hope U2 delay start if lots of fans still stuck outside. @bcplace should pay curfew fines as this is their fault…. twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
bethandbono Mumford played from 7:30 to 8:22.
@Lunnzies @RobertJMcPeak Doesn’t matter if it’s credit card-only or paper tickets if the scanners fail! At least th… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@Hoosier2012 Very slow entry through one gate, so everybody who was there early is in. But those coming after work… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@RobertJMcPeak I’m going to be keeping a close eye on how this shit plays out before London & Berlin. Hopefully a one-off omnishambles.
@hyrieus @gng007 @U2 @U2Community You could just tune into any one of the Mixlr/Periscope feeds and confirm it’s Mumford, not U2.
I feel so bad for all the fans stuck outside at the moment. I (Ax) would definitely be starting to stress. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I’m enjoying some random trying to tell me U2 have been on stage for over 15minutes. Yeah, like every fansite account would’ve missed that.
@hyrieus @gng007 @U2 @U2Community Mate, U2 are definitely not on right now. Start time is 9pm.
@hyrieus @gng007 @U2 @U2Community U2 don’t start for over an hour. Mumford & Sons are on now.
Dmnhauntedworld #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #ticketmaster scanning system just crashed. Nobody getting in right now.
I (Ax) would never be this keen, but if you’re after the queue for night 2 of #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30: twitter.com/gng007/status/…
u2songs Mumford and Sons at #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/AtuGuvmZpX
mysteriousdays I’m doing a Mixlr #mumfordandsons mixlr.com/u2start
From Edge’s piano to Larry’s drum coming up from the stage. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/GATdMstpZr
@joansca2 @AdamLamping @U2 Yes.
Tattoo for @U2. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/fcuGNbqze4
harrykantas Wanna know when each #U2JoshuaTree2017 show starts in your country, so you can follow along?
Check out our tracker!
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goalissoul @u2gigs The only thing longer than that hashtag is the GA line in Vancouver right now. *micdrop*
Backstage: “Now Edge, remember where the walkway ends…” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
My kingdom for a hashtag shorter than #U2TheJoshuaTree2017. Like, oh I don’t know, #JT30.
joe_ahorro #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 Specs: Screen is 7.2K. Images are recorded in 8K. Stage is 9 feet high. Wow!
Red Zone collector badge. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/xk7KQcwuDK
@AntonioMbass Believe so.
To whet your appetite, here’s the best U2 live moment I (Ax) have experienced in person: youtube.com/watch?v=QprWe_… #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
febottini Poems on the screen by George Elliott Clarke: “Kaddish for Leonard Cohen” and “Ain’t You Scared of the Sacred”… https://t.co/HumcXvobP7
@JohnAPurcell You can see Bono wearing O’Driscoll’s shirt in Matthias’s vid of One Tree Hill, not sure if he filmed… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
O coma way o coma wa o coma
O coma way say I #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Look who I found… who’s watching Bono? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/cnPqHsMM81
@JoeriHarcksen No, Mumford & Sons won’t be on for at least another 40 minutes.
Canadian poetry scrolling on main stage. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/0r4pdw1hAz
@jefftopping Not entirely sure but we believe 2:45 or so
Possible mixlrs for tonight: mixlr.com/u2gigs/ mixlr.com/u2songs/ mixlr.com/u2brothr/ @u2songs @U2Brothr #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Ah, this reminds me of U2 in Auckland 2006, when Bono wore an All Blacks jersey only to reveal O’Driscoll’s #13 Iri… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
My spot at front of the Tree. Great spot 3 back from rail with 435 position in GA. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/WmKSdW7tu7
AdamLamping I think this is pretty close… @u2gigs @U2 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/0N7nJhNz1A
@gilson_jr_ Oh I say go whole hog, main set with JT vibe and then encore with totally different Pop vibe. Album deserves its due.
Red Zone set up. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/gsriMrez1o
Fans are now in BC Place. We’re about 3 hours from U2 taking the stage. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@gilson_jr_ My dream is a Pop encore. Forget this BD/UV/One/whatever stuff and go nuts with a run of Gone, Discotheque, LNOE, and Please.
@KUEFC Quite high given how extensively it has been rehearsed. Let’s say 90%. I hope it closes because I’ve got a killer stat if it does.
@algernonradish I think it’s a good chance at the Barcelona gig.
@gilson_jr_ Yeah I find that really weird. If they’re dead-set on those 3 songs, go Elevation first, then BD/UV.
I hope you folks are ready for U2 stats today. Because hoo boy have I (Ax) got some stats for you. #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
More soundcheck news: One, Red Hill Mining Town, In God’s Country. #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
atu2 The soundcheck is bits and pieces of songs, nothing full (in case you were wondering) #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
GA line is getting bands! Excitement is building. Can you feel it?! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/EcBYM4N66U
Sorry, working on other site stuff. More songs soundchecked since 2nd Pride: Streets, Exit, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Ultra Violet. #JT30
Miss Sarajevo fourth song in the soundcheck, now some more work on Pride. #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Beautiful Day has been soundchecked. Add that to Pride and One Tree Hill. #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
U2Achtung_ Premier bracelet de la tournée !
#U2 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 https://t.co/GI31gsarBq
@k_now_waite I’ve made sure I don’t need to be out of the office on those days.
My colleagues might be about to di… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@algernonradish The first attempts at live streaming in 2005 were similarly underwater. I listened to every show, of course.
atu2 Sounds like the guitar solo from One Tree Hill coming from inside BC Place right now.
@SallieAnnG Yeah, much as I wish U2 would be a bit more adventurous in their tour schedule, North American gigs are… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@algernonradish Oh man, some of those old bootlegs are hilariously unlistenable.
Anyone able to help out this guy? #JT30 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 twitter.com/AdamLamping/st…
I should stop reminiscing about “wow how ‘bout that technology hey” and actually focus on the damn band. U2 soundch… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
As a kid in 90s New Zealand, just the idea I could fax a letter or send an email & person overseas got it straight away was wild enough.
Of course, what a world, that I can cover a gig in NAmerica/Europe from Australia for you in [insert country here]. What a time to be alive.
Those of you staying up to ungodly hours for this gig, I (Ax) hear you. To cover Euro shows from Melbourne I have to get up around 4-5am.
@BasBoudewijn Looks like it’ll be about 6am your time.
U2 should be on stage around 9pm Vancouver time. What’s that in your local time? Use this converter: timeanddate.com/worldclock/con… #JT30
Your favourite twitter double-act returns tonight with Matkin and Ax at the helm! Ax is busy finding stats, and Matkin is napping beforehand
It’s past 3:00 and were are up and moving in GA! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Vancouver https://t.co/6C8X0Rh3PW
@U2Chile @atu2 @U2Valencia @U2TOURFANS @U2start I’m going to say not tonight, but probably once or twice later in the tour. -Ax