Happy X-Mas, This Leg of The Tour is Over

The season for holiday snippets at the U2 shows is over. As the band completed the down-under dispatch of the 2009-2011 world tour, many meditations on the meaning of the journey and bountiful holiday greetings were due.

As John Lennon clips and rarely-heard tracks from Rattle & Hum were rendered,  we’re reminded that back in 1988 around the time of the movie release, U2 performed a brilliant acoustic version of Lennon’s famous holiday peace prayer on television.

Brief breaths of “Happy X-Mas, War Is Over” found the show this past weekend, just as “Instant Karma” and “Happy X-Mas, War Is Over” were performed five years ago as a Vertigo leg ended.

The tour resurfaces in 2011 for many more shows.