rem1771 @u2gigs Come on lads lets put this into perspective
My favourite song is promenade how long have I waited for this to be played live ????
ChikaLakerz @u2gigs @atu2 @Noodles105
uh oh Huston we have a problem twitter.com/u2songs/status…
u2songs Many fans receiving “take down” notices by the IFPI for live videos of @u2 posted to Twitter in 2015/2016. Come via email from Twitter.
Got this one by Robert Lipperd: „this one is my favorite. one of those “they’re so ugly they’re sexy”… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
U2start Video of U2 dedicating One Tree Hill last night in Houston to those who died in Manchester: youtube.com/watch?v=pK9Czt… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@U2Baja @Renegade_Son Amen. /Matt
@mysteriousdays I mean, you can make a 25-song set just of hits. What surprises me is when we call hits like The Fl… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@mysteriousdays I’d say UV/ASOH about equal in how well known. And given most of the set is hits, they can throw us a bone!
@chadd787 Hey thanks, we really appreciate it. :)
@nitebus @Renegade_Son Though I laughed when heaps of casuals left the Melbourne gig before the last encore, which… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@nitebus @Renegade_Son Now there’s a band who knows how to please casual and hardcore fans at once.
nitebus @Renegade_Son @u2gigs The Cure are the winners though. same age as U2 pretty much and they played 30 songs almost every single night in 2016
@EdgeFest A lot of the between-song banter has become generic very quickly.
@_JamesMiller_ This is my hope. The Vertigo Tour suggests precedent for this to happen too.
@Renegade_Son To be honest I prefer this version to IE, since Bono is singing all the lines. The crowd karaoke of IE I disliked.
@KUEFC Yeah, esp as it had all the potential in the world to be a good intro to the album, treating this return to… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Renegade_Son @azcat92 @u2gigs Elevation is a crowd pleaser, plus Larry’s selfie in the break reeeeealy gets the crowd going. Nice touch that works.
@chadd787 Weeeell to be technical, ~25% did (I find US turnout rates appalling). Also, I say this as a political hi… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@chadd787 @Hoosier2012 Yep, Alicia Keys got a shoutout during One just before Hear Us Coming.
@GnoccoFritto @chadd787 Even earlier, too. Stranger in a Strange Land is political, Rejoice and The Electric Co. a bit more obliquely.
Renegade_Son @u2gigs Last full McCartney Show: 39
Springsteen: 26
Roger Waters: 24
Dylan: 21
Stones: 18
Metallica: 18
Tied w/76… https://t.co/7QpfmH0F6o
@popkewitz He seems to be a little better and we’ve chatted about U2 stuff. :)
@dontgoslideaway @SteveDen5 I (Ax) would definitely prefer that.
@EveryBrokenWave @PBear1979 Ah, I didn’t buy that! Can you photograph/scan it for me? I wonder if its soundcheck be… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@puremetalfan @GnoccoFritto @MANemeth @U2 @RoseBowlStadium I find it interesting you don’t want to hear US pols opp… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@tassoula @wesy_b Interference is the only forum I can handle these days, and I mainly post in the non-U2 section! -Ax
Here is the Houston #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 setlist and our show write-up: u2gigs.com/article1169.ht… #JT30
@EveryBrokenWave @PBear1979 Oh was it? I don’t recall that interview.
@Gloritone Links to streams on Periscope and Mixlr are shared before every show.
Rusty_Olson @u2gigs No ASOH was a gut punch. Exit and Bad were monsters tonight.
@puremetalfan @GnoccoFritto @MANemeth @U2 @RoseBowlStadium Is this sarcasm? U2 concerts have been political since they began.
@puremetalfan @GnoccoFritto @MANemeth @U2 @RoseBowlStadium A U2 concert has been political literally since the very… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@PBear1979 Yeah, and given the way they’ve done I Will Follow, they can get by without visuals for a few songs!
@PBear1979 @EveryBrokenWave Actually I’m not sure about that. WLCTT isn’t in the Vancouver rehearsals master list. -Ax
@jarmendarizU2 Given they’re obviously enjoying themselves, I don’t think some contractual resentment is the reason… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
florcitamd El reencuentro @u2 @NRGParkFan https://t.co/wGf3eIUBsS
Thank you so much to everybody who streamed the show. Our write-up is coming soon. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@PBear1979 Yeah, it seems they’ve rehearsed the bare minimum. But something like Desire? They can do that at the drop of a hat.
@tassoula @wesy_b Yeah, it’s amazing how much vitriol I get for not thinking One is a very good song. Hear Us Comin… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Noodles105 @u2gigs a bit disappointed. But a GREAT performance. But 21 songs is really few
u2interference @u2gigs Gave me the stat I wanted to know before I got a chance to ask. You guys are the best.
tandrews2927 @u2gigs I am so sad ASOH was dropped. The only 2 shows (LA2 & Houston)I went to and they did not play.
@jarmendarizU2 Woah, not cool dude, lay off Matkin. He’d had a bad day and then some unpleasant Twitter interaction… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@crazeyjanie @mysteriousdays Usually about ten minutes before 9pm.
markpeterboro U2 setlist after Houston. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #setlistgeek @u2gigs https://t.co/FlggKKoaJV
That’s the end. 21 songs again. Haven’t had 2 shows in a row w/ less than 22 songs since November 2005. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono thanks the crowd after Little Things. “Let’s do this again in 2047.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@TheWizardTower Hasn’t been played the last two shows.
mysteriousdays I’m really loving this song! twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
@nobody_home2 I think he meant another member of the sound crew? But yeah I had similar problem.
TheWizardTower @u2gigs I was really thrilled I got to hear that at the concert I attended. Lots of special moments in this tour.
@tawny_cat Honestly I’m more just indifferent to it, but the gushing idolisation of it on Interference back in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
@TheWizardTower True. Though the nineties performances were usually more personal, while from Elevation it’s usuall… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
21. The Little Things That Give You Away #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono is now giving thanks to Anton Corbijn for his photography and to the band’s crew for all they do. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
That perhaps says something about how meaning & use of One in context of U2 shows has shifted & become a political moment.
What is interesting is that the verse was more often “hear ME coming” in the nineties, but now usually “hear US coming”.
One has the Hear Us Coming verse, which I think always enhances the song. It’s a powerful conclusion. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@Hoosier2012 Bono likes to say “so-and-so is here tonight” if they are, and he didn’t say that about GWB, so I’m guessing not?
@AntonioMbass @U2start New database entry: Speech / Teasing Hardcore Fans (snippet)
carolmcdoniel Madeline Albright, Laura Bush, Condoleeza Rice … all new for Texas? #UltraViolet #U2 #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Ax’s bad opinion time: not only is ASOH, my fave U2 song, seemingly dropped, but two of my least faves, UV/One, are still here back-to-back.
20. One #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
U2start New rule: if Bono says the word “luminous” more than four times in one show, they have to play “Luminous Times.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
Bono gives a shoutout to George W. Bush for his contributions to fighting HIV/AIDS. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Here’s the usual pre-One speech about organising to fight poverty and disease. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Raven1464 @u2gigs They definely should have re-introduced the legendary Dalton Brothers tonight, seeing as they’re from Texas! :-D #JT30
19. Ultra Violet #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono asks the crowd “Larry Mullen Jr, who doesn’t believe in him?” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Also, I (Ax) checked in on Matkin. He says he’ll be alright. But you’re stuck with me for the rest of this gig.
18. Elevation #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
mysteriousdays @u2gigs I think he said “Houston, we don’t have a problem”
If Bono snippeted something in Beautiful Day, I couldn’t pick it. Sounded like he ad-libbed stuff re: Houston. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@SteveDen5 Shame U2 have never done so in the past - see Your Blue Room, soundchecked Europe, played live in US, we… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
17. Second encore starts with Beautiful Day #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Band leave stage again. Will 2nd encore be the same as it was the last show? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@crische That doesn’t hold for why it wasn’t sung at the last Californian show…
@JesseBasi Yeah me too. That Drowning Man/Electrical Storm soundcheck burned me good. -Ax
Another snippet of S&G’s America at end of Bad. I think Bad will actually remain a regular. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@lulenn_ Yeah, that’s the version I learnt as kid. I’ve seen a couple of people suggest that as motive. But a bit opaque to crowd if so?
danastar78 I hope #BAD is here for eternity! twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
@JesseBasi OH GOD EVERY TIME I THINK OF THAT…!
Signed,
Guy who heard it at Dublin 3 soundcheck & had great hope… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Intro of Bad has snippet of Simon & Garfunkel’s America. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
16. Well at least Bad is hanging around! #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Miss Sarajevo has its usual snip of The New Colossus. “I lift my lamp beside the golden door…” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
PBear1979 @u2gigs Mothers into Miss Sarajevo. I might have curled into fetal position and bawled if I was there in person ????
Yeah, I’m especially surprised it hasn’t been sung tonight or LA2 given large Spanish-speaking populations in these… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
15. It’s the new encore, or at least the new start with Miss Sarajevo. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Encore break. Will we get the new LA2 encore order, or back to the old one? #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “Thank you so much. What a special night for us, thank you.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@craigjq Venue will prob say no overnight camping and people will do it anyway.
My thoughts exactly. twitter.com/JesseBasi/stat…
@nitebus Yeah I really do wonder if I’ll still go song-by-song for this part of the show by the end of the leg…
I (Ax) still think Eeny Meeny Miny Moe a bit ridiculous. Works better than it should but could do w/o it. Love the Wise Blood snip though.
14. Mothers of the Disappeared to round out the album. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono snippets from Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood, then into Eeny Meeny Miny Moe children’s rhyme. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@xReneeYx Far too many of them did!
13. Exit - first show in a state that voted Trump and they stick with the Walter Trump Trackdown video. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono really belted out that last “raining in your heeaaaarrrttt” leading into Edge’s solo. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
duuuaaaane @u2gigs @atu2 @u2br @u2start @u2songs I was Chicago for the surprise One Tree Hill closer in 2011. Still one of the best gig moments ever.
Bono dedicated One Tree Hill to Manchester victims: “we will see you again when the stars fall from the sky”. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
12. Ax back just in time for One Tree Hill. Trip was 11th. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “all of our hearts are with Manchester” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I (Ax) need to grab lunch. Be back shortly. You know the next few songs anyway.
10. Bono welcomes crowd to side 2 and introduces next song, In God’s Country #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
@mvdarosa Let’s hope not!
@tawny_cat Yeah. They didn’t quite make enough of the “returning to JT is a sort of homecoming” theme. ASOH/Streets would’ve been perfect.
duuuaaaane @u2gigs Here’s a 22 song set (average length) that doesn’t disrupt the show the band are putting on now. Still room… https://t.co/Dg4dCgav2B
9. Red Hill Mining Town #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Matkin, sorry if I was harsh with my comment. I’m just so deflated about the tour now that ASOH seems gone. -Ax
Sorry everyone, I’m clearly not in a good place today. I’m gonna go so I don’t ruin all of your concert enjoyment. I’ve had enough.
@mysteriousdays Except that they didn’t add anything to the encore, which makes this so confusing to me (Ax).
A Mixlr feed if anybody needs one. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30 twitter.com/fabianomad/sta…
8. Amidst all this ASOH chatter we managed to forget to announce Running to Stand Still #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
I am not in a good place today. I am not okay. I don’t need this too. I’m trying my best when all I went to do is curl up and vanish.
Yeah but it’s not as if ASOH was getting as weak a reaction as Little Things. UV and Miss S on same level of casual fan awareness.
Ax you should know better than to think I am against ASOH. I’m raising a possibility why it was dropped because that upsets me too.
k_now_waite @u2gigs agree…either add more to front or start with Streets & have longer second half. I’m cranky today and want both MLK & ASOH back
You choose literally the one negative comment while everybody else says it went down well? Why are you campaigning against ASOH today?
7. Bullet the Blue Sky #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
WOWY does not have Shine Like Stars tonight. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
As it is, just 3 songs feels weird. 4 also felt a bit hurried. 5 at first gigs was OK. But 3? Why race through this attenuated intro to JT?
What strikes me (Ax) besides song choice is that there now just 3 songs before JT. Either start w/ it, or play decent 7-ish song intro.
pappy90 @u2gigs honestly I was pretty far back in GA pit at LA1 and I thought it went down pretty well. People round me were singing it.
cutigers1wood @u2gigs Typical that they dropped ASOH. I was so looking forward to seeing that in Tampa. I was afraid they would drop it before then.
6. With or Without You. Big crowd singalong at end of I Still Haven’t Found. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Here is our mainpage article with the full setlist live: u2gigs.com/article1169.ht… #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
There is every reason to keep it. -Ax twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
Most reports I (Ax) have read has indicated strong reception for ASOH, some fans surprised at how well received it… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Obviously we may all love that song to bits, but if crowd isn’t into it (especially as third song of night) they have no reason to keep it.
How has reception of ASOH been by the actual audience at shows? If not much reaction by most there, it makes sense they’d drop it.
5. I Still Haven’t Found #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono: “oh my goodness Texas! Here we still are, here you still are.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
California snip in Streets #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
@mysteriousdays I’m really worried now. I cannot see the logic of dropping it, especially without adding anything else to the set.
Frankly, I (Ax) am more excited about ASOH than JT now that it’s cropped up. Be shattered if it misses London/Berlin. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
SilRigote I REFUSE to believe that they are dropping ASOHC for good! :(
4. Where the Streets Have No Name, to “awaken the America of compassion and community, justice and joy” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Bono in Pride: “sing for the dream of Dr King. Some people think that dream is dead, but not in Texas.” #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Any mixlrs working tonight folks? Matkin’s laptop still can’t handle Periscope. #U2TheJoshuaTree30
Very little has excited fans more this tour than A Sort of Homecoming. U2 are mad to drop it. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
Pride is third? Bodes badly for ASOH…
Ah, I missed the start? Too busy arguing with Ax by email & reading about a GOP politician body-slamming a journalist to notice.
3. Pride #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
Oops, it seems both Matkin and I missed the start tonight! SBS first, now NYD. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #JT30
SilRigote I’m in postrin’s Mixlr mixlr.com/postrin
Just found an undocumented Stars snippet from PopMart. Nice.
Ok everyone. I’m just shit at stats. I’ll leave that to Ax next time. I tried. Matkin.
Oh I’m trying to let it go, but I wish it would just fade away. I’m really not sleeping. youtube.com/watch?v=IStffi… Matkin.
.@nitebus Almost but not quite. That’s why we list it as Arlington and not Dallas.
Next concert in Dallas is a bit more interesting. U2 haven’t played there for 11 years and 5 months u2gigs.com/show1333.html
The last time U2 performed in Houston (or anywhere in Texas), Your Blue Room was in the set for the final time u2gigs.com/show1598.html
@mysteriousdays @markpeterboro Yep, it’s on there: u2gigs.com/show2019.html