Well, the moment finally arrived and Sal and I headed down to Wembley to see U2 on their latest world tour. Incredible!
I’ve followed U2 for years – with my first live experience of them at Leeds Roundhay park for the Zoo TV tour in, errrm, ‘93 I think. I’ve subsequently seen PopMart at Leeds, Elevation at the NEC and Vertigo at Cardiff.
In my opinion, the setlist tonight was just about near on perfect. I know the album has had some tough reviews from certain quarters and I don’t think it’s their best either – but the first half at least is fantastic. The opening of the gig contained Breath from the new album – a slightly strange opener IMHO but good to hear live. This was followed by No Line on the Horizon, which again was great to hear live but possibly in the wrong place in the set to get the really large Wembley crowd going. However, in the light of what was to come, you could understand the positioning this song somewhere in the set was going to be tough one! ;-)
Far too many highlights to mention, but they sounded particularly stunning on Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Elevation, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, The Unfortgettable Fire, Vertigo, Pride, Where The Streets Have No Name and Mysterious Ways.
Their energy was superb, the live sound was awesome (despite it being a little on the high end side in the early stages) and the complete package was just awesome. All the componants of the great mamouth U2 sets of the 90’s, coupled with the simplicity of fantastic band playing fantastic songs. Really enjoyed it. I mean, REALLY enjoyed it! ;-)
Complete set list for your viewing pleasure;
1) Breath
2) No Line On The Horizon
3) Get On Your Boots
4) Magnificent
5) Beautiful Day
6) Elevation
7) I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
8) Stuck In A Moment
9) Unknown Caller
10) The Unforgettable Fire (bloody awesome version!)
11) City Of Blinding Lights
12) Vertigo
13) If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
14) Sunday Bloody Sunday
15) Pride
16) MLK
17) Walk On
18) Where The Streets Have No Name
19) One
20) Mysterious Ways
Encore
21) Ultra Violet
22) With Or Without You
23) Moment Of Surrender
