2017-11-11 - London, England - Trafalgar Square


setlist

  1. Sunday Bloody Sunday / The Magnificent Seven (snippet)
  2. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
  3. Gift (snippet) / Get Out Of Your Own Way
  4. You're The Best Thing About Me
  5. Beautiful Day / Starman (snippet)
  6. Elevation
  7. Vertigo / Rebel Rebel (snippet)
  8. One / Invisible (snippet)
  9. Get Out Of Your Own Way
Performance notes: U2 perform for the MTV EMAs. The first performance of Get Out Of Your Own Way is aired the following day, when the band receive the Global Icon award. Before the second performance the audience is told it is being filmed for a music video.
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songs per album

  1. Songs Of Experience (3)
  2. All That You Can't Leave Behind (2)
  3. War (1)
  4. The Unforgettable Fire (1)
  5. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (1)
  6. Achtung Baby (1)
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review by Anam

6 years ago

Performance

Very slick as you'd expect from a group just finished a major stadium tour. The new songs were very slick. Quite a bit of meandering from Bono tonight, but such is Bono.

Sound

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Audience

Everyone was cold and many people had be standing in the midst of all that limestone for hours. History will show that David Guetta had more hands in the air; that's because he brought heaters! Appreciated by the appreciative.

Overall

Is there a man alive that could look as cool as Adam Clayton in that illustrated trench coat? I very much doubt it. 'Cool' was the thought for the evening on a perishingly cold Trafalgar Square and it felt a very long time since that sunny and warm July day at Twickenham.

Even so, the set list had a familiar feel to it, with Sunday Bloody Sunday and Pride opening proceedings, followed by a brace of new songs. Get Out of Your Own Way came across very well with shimmering guitar bolstered by powerful drums and bass and a rousing chorus. You're the Best Thing About Me's distinctive riff sounds like it has been around for years.

Things warmed up considerably during the trio of Joshua Tree Tour encores Beautiful Day, Elevation and Vertigo before One closed the main set in typically contemplative fashion. This was not a normal U2 show, however, and what followed was a re-run of Get Out of Your Own Way for a video shoot complete with protest signs in the radical spirit of Trafalgar Square demonstrations past. It's a great song and I felt very priviliged to see both its first and second live outings. It will surely be a staple in the 2018 setlist.

All in all an odd, non-gig, but great fun and well worth braving the elements. With the new record just weeks away, and a new tour just over the horizon, these are great days to be a U2 fan.

Eternal thanks to redpanda27 over at Zootopia. Go raibh míle maith agat, J.


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