Here is the full setlist for U2’s first night in Dublin on the #U2eiTour. I am about to expand the write-up too. u2gigs.com/article1304.ht…
Post-show music playing over the PA. That’s definitely the end. No surprises tonight, but Gloria in the early set r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bono at the end of 13: “Honey, I’m home. Goodnight Dublin.” Looks like that’s it, no surprise song as rumoured. #U2eiTour
Love when we quote Bono making a political observation and angry people get up in our menchies as if we can pass their tweets on to him.
22. 13 (There Is a Light) #U2eiTour
@JeffersUtd No joke. Could fit in an entire extra song some nights.
Woops, yes, my counting has slipped since the end of the main set. One and Love Is Bigger are 20th and 21st songs o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
20. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way. #U2eiTour
One ends with “no them only us” Invisible snippet. #U2eiTour
YES. Playing that gem just once is both weird and wrong. Would love it to get another airing before the #U2eiTour e… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
19. One is the first song of the encore. Bono’s speech: “whether there is a hard border, or a soft border, or no bo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@AntonioMbass They wrote it out for as many minutes as it will last.
Band on stage, Bono speechifying, what’s new? ;)
@AntonioMbass I’d be very down with that.
@zooclay I preferred it at the start of the tour when Bono sang a short snippet rather than pretending to chat with his wife though.
Encore break time. Any surprises for us in the encore? Must admit I’m surprised they tried Landlady only twice, tho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@DexyGeno @skid63 What do you want me to do, love literally every song they do? Hell, I’ve mostly praised stuff ton… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
19. City of Blinding Lights #U2eiTour
@jimrumpf Ahaha, somebody else asked if that counted as a Red Light snippet too, I didn’t notice!
@skid63 It looks especially cringeworthy from today’s vantage point too!
@DexyGeno @AntonioMbass Little precious there champ.
18. New Year’s Day. Not sure I will ever tire of this song. #U2eiTour
Thin Lizzy reference when Bono mentions that “the boys are back in town” #U2eiTour
@skid63 Haha that was a real nadir wasn’t it
@DJRoss_72 Agreed. They seem to like ending with slower songs, and 40 and Bad work, but generally I’d prefer a high… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
17. Get Out of Your Own Way #U2eiTour
@Irishjoeshelton I didn’t catch anything?
Bono: “we wish for America better things than some Americans seem to wish for themselves.” #U2eiTour
Bono, as the crowd chants during Pride: “let them hear us across the Atlantic, election day USA. We used to look to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@AntonioMbass You can keep it!
16. Pride #U2eiTour
Lots of people guessing this could be Little Things, which would be its tour debut if so. twitter.com/u2songs/status…
@AntonioMbass Lordy. I just want a rock show, not a fucken musical. Is that too much to ask!
@giddingsm74 They’ve done it every night this leg. I just haven’t covered a gig since June.
@AntonioMbass I’ve almost forgotten what song this is meant to be. Oh, here we go.
@AntonioMbass I wish he’d stop bloody talking and start the song.
Oooh intriguing. twitter.com/u2songs/status…
15. Summer of Love. I’ve been AWOL so long that this is actually the first time I’ve heard the band play this song. #U2eiTour
@coribald @AntonioMbass That at least was blink=and-you-miss-it stuff.
@skid63 Guilty!
@Toonamette It’s total whiplash. Weird pairing.
@AntonioMbass It’s still one of the most boneheaded, awkward things I’ve heard this band do. One of the (many) thin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@WhoriskeyNeil Haha no, covering the show from Australia as usual. 9am here!
Spoken-word snippet of The Showman in the intro to The Best Thing. #U2eiTour
Oh god is Bono still doing the silly faux chat before Best Thing. #U2eiTour
14. The Blurst Thing #U2eiTour
That should be song number 13, of course.
u2songs For those asking why a certain song didn’t get played, there was a setlist change before showtime. That’s all we know. #U2Dublin #U2eiTour
14. It’s Mr Macphisto time, so you know it’s Acrobat coming up next. #U2eiTour
@CraigFairlie Oooh you’re not going to like my thoughts about that song in general then…!
12. Even Better Than The Real Thing #U2eiTour
@CraigFairlie I think Elevation has been way overdone live, but I’d rather it be in the set twice than Best Thing once.
Rebel Rebel snippet at the end of Vertigo #U2eiTour
@CraigFairlie Me when U2 play about half of the current setlist tbh.
11. Bono asks if there are any Spanish speakers in the house, so that means Vertigo. #U2eiTour
I (Ax) just realised I will have to duck out in about half an hour as I have a plumber visiting my house. Hopefully… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
10. “Are you ready to get elevated? Circulated? Percolated? Loved and hated? Infatuated? Infuriated?” Elevation ope… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Rodrivox Nothing. Seems they decided to skip it.
Great ending to Horses. Now it’s time for the intermission between sets. #U2eiTour
u2br U2 e o presidente da Irlanda, Michael Higgins ???????? #U2 #U2eiTour
????: @PresidentIRL https://t.co/ICxoSW9ViE
Can’t help reading that Twitter handle as President In Real Life. twitter.com/u2br/status/10…
9. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses. I am VERY glad this has become a regular for the end of this leg. #U2eiTour
The end of Stay is always so goddamn beautiful. #U2eiTour
8. Stay #U2eiTour
I’d do well at the Festivus airing of grievances.
Didn’t take long for Ax’s first complaint of the night! twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…
7. The Fly. Very happy this is in the #U2eiTour set. One of U2’s best songs.
There was a spoiler setlist doing the rounds today that showed the band were to play Dirty Day before Zoo Station t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
6. Zoo Station. So much for that spoiler doing the rounds earlier… #U2eiTour
Bono is now reminiscing about a show U2 did at the Baggott Inn where the record execs left early. It’d be this show… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bono: “Is this the 3Arena? We must be home!” #U2eiTour
@thombullock Honestly I hope I never hear ABOY again. But I’m very surprised Red Flag Day hasn’t been more regular…. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
5. Beautiful Day #U2eiTour
Gloria ends with snippets of songs of the same name by both Van Morrison and Patti Smith. #U2eiTour
@johnnyo217 Haha yep, at least after not hearing it for a few months I’m not 100% sick of the same banter.
4. So, what’s in the rotational slot? Tonight it’s GLORIA. #U2eiTour
3. Going back to the end of the seventies: “We’re a band from the northside of Dublin called The U2, formerly The H… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. “Show us your lights Dublin!” Lights of Home, of course. #U2eiTour
@johnnyo217 Yep. And European shows are the hardest to cover from Australia because of the timezone - the setlist a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
1. The Blackout opens U2’s four-night stand in Dublin. #U2eiTour
@adammajorcsik Stefan is, and will be filming. I (Ax) am covering from Australia, as usual.
And, sorry again for such a protracted absence. It wasn’t intentional, I (Ax) thought I’d just miss a show or two,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Looks like we’re about to start in Dublin. Honestly I wish they’d kept the Winter Beats intro from the start of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
OTooleDes #U2eiTour Waiting patiently for 4 Dublin lads, @U2 so civilized #generationgap @3ArenaDublin https://t.co/GUJQG0NSRZ
Good evening from Berlin - Matt here listening from home today. Great to have Ax back here with us :)
postrin mixlr.com/paul-ostrin I’m going to try to stream Dublin 1 tonight #U2eiTour #Dublin #U2 #mixlr #U2Dublin @atu2 @u2gigs
@Pedro_Alves_ Stefan is there, yes!
Hi everyone, it’s Ax. Yes, really. I feel very badly for going AWOL this leg. Work, life, timezones intervened, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Pat_Carty Back on the radio this evening, speaking to the Mighty Matt Cooper @lstwrd @TodayFM
I’ll be discussing what we mi… https://t.co/0oyP9VAWfe
@sampgeoghegan @U2start @U2 @SSEBelfastArena @3ArenaDublin @atu2 Finally someone who can stand behind me and still see something ????
This ticket is still available. twitter.com/u2gigs/status/…