Gli U2 ieri sera hanno tenuto il primo degli otto concerti previsti al Madison Square Garden di New York del loro “Innocence + Experience tour”.

La band irlandese ha fatto una graditissima sorpresa al proprio pubblico proponendo dal vivo dopo 26 anni “October”, per piano e voce.

Setlist:

People Have the Power (Patti Smith song)
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
The Electric Co. (with “Send in the Clowns”, “I Can See for Miles” & “On Broadway” snippets)
Vertigo (with “God Save the Queen” snippet)
I Will Follow
Iris (Hold Me Close)
Cedarwood Road
Song for Someone
Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic, without final verse; with “Johnny Comes Marching Home” snippet)
Raised by Wolves (with “Psalm 23” snippet)
Until the End of the World (with “Love and Peace or Else” snippet)
The Fly (Remix)
Invisible
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Fish Out Of Water Remix)
Mysterious Ways (with “Burning Down the House” and “Young Americans” snippets)
Elevation
Ordinary Love (acoustic)
October (First time live since November 11, 1989)
Every Breaking Wave (acoustic)
With or Without You (with “In The Garden” snippet and “Shine Like Stars” coda)
City of Blinding Lights
Bullet the Blue Sky (with “19” snippet)
Pride (In the Name of Love) (with “The Hands That Built America”

Encore:

Beautiful Day (with “I Remember You” snippet)
Where the Streets Have No Name (with “Mother and Child Reunion” intro and “California (There Is No End to Love)” snippet)
One (with “Invisible” snippet)
Note: “Ordinary Love” was played in honor of the late Nelson Mandela’s birthday.