U2 360 Tour Chicago

A quarter century, almost to the day, from the death of Greg Carroll, friend and crew member, tonight closed with a beautiful tribute.

‘The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes.
You run like a river on to the sea
You run like a river runs to the sea…’

‘Twenty five years ago we lost our great friend, his name was Greg Carroll, we wrote a song for him… Here’s the deal,‘ added Bono. ‘If we screw up really badly you don’t put it on the internet.’

‘Summertime in Soldier Field,’ as Bono had observed early on. ‘Where else would you want to be?’ Opening with a dazzling quartet  of tracks from Achtung Baby before slamming into Out of Control (‘This is our first single…’) and ‘Get On Your Boots’, no-one wanted to be anywhere else.

‘How was it for you this morning after the party?’ asked Bono, referring to the Chicago White Sox game the previous night, ‘Was re-entry a little difficult. Edge and I missed the party, from what we hear Larry and Adam have been the very soul of it…’

They were working on a campaign, he continued, to extend Independence Day into Independence Week. ‘We’ve been talking to Mayor Emanuel. You don’t have to go to work tomorrow – it’s official!’

‘My kind of town, Chicago is my kind of town’.

The band have had some great times in this city, including three nights here at Soldier Field on PopMart in 1997 and you never have any doubts about an audience here. ‘Incredible, we’ve had some noisy shows but… something very special happened with our band and your city!’

Full U2.COM review here

Below, you can see the best videos we got so far and link to constantly updated photo albums, credit to the several U2 fans attending the show and press.

SETLIST

Opening Act(s): Interpol

Main Set: Even Better Than The Real Thing, The Fly, Mysterious Ways – Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Until the End of the World, Out Of Control, Get On Your Boots, I Still Haven’t Found… – The Promised Land, Stay, Beautiful Day – Space Oddity, Elevation, Pride, Miss Sarajevo, Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights – My Kind of Town, Vertigo, I’ll Go Crazy (remix) – Discotheque – Life During Wartime, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet, Walk On – Battle Hymn of the Republic

Encore(s): One, Will You Love Me Tomorrow – Where the Streets Have No Name, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me – My Kind of Town, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender – One Tree Hill, One Tree Hill

VIDEOS

Fan Videos

Compiled by U2News. Arrow for navigation to all videos.

PICTURES

Click in the link below to see all photos

Band Members Off-Show: Here
Show Photos: Here

All stars were out with U2 playing in Nashville, but meanwhile the Claw is already up in Chicago! The first preps started a couple days ago with U2 performing once again at Soldier Field, next July, 5.

Florence and The Machine joined the 360º for the last time in Nashville, giving the spot to Interpol that is now back with U2.