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moved to tears with an acoustic performance of One which was accompanied by a thought-provoking Anton Corbijn-directed film.
Never a band to shy away from controversy, images from last year’s Charlottesville white supremacy rally, the KKK and Martin Luther
King feature as I WILL FOLLOW Mirrorgirl Demelza with The Edge Band play in front of US flag Bono in the spotight the North’s politics and a strong feminist stance.
Earlier this week guitarist Edge had warned the band were again taking on a range of “issues” in the show and these are highlighted with powerful slogans such as “Empowered Women. Empower Women. Women of the world take over. We can make history. Herstory”, “AIDS is sexist”, “Racism is not Patriotism”.
Other highlights from the opening show, which is the sequel to 2015’s INNOCENCE + EXPERIENCE tour, included Bono’s terrifying alteragain ego from the Zoo TV tour Mr Macphisto.
And for the first time the band will play Achtung Baby’s Acrobat.
But as revealed yesterday the Dublin rockers shunned songs from The Joshua Tree following the 30th anniversary shows last summer.
Earlier in the day U2’s set designers Ric Lipson and Willie Williams told how the band have spent millions on state-of-the art technology complete with a special app for the show to thrill concert-goers around the world.
Ric said: “We will have to tailor the shows for each venue but the homedoes Love Is All We Have Left Lights of Home All Because of You The Ocean Cedarwood Road Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic) Until the End Of The World Vertigo Acrobat Staring At The Sun (acoustic) Get Out of Your Own Way
City Of Blinding Lights Encore:
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town gigs special.”
U2 EXPERIENCE + INNOCENCE European tour kicks off in Berlin on August 31 and will take in a string of dates, including Cologne, Paris, Manchester and London.
The show ends up on home soil with two gigs in Belfast in October and will come to a triumphant crescendo with four already sold-out shows in Dublin’s 3Arena from November 5 to 10. will be bespoke and very