May 18, 2015

SOUND | U2 x Innocence + Experience Tour x Rogers Arena

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

False Creek—(May 15, 2015) On night two of U2's global kick-off to their Innocence + Experience Tour, the four Irish rockers continued to show fans everything they are made of musically inside a sold out Rogers Arena. The world tour (delayed after Bono's cycling accident) is in support of their thirteenth studio album, Songs of Innocence, among their most autobiographical albums to date after nearly forty years together. As a result, the show reflected many aspects of their (troubled) youths while paying tribute to their early musical influences.

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

It was an "intimate" feeling set yet still a big and raucous arena concert with an elaborate stage setup (called the "Spaceship") where the band moved the length of the show floor constantly, performing across the arena with a moving two-sided screen positioned right down the middle.

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

The show featured many treats including a literal walk down memory lane for "Cedarwood Road", fan interactions, a memorable tribute to the recently passed blues legend B.B. King, and piano/acoustic performances. Bono also made much comedic hay of guitarist The Edge's fall off stage the night before throughout the show.

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

First set:
1) "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)"
2) "Vertigo"
3) "California (There is No End to Love)"
4) "I Will Follow"
5) "Iris (Hold Me Close)"

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

6) "Cedarwood Road"
7) "Song for Someone" (piano)
8) "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (acoustic)
9) "Raised by Wolves"
10) "Until the End of the World"

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Second set:
1) "Invisible"
2) "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
3) "Mysterious Ways"
4) "Angel of Harlem"
5) "When Love Comes to Town" (tribute to B.B. King)

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

6) "Every Breaking Wave"
7) "Bullet the Blue Sky"
8) "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
9) "Beautiful Day"
10) "With or Without You"

U2 Innocence + Experience Tour | Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Encore:
1) "Miracle Drug"
2) "Bad"
3) "Where the Streets Have No Name"
4) "One"


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