EXPERIENCE
Bono takes the applause Band in full flight U2 have promised to pull out all the stops for their Irish gigs as the band unveil their stunning new tour – proving they are still the greatest rock show on earth.
Bono, Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr kicked off the EXPERIENCE + INNOCENCE show at Tulsa’s BOK Center in Oklahoma with a brave and blistering three-hour, 27-track set.
It boasted songs from their latest album alongside some of their best-loved hits including Beautiful Day, I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Elevation.
The Irish Mirror was invited to the dress rehearsal for the opening night on Wednesday where Bono, 57, told how the highly emotive show is his most personal to date.
And with just hours before he was due to hit the stage the superstar singer also admitted the show was experiencing teething problems.
He said: “It is sort of like doing a big Marvel movie. Except you are taking it to a different city every few days and it is a bit mad. And worse than that, for me it is like a Marvel film where you have to method act.
“It was going really s***e on the dress rehearsal but I think now we have put some things in place that will make it a little less indulgent.
“It is a very personal story and even though it is my story we use me the singer to tell the story, it could be Larry, Edge or Adam’s story.
“Cedarwood is this beautiful street from the past but of course it is what is in your head that counts. So I am walking down the road thinking it is a warzone, it was a warzone in my teens.
“It probably wasn’t but it was in my head. It is a personal story trying to take the solipsistic aspect out of it is impossible.
“You don’t want to be too self-indulgent because it is a rock ‘n’ roll band in the end.”
During the song Iris, Bono sings to his late mother as a video plays of his parents’ wedding day and another of her running on the beach. The audience was
TULSA, OKLAHOMA YESTERDAY
Even though it’s my story, it could be Larry, Edge or Adam’s story
BONO