Well, two more days until the end of the tour... it will all end in Hawaii.
It certainly has been an interesting tour, with a lot of great surprises. Things have been good, and bad as well. I'd like to post about what made this tour great, by starting off with my first U2 show, in Minneapolis 9-23-05.
Though the band had come off from the 2nd leg of European shows (literally a few weeks) the setlists would indefinitely change. Minneapolis saw 'Miracle Drug' before it was dropped permanently, as well as 'Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses', most noticably, what made the show great was;
The Electric Co.
The Ocean
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Miss Sarajevo
The First Time
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
And the first ever premiere of CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE. 'Crumbs' had been dubbed as U2's most important song ever written, but still to this day -- why was Minneapolis chosen? Was it the crowd, if so Milan could have got Crumbs. The band chose to close the show with a second version of 'Vertigo' in which Bono yells...
"ENCORE, IT'S ITALIAN FOR PLAYING THE SAME SONG TWICE!"
After the end of Vertigo X2, Bono tells the crowd "Goodnight, go to sleep"
More memorable lines from that show...
"We asked Edge what the future was like, and Edge said... It's better!"
"How many of you have been to Dublin? (cheers), You're all liars!"
In some shows that I've seen from the 3rd leg, Bono doesn't turn the mic over on "Still Haven't Found" the audience isn't involved heavily... Minneapolis was. Then when "Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" came, the audience was dancing and singing -- a long lost gem, and the crowd sang louder than Bono..
The video of that performance is on YouTube.
So, as I hate to see the Vertigo tour end, the Boys have been playing for 2 years now, they are most likely tired. I hope the next tour, is even better than this one.
Thank you!
It certainly has been an interesting tour, with a lot of great surprises. Things have been good, and bad as well. I'd like to post about what made this tour great, by starting off with my first U2 show, in Minneapolis 9-23-05.
Though the band had come off from the 2nd leg of European shows (literally a few weeks) the setlists would indefinitely change. Minneapolis saw 'Miracle Drug' before it was dropped permanently, as well as 'Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses', most noticably, what made the show great was;
The Electric Co.
The Ocean
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Miss Sarajevo
The First Time
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
And the first ever premiere of CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE. 'Crumbs' had been dubbed as U2's most important song ever written, but still to this day -- why was Minneapolis chosen? Was it the crowd, if so Milan could have got Crumbs. The band chose to close the show with a second version of 'Vertigo' in which Bono yells...
"ENCORE, IT'S ITALIAN FOR PLAYING THE SAME SONG TWICE!"
After the end of Vertigo X2, Bono tells the crowd "Goodnight, go to sleep"
More memorable lines from that show...
"We asked Edge what the future was like, and Edge said... It's better!"
"How many of you have been to Dublin? (cheers), You're all liars!"
In some shows that I've seen from the 3rd leg, Bono doesn't turn the mic over on "Still Haven't Found" the audience isn't involved heavily... Minneapolis was. Then when "Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" came, the audience was dancing and singing -- a long lost gem, and the crowd sang louder than Bono..
The video of that performance is on YouTube.
So, as I hate to see the Vertigo tour end, the Boys have been playing for 2 years now, they are most likely tired. I hope the next tour, is even better than this one.
Thank you!
(oh, and you can't forget the Ultraviolet snippet...best snippet of the tour 
)
... I give you...
