U2 in Brisbane, Night One
December 8, 2010 · Print This Article
The band continued their 360 adventure in Oz with a trip to Queensland. There are rumors that Adam was turned away from a bar because he was wearing a sarong and sandals. Bono called Brisbane “Amazing.” Edge responded, “It’s okay, if you like that tropical paradise thing.” The new song “North Star” made its debut outside of Europe.
The night was a sort of memorial on the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, and the set was peppered with Beatles and Lennon snippets.
Bangers of Triple M Australia 104.9 FM reports:
U2 Rocket Ship Mesmorises Brisbane Post
The U2 International Space Station took over Suncorp Stadium for the night. Yes, U2 are genuine, bonefide rock stars.
And yes.. U2 rocked Brisbane.
The set list was peppered with old and new hits… I will Follow, Mysterious Ways, Vertigo, Where the Streets have No Name, Elevation, Ultraviolet and so on.
With a massive catalogue there was always bound to be the odd song missed out (no Desire, Even Better than the Real thing, New Years Day) but how much can you cram into 2 hours and 15 minutes?
Bono got the gig of to one hell of start praising his Brisbane fans.
“Allow us to let us kiss your arse for one moment. Thank you for the life you’ve given us.”
Bono strutted around the stage, his natural domain with the Edge and Adam Clayton more than happy doing the occasional lap as well.
A brief sprinkle of rain was all we got, enough though for a mechanical umbrella to deploy and cover drummer Larry Mullen Jnr. Yep, this stage has got it all.
You knew all the words, all the songs (perhaps fumbling through of the lyrics of the newer ones) and the crowd was in fine voice.
A criticism? Hmmm….It should have finished one song earlier… With or Without you would have been perfect.. but, not unlike the monstrous stage they just had to go that one step further.
Reposted from:
8 December 2010
SunCorp Stadium Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Setlist
1. Return Of The Stingray Guitar
2. Beautiful Day
3. I Will Follow
4. Get On Your Boots
5. Magnificent
6. Mysterious Ways / Rain (snippet)
7. Elevation
8. Until The End Of The World
9. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet)
10. North Star
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. In A Little While
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. City Of Blinding Lights
15. Vertigo / Thunderstruck (snippet)
16. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (Live 360° Remix) / Two Tribes (snippet)
17. Sunday Bloody Sunday
18. Scarlet
19. Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
Desmond Tutu speech
Encore
20. One
21. Dear Prudence (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
22. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
23. With Or Without You
24. Moment Of Surrender
Thanks to U2Gigs, TripleM Australia and Interference Setlist Partiers for the info.
Photos by Brusca and Jerry Aurum.
Review by kramwest
“A criticism? Hmmm….It should have finished one song earlier… With or Without you would have been perfect..”
Really? No MOS?
what a dumb review Triple M.
God U2 are becoming way to predictable…the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death and they can’t even muster up a full song!!! Remember “Help” Bono?!?! Geez.