Cold In Vienna

Perhaps it was the almost 5 days off since the Moscow show. Perhaps it was the unseasonably chilly weather in Vienna, Austria. Whatever it was, U2 made the best of a set filled with uncharacteristic glitches and received a warm welcome.

“Every Breaking Wave” had its second-ever live performance. “Ultra Violet (Light My Way)” filled the encore slot that it has been sharing with “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.” Missing again was “Glastonbury,” the fan consensus favorite of the new material. Overall, the setlist was quite similar to the Moscow show. Where the Russian audience was treated to the “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” duet, the Viennese crowd got a snippet of “Rock Me Amadeus” by the ‘80s Austrian wonder, Falco.

U2Log sums up the night’s problems:

“Bono is in a talkative mood, but he has to be as there are some technical issues that leave space between songs. At one point he resorts to discussing Adam’s farting. Meanwhile, The Edge bears the brunt of the problems. First he doesn’t get his guitar in time for ‘In a little while’, then his guitar fails during ‘Mysterious Ways’, then has to change guitars during COBL and finally it doesn’t seem to be turned up loud enough on ‘Walk On’. ‘Glastonbury’ was listed on the setlist, but not played. The German news site oe24.at claims Bono was given an injection before the show to make him fit to play (“Und dabei musste er heute für das Wien-Konzert extra fitgespritzt werden!” –translates to “and it had to be specially fit-squirted today for the Vienna concert” via Apple’s Dashboard Translator). U2start.com commented: “Great show [...] Bono just didn’t look good at the end.” He was however, in good spirits. Enough to slip in a ‘Rock me Amadeus‘ snippet during Vertigo.”

Ernst Happel Stadium

Vienna, Austria

30 August 2010 Setlist

Intro Space Oddity
01. Return of the Stingray Guitar
02. Beautiful Day / Rain (Snippet)
03. New Year’s Day
04. Get On Your Boots
05. Magnificent
06. Mysterious Ways
07. Elevation
08. Until The End Of The World
09. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
10. Every Breaking Wave
11. In A Little While
12. Miss Sarajevo
13. City of Blinding Lights
14. Vertigo / Rock Me Amadeus (snippet)
15. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (Remix) / Discotheque (snippet)
16. Sunday Bloody Sunday
17. MLK
18. Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
<<<Desmond Tutu Speech>>>

Encores:
19. One
20. Amazing Grace (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name
21. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
22. With Or Without You
23. Moment Of Surrender

Thanks to U2Log and U2Gigs for the photos and their continued thorough coverage.

By kramwest1