Wow! So much has happened in the U2 community over the past week or so. For one, U2 hit the road once more in Europe and started off in the Italian city of Turin, or Torino. The setlist for the most part had only minor tweaks, to some fan's disappointment. Regardless it is a great setlist! Changes in Turin's 10/6 concert included the replacement of Ultraviolet with Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, which was only played during the Pop Mart tour, and was last played in South Africa in 1998. Also added were Miss Sarajevo and two new songs called North Star and Glastonbury. Most notably, the concert opening went from Breathe to Beautiful Day, a non-album opener is something that U2 has never really done consistently.
As far as the other setlist changes, U2 has done something that has many fans talking and debating. They dropped three headlining songs from their latest album, No Line on the Horizon. The songs that missed Torino's concert were: Breathe, No Line on the Horizon and Unknown Caller. As far as why they did this, I am not sure and I'm not about to take a guess--at least in this post.
The night before the show, U2 rehearsed the normal stuff but also they thew in Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World. Who knows if that will make its debut this tour?
Until the next show in Frankfurt tomorrow...
-A. Kennedy
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