Sunday, September 25, 2005

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist 9.25.2005 // Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA



Main Set:

City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet)
The Ocean
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / In A Little While (snippet)
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)
Miss Sarajevo
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One / Ol' Man River (snippet)

Encore:

The First Time
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
With Or Without You

All Because of You
Yahweh
'40'

Friday, September 23, 2005

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist 9.23.2005 // Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota



Main Set:

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Electric Co.
The Ocean
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Beautiful Day // Many Rivers to Cross (snippet
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own // Black Hills of Dakota (snippet)
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet the Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride (in the name of love)
Where the Streets Have No Name
One

Encore:

The First Time
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
With or Without You

All Because of You
Crumbs From Your Table
Yahweh
Vertigo x2

U2 Live in Chicago will Air on Channel 4 in UK in November...

UK indie 3DD Entertainment has once again been appointed as the international distributor for global rock combo U2's latest world tour, and has already inked a deal with a UK broadcaster.
UK terrestrial Channel 4 will air Vertigo 2005 – U2 Live from Chicago in November. The high-definition concert was shot on the first leg of the Irish band’s tour earlier this year and is directed by Hamish Hamilton."We look forward to presenting this to buyers during Mipcom and closing further deals," commented Lara von Ahlefeldlt, director of programme development at 3DD.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist 9.21.2005 // United Center, Chicago, IL, USA

Main Set:

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
The Electric Co.
The Ocean
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Yahweh
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet the Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride
Where the Streets Have No Name
One

Encore(s):

Bad - The First Time
Original of the Species
With or Without You - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Fast Cars
All Because of You
40

Daniel Lanois will be in NYC during U2's MSG run...



Will Daniel Lanois make another appearance on stage with U2 at MSG in NYC? Well, he'll be in the neighborhood... You may recall that Daniel Lanois, long time friend and collaborator with the band, appeared on stage for 3 out of the 4 Toronto shows... His tour schedule shows that he'll be in Philly on the 8th.. so maybe he'll make an appearance at the 10/7 show...

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist 9.20.2005 // United Center, Chicago, IL, USA



Main Set:

City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Electric Co. // See Me, Feel Me (snippet)
The Ocean
Walk On (Acoustic)
Beautiful Day // Sgt. Pepper (Snippet) // Many Rivers To Cross (snippet)
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own // Black Hills of Dakota (snippet)
Yahweh
Love & Peace Or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky // Hands That Built America // When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Miss Sarajevo
Human Rights Thingy
Pride (in the name of love...)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One

Encoore(s):

Discotheque
The Fly
With or Without You
All Because of You
The First Time**
Bad // 40

**first time this song has ever been played in full live

Sunday, September 18, 2005

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist 9.17.2005 // Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada



Main Set:

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo // Rockaway Beach
Elevation
The Electric Co.
The Ocean
Beautiful Day // Sgt. Pepper's
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own // Dirty Old Town
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet the Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride
Where the Streets Have No Name
One // Ol' Man River

Encore(s):

Discotheque
The Fly
With or Without You
All Because of You
Fast Cars
Yahweh
40

Saturday (Day 4) Arrival and Departure Shots...


Here's the crowd waiting for the band to get to the arena on the 17th... we were among the first group of 30 people around 1:30. By 2:30 the crowd was huge...


Bono was mobbed at the entrance and security escorted his vehicle down the ramp. We were hoping he'd come out, but there were just too many people. Saturday afternoon.


After taking in the sights around the city, and catching a couple films at the film festival, we went back to the arena to see if we'd have a better shot at an autograph. A lot less people now, maybe about 40 were waiting there. Here's a shot of the exit ramp. You can see the police escort way at the bottom.






Here they come!


And there they go... No dice. They zoomed right by us, with police escort on their way to the airport... We tried!

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist Photo Essay 9.16.2005 // Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Like I mentioned in the post from the car on Friday, the first sign that this could be a special day was the random radio scan falling on a station called 'The Edge'... interesting enough to take a picture to start off our Toronto journey...


It poured all the way to Toronto on Friday. Not knowing what the line situation was for the GA ticketholders, this was not a pleasant sight...


Got a room with a view at the Sheraton Center a couple blocks from the ACC...


Got in line around 5:30pm and the regular GA line was around the corner. A few girls were making a sign in preparation for the show. We decided to get in the U2.com line which was about a third the length of the regular GA line. We heard rumors that because the regular GA line had two turnstiles it moved faster as opposed to the U2.com line only having one turnstile. We took our chances...


We got in! Our decision ultimately paid off! While the general GA line did move slightly faster, the U2.com line was still short enough that we got in with the first group of about 300 people. Got to the scanning tables and actually got into the ellipse on the first shot! The U2 gods were taking care of us that night! Maybe they like the Vertiblog...


Reality took awhile to set in. When I first looked back at the empty arena, and we were on the rail literally feet from the main mic, it finally sunk in that we were front row for U2. The odds of just getting a GA ticket were high, but to be in the ellipse was just something we never counted on. What a kick ass surprise.


After Dashboard Confessional (who were great, btw...), the stage is set up for U2.


Edge's guitar tech (Dallas) was meticulous in setting up Edge's rig. From lighting positions, to adequate foot sweep over the pedals, it was interesting to see the pre-show tweaks taking place up close and personal...


City of Blinding Lights surprised us as the opener as it's been pretty much Vertigo out of the gate for the past several shows. We did see them setting up the keyboard initially, so that should have given it away. We were still a little bit in awe at this point at our good fortune. Bono immediately grabbed a camera and started snapping a few pics of himself...


These shots are deceiving at how close we actually were.


Bono wrapping up COBL... he was pumped and the arena was deafening. Loudest crowd I've ever heard at a U2 show...


Remember our interview with Barco, the LED lighting company? It was nice to see the MiSphere's up close right out of the gate... They were VERY cool and even up close they were visually effective. We'd heard people saying that if you were up close you'd miss out on the light show. We found that not to be the case...


Adam in the groove for 'Vertigo'. It was great being toward Adam's side. Some fans had made some sort of sign for him and he seemed to get a kick out of it. Lots of smiles from the bass man.


Bono doing some Woo-Hoos into Elevation...


Bono really was feeling the energy from the bomb shelter.


Edge and Bono make their first trek out onto the ellipse... We're used to being in the nosebleeds so this was a nice change in perspective...


Edge giving the fans behind the stage some attention...


Bono during 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'...


Edge ripping it up during 'Sunday..'


Bono finding his way to the mic with his 'Coexist' bandana covering his eyes...


Streets!


Bono changed the words to 'I want to take shelter from the Hurricane...' in reference to Hurricane Katrina


One...


...with Daniel Lanois, co-producer of 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree' as well as a collaborator on several other U2 projects over the years...


Lian Lunson (producer of 'Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man' premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival) was on stage to film 'All Because of You' and the 2nd ever performance of 'Fast Cars'... who knows, maybe we'll be on the dvd as they panned the cameras several times across the front row...


Bono really kicked things up a notch during the 'Fast Cars' filming...


More 'Fast Cars' shots...


Bono hamming it up as the song closes... one lucky fan got the tamborine he threw into the crowd.


Local Toronto band 'Menew' was brought up on stage to play 'Out of Control'. They were actually pretty good... Bono and Larry could be seen behind the drum kit nodding their heads showing their approval.


These guys were having a blast...


Crowd was going nuts...


Edge playing Adam's bass during '40'.


My favorite shot... Bono shining the spot on the crowd all around the arena.

Well that's it. We hope this makes up for the lack of live updates on Friday night. It turns out Verizon Wireless does not allow emailing pics from the Rogers Wireless network...

We Apologize for the Technical Difficulties with Our Toronto Broadcast...

Well, as you can see from the post below, we were able to get our first pic uploaded from the road. I thought it was interesting that a station called 'The Edge' appeared the upper right hand corner of the radio, little did we know that was to be harbinger for things to come for an amazing day in Toronto... I'm working on a little photo essay that I'll post later this evening, but I just wanted to extend any apologies to those who may have camped out here on Friday night. WE TRIED! Trust me... and I was SO upset that I couldn't send pics from our spot on the floor... but alas, we're back and you can enjoy a few shots from where we wound up on the floor.... STAY TUNED!

Friday, September 16, 2005

We'll be at a place called TorontVertigo...


We're on our way! Any pics from here on will be from the road... See you on the other side!

Thursday, September 15, 2005

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist 9.14.2005 // Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada



Rumors of Discotheque being played were proven to be just that... rumors. Maybe we'll get lucky and hear it tomorrow night!

Main Set:

Vertigo
The Electric Co.
Elevation
Beautiful Day
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
City of Blinding Lights
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet the Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride
Where the Streets Have No Name
One

Encore(s):

The Fly
With or Without You
All Because of You
Yahweh
Bad

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

So You Wanna Buy A Guitar...



U2 autographed & donated this beautiful emerald green Gretsch guitar to The Peace Museum in Chicago to assist in fundraising efforts. The Peace Museum has a long-standing relationship with U2. In 1983, the Irish rock musicians solidified their reputation as a socially conscious band with their album entitled War. The band's next breakthrough album, the Unforgettable Fire, was inspired by a visit to The Peace Museum's exhibition of the same name that focused on the aftermath of nuclear bombings. This guitar is widely loved by U2 fans around the world!

eBay link...

Monday, September 12, 2005

U2 Vertigo Tour Setlist 9.12.2005 // Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada



Well, Fast Cars has made its debut on the 3nd leg of the Vertigo tour as they come back to North America. Snippets to follow.

Main Set

Vertigo
I Will Follow
Electric Co.
Elevation
Beautiful Day
In A Little While
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
City of Blinding Lights
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Love and Peace
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride (In the Name of Love...)
Where the Streets Have No Name
One

Encore(s):

Zoo Station
The Fly
With or Without You
All Because of You
Fast Cars*
Yahweh
40

*first time played live

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