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U2 live in Ireland - what can fans expect

Updated / Wednesday, 9 Sep 2015 19:59

Hoping to see U2 when they get to Ireland in November, here's a flavour of their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour, including their setlists in Turin and Amsterdam. 

After the controversy surrounding the release of Songs of Innocence on iTunes and the cycling injury Bono sustained in New York last year which saw him break his arm in six places, the tour has been hailed a triumph, which more than lives up to its title.

In keeping with the narrative of the new album, the tour setlists so far bring the band back to their early days on Dublin's Northside and sees them dusting off surprises from the back catalogue. 

On the opening night of the European tour in Turin, they played the song October, the first time it has been performed live in Europe since 1987.

The stage set-up is split into three sections: one for the Innocence part of the show, another for the Experience section and a walkway that spans each venue with a huge double-sided video screen above it.

The tour has seen arguably the greatest interaction between band and audience to date, with fans and members of tribute acts joining U2 on stage at various points. 

Here are the setlists from the shows so far, as you can see the lads are mixing it up quite a bit. What would you like to see them play when they get to Ireland?

Pala Alpitour, Turin 4/9/15 Setlist:
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) 
The Electric Co (with Send in the Clowns, I Can See For Miles and Two Hearts Beat as One snippets)
Vertigo (with God Save the Queen snippet)
I Will Follow 
Iris (Hold Me Close) 
Cedarwood Road 
Song for Someone 
Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic, without final verse; with When Johnny Comes Marching Home snippet)
Raised by Wolves (with Psalm 23 snippet)
Until the End of the World (with Words snippet)
The Fly (Remix)
Invisible 
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Fish Out of Water Remix)
Mysterious Ways 
Elevation 
Ordinary Love (acoustic)
Every Breaking Wave (acoustic)
October 
Bullet the Blue Sky (with Ode to Joy snippet)
Zooropa (Tour debut)
Where the Streets Have No Name (with California (There Is No End to Love) snippet)
Pride (In the Name of Love) 
With or Without You 

Encore:
City of Blinding Lights 
Beautiful Day (with I Remember You snippet)
One (with Mother and Child Reunion intro and Invisible snippet)

Pala Alpitour, Turin 5/9/15 Setlist:
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
Out of Control
Vertigo (with Do You Remember Rock n' Roll Radio? and God Save the Queen snippets)
I Will Follow
Iris (Hold Me Close)
Cedarwood Road
Song for Someone
Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic, without final verse)
Raised by Wolves (with Psalm 23 snippet)
Until the End of the World (with Love and Peace or Else and Singin' in the Rain snippets)
The Fly (Remix)
Invisible
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Fish Out of Water Remix)
Mysterious Ways (w/ a fan on stage)
Desire (w/ a fan on guitar, a fan sharing vocals, and 2 fans on drums)
Angel of Harlem (with Into the Mystic snippet)
Every Breaking Wave (acoustic; with Torna a Surriento snippet)
October
Bullet the Blue Sky (with Ode to Joy snippet)
Zooropa (second part of song, with synthesisers)
Where the Streets Have No Name (with California (There Is No… more )
Pride (In the Name of Love)
With or Without You (with Shine Like Stars coda)
Encore:
City of Blinding Lights (with Stephen Hawking speech intro)
Beautiful Day (with Torna a Surriento snippet)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (with Zucchero) (with Mother and Child Reunion intro and People Have the Power snippet)

Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome 8/9/15
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) 
Out of Control 
Vertigo 
I Will Follow 
Iris (Hold Me Close) 
Cedarwood Road 
Song for Someone 
Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic, without final verse; with When Johnny Comes Marching Home snippet) 
Raised by Wolves (with Psalm 23 snippet) 
Until the End of the World 
The Fly (Remix) 
Invisible 
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Fish Out of Water Remix) 
Mysterious Ways (with Burning Down the House snippet) 
Elevation 
Two Hearts Beat as One 
Every Breaking Wave (acoustic) 
October 
Bullet the Blue Sky (with Ode to Joy and 19 snippets) 
Zooropa (second part of song, with synthesizers) 
Where the Streets Have No Name (with California (There Is No End to Love) snippet) 
Pride (In the Name of Love) 
With or Without You 

Encore:
City of Blinding Lights 
Happy Birthday (Mildred J Hill cover) (for set designer Willie Williams) 
Beautiful Day (with I Remember You snippet) 
One (with Mother and Child Reunion intro and Invisible snippet) 

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