2018-10-23 U2 - The O2 London

I go to see U2 every time they tour. Since 1987, I’ve only missed one tour and that was the Lovetown Tour, I couldn’t get a ticket for love nor money!

Anyway, this time it was the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour and the chosen venue was the O2 Arena in London.

After having toured last year with The Joshua Tree, it was no surprise that it was left off the setlist for this tour. Surprisingly though, there were 6 songs for Achtung Baby and I finally got to hear Acrobat live. What a song that is!

Check out the setlist below courtesy of U2 Gigs.

Setlist:

The Blackout
Lights Of Home
I Will Follow
Gloria / Patti Smith's Gloria (snippet)
Beautiful Day
Zoo Station
The Fly
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
(Intermission - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me)
Elevation
Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car (snippet) / Vertigo
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Hall of Mirrors (snippet) / Acrobat
The Showman (Little More Better) (snippet) / You're The Best Thing About Me
Summer Of Love
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Get Out Of Your Own Way
New Year's Day
City of Blinding Lights

Encore:

One / Invisible
Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way
13 (There Is A Light)

Anyway, that’s it for another U2 tour. They been on the road for the last few years, so I would imagine it’ll be a while before they decide to tour again. Until then…

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