In case you missed the live stream of U2‘s sold-out concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Sunday night, you can still watch this incredible show via the video below.
U2 opened the set with “Breathe” off their latest album, No Line On The Horizon, and rocked the crap out of that place for a solid 2+ hours, playing everything from the classics to songs off their latest release. *See setlist below
This YouTube stream was the first time a concert of this size (96,000+ people!!!) was streamed live, and from all accounts, it was unquestionably a success. The show was filmed for a future DVD release, and I, for one, will definitely be picking that sucker up.
So, grab your best pair of headphones and spend a few hours with Bono, Edge, Larry, and Adam.
The band also revealed on U2.com that they would be returning to North America to tour in the summer of 2010. According to the site, the band will have stops in Anaheim, Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Edmonton, East Lansing, Miami, Philadelphia and Montreal. They will also return for one night only in Toronto and Chicago before finishing the North American leg in New York at the New Meadowlands Stadium. For a complete list of dates, click here.
Setlist:
Breathe
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day / In God’s Country (snippet) / God Only Knows (snippet) / The Maker (snippet)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet)
Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
No Line On The Horizon
Elevation
In A Little While
Unknown Caller
Until The End Of The World
The Unforgettable Fire
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo / It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) (snippet)
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight / Two Tribes (snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
MLK
Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
Encore:
One / Amazing Grace (snippet)
Where The Streets Have No Name
Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender
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Yay! :)
Watched it. Watched it again. And will probably watch it several more times (and get the DVD).
What a show! Fun, fun, fun.
Thank you thank you! I was at work while the live feed was ongoing but had to peek coz I couldn't resist.
Twas Monday morning my time. Dang work.
I watched!! It was cool – and I have to admit, I had been sorta (I said SORTA) getting down on the band for spending way too much money on an elaborate stage set but after watching that show I admit it's really very cool. It was a great setlist too, and so awesome to see them playings songs like “The Unforgettable Fire” and “MLK” after seeing them play it live so many times EONS ago…no matter how I try to fight it, they are still one of my favorite bands and I'm gonna have to try really hard to see them next year when they come here. It's been WAY too long.
Thanks for posting the video!
Funny, I honestly don't want to see them in a huge setting like that. I respect the $$ and mechanics and grandeur of a big set. But IMO it is more appropriate for Britney or (before) for MJ or others where the show is as big and important as (or more than) the music. Such a huge setting distracts me from the music. Now I would FREAK to see them in a smaller place, no big light show, just them rocking their guts out and communing with just a few thousand at a time. Dream on, yeah, I know.
Actually, you make a good point. The first time I saw them was in the early 80's at a small venue in Chicago called the Aragon. I was so close to the stage I could see Bono's five o'clock shadow. I've seen them each time they came here, playing bigger and bigger places each time – the biggest was Soldier's Field for the Lemon tour – and I came away a little empty at that one. But something about this particular stage set-up seemed to add to their music somehow. (That ticket to the Aragon show was like $17.50 – I know I have it saved around here somewhere, I really need to find that!)
Funny, I honestly don't want to see them in a huge setting like that. I respect the $$ and mechanics and grandeur of a big set. But IMO it is more appropriate for Britney or (before) for MJ or others where the show is as big and important as (or more than) the music. Such a huge setting distracts me from the music. Now I would FREAK to see them in a smaller place, no big light show, just them rocking their guts out and communing with just a few thousand at a time. Dream on, yeah, I know.
Actually, you make a good point. The first time I saw them was in the early 80's at a small venue in Chicago called the Aragon. I was so close to the stage I could see Bono's five o'clock shadow. I've seen them each time they came here, playing bigger and bigger places each time – the biggest was Soldier's Field for the Lemon tour – and I came away a little empty at that one. But something about this particular stage set-up seemed to add to their music somehow. (That ticket to the Aragon show was like $17.50 – I know I have it saved around here somewhere, I really need to find that!)