U2 360 Tour Minneapolis

One of the stand-out moments in tonight’s show in Minneapolis was when Bono brought on stage the Somali rapper K’naan to join in a duet of ‘Stand By Me’.
‘I want to introduce you to a very special spirit.
‘Showing great leadership on behalf of his country, Somalia
‘Get used to his name cos your going to hear it a lot…K’naan.’

The rapper, a former Twin Cities resident got quite a reception, as the stadium remembered the people of the Horn of Africa and that was followed by another poignant moment  introducing ‘Stuck In A Moment’: ‘We wrote this for Michael Hutchence… but tonight you will understand when we play it for Amy Winehouse.’

Bono reminded us that Minneapolis was originally set to be the last night of the tour and the next two shows had only been added when this leg was rescheduled. This show, however, marks ‘the place to begin the end of tour party.’

Didn’t matter that by the time we reached ‘Elevation’ the rain was getting serious and continued pouring for ‘Pride’, ‘Miss Sarajevo’ and ‘Zooropa’. We were having a wet and wonderful party. ‘America in the rain, singing your heart out – and it’s a beautiful heart’.

By ‘Blinding Light’s we were all ‘singing in the rain’ and so it continued: ‘Don’t know what’s happening, but we like it… Just want to thank you for standing in the rain…’

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 – Rain, Until the End of the World – Anthem, I Will Follow, Get On Your Boots, I Still Haven’t Found, Stand By Me, Stuck in a Moment, Beautiful Day – Space Oddity, Can’t Stand the Rain – Elevation, Pride, Miss Sarajevo, Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights – Singing in the Rain, Vertigo, Miss You-I’ll Go Crazy (remix)-Raindrops Keep Falling-Discotheque-Life During Wartime-Psycho Killer, Please – Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet, Walk On

Encore(s): One – Purple Rain, Hallelujah – Purple Rain – Where the Streets Have No Name – Singing in the Rain, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender – Singing in the Rain

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

The 360º crew is already getting the TCF Bank Stadium ready for U2. The band will take the stage, alongside with Interpol, next Saturday, July 23.

As our friends at U2News report, this will be the last time this structure in particular is assembled for the tour. U2 has three of these”Claws”, therefore the second will be up in Pittsburgh and the third in Moncton.

The end is getting closer and closer…