Live Setlist: U2, Croke Park, 25 July 2009

Again, I'm doing a realtime setlist for tonight's U2 gig at Croke Park. Press refresh for updates. Weather isn't as beautiful as last night unfortunately, so you probably won't be able to hear it in Rathmines!

Setlist:
Breathe
No Line on the Horizon
Get on Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Mysterious Ways
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Angel of Harlem
In A Little While
Unknown Caller
The Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where the Streets Have No Name
One
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Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
With or Without You
Moment of Surrender

Download: U2 at Croke Park, 29 June 1985

To celebrate Ireland's official U2 weekend, or whatever you want to call it, I'm going to be providing you with some past U2 bootlegs from our own shores. This one is taken from the Unforgettable Fire Tour of 1984-85.

U2, Croke Park, 29 June 1985 Setlist:

1. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
2. I Will Follow
3. Seconds
4. MLK
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Wire / Give Me Some Truth (snippet)
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
8. A Sort Of Homecoming
9. The Cry
10. The Electric Co. / Give Peace A Chance (snippet)
11. Bad / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet)
12. October
13. New Year's Day
14. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
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15. My Hometown
16. Out Of Control
17. Gloria
18. 40 / Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet) / We Are The World (snippet)

Download the show in its entirety:
Part 1

If you want any other U2 bootlegs, you should register with u2start.com who have everything from soundchecks to the very last show at Amsterdam from the current 360 Tour. It's a fantastic website, and is free to register.

Download: U2 at Slane, 25 August 2001

To celebrate Ireland's official U2 weekend, or whatever you want to call it, I'm going to be providing you with some past U2 bootlegs from our own shores. This one is taken from the Elevation Tour of 2001.

U2, Slane Castle, Co. Meath, 25 August 2001 Setlist:
1. Elevation
2. Beautiful Day
3. Until The End Of The World
4. New Year's Day
5. Kite
6. A Sort Of Homecoming
7. I Will Follow
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday / Get Up Stand Up (snippet)
9. Wake Up Dead Man
10. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
11. In A Little While
12. Dancing In The Moonlight
13. Desire
14. Staring At The Sun
15. Bad / Fool To Cry (snippet) / Yellow (snippet) / 40 (snippet)
16. Where The Streets Have No Name
17. Mysterious Ways / Sexual Healing (snippet)
18. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
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19. Bullet The Blue Sky
20. With Or Without You
21. One / When Will I See You Again (snippet)
22. Walk On

Download the show in its entirety:
Part 1
Part 2

If you want any other U2 bootlegs, you should register with u2start.com who have everything from soundchecks to the very last show at Amsterdam from the current 360 Tour. It's a fantastic website, and is free to register.

Download: U2 at the Phoenix Park, 14 August 1983

To celebrate Ireland's official U2 weekend, or whatever you want to call it, I'm going to be providing you with some past U2 bootlegs from our own shores. This one is taken from the War Tour of 1983.

U2, Phoenix Park, Dublin, 14 August 1983 Setlist:
1. Out Of Control
2. Twilight
3. An Cat Dubh
4. Into The Heart
5. Surrender
6. Two Hearts Beat As One / Let's Twist Again (snippet)
7. Seconds
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. The Cry
10. The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet)
11. I Fall Down
12. October
13. New Year's Day
14. I Threw A Brick Through A Window
15. A Day Without Me
16. Gloria
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17. Party Girl
18. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / Give Peace A Chance (snippet)
19. I Will Follow
20. 40

Download the show in its entirety:
Part 1

If you want any other U2 bootlegs, you should register with u2start.com who have everything from soundchecks to the very last show at Amsterdam from the current 360 Tour. It's a fantastic website, and is free to register.

Live Setlist: U2, Croke Park, 24 July 2009

Up to the second/realtime setlist from U2's first night at Croke Park. Provided by Peter at 2uibestow, who'll be doing a review of the show next week! Remember, keep refreshing or nothing will update!

Setlist:
Breathe
No Line on the Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of
Desire (Bono and the Edge acoustic)
The Auld Triangle
One
Until the End of the World
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In the Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where the Streets Have No Name
Bad >
40 (Tease) >
Fool to Cry (Tease) >
40 (Reprise)
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Ultraviolet
With or Without You
Moment of Surrender

Photo from the gig by Darragh Doyle:


Loads more photos by Darragh here:
http://pix.ie/darraghdoyle

EDIT: Peter has the review up here:
http://2uibestow.blogspot.com/2009/07/u2-at-croker-friday-24th-july.html

Download: U2 at Pairc Ui Caoimh, 24 August 1993

To celebrate Ireland's official U2 weekend, or whatever you want to call it, I'm going to be providing you with some past U2 bootlegs from our own shores. This one is taken from the ZOO TV/Zooropa Tour of 1992-1993.

U2, Pairc Ui Caoimh, Cork, 24 August 1993 Setlist:
1. Zoo Station
2. The Fly
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
4. Mysterious Ways
5. One / Unchained Melody (snippet)
6. Until The End Of The World
7. New Year's Day
8. Numb
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
10. Angel Of Harlem
11. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
12. Satellite Of Love
13. Bad / Irish Heartbeat (snippet) / The First Time (snippet)
14. Bullet The Blue Sky
15. Running To Stand Still
16. Where The Streets Have No Name
17. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
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18. Desire
19. All Kinds Of Everything (snippet) / Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
20. With Or Without You
21. Love Is Blindness
22. Can't Help Falling In Love

Download the show in its entirety:
Part 1
Part 2

If you want any other U2 bootlegs, you should register with u2start.com who have everything from soundchecks to the very last show at Amsterdam from the current 360 Tour. It's a fantastic website, and is free to register.

Download: U2 at Slane, 16 August 1981

To celebrate Ireland's official U2 weekend, or whatever you want to call it, I'm going to be providing you with some past U2 bootlegs from our own shores. This one is from the October Tour of 1981-82, when they started their worldwide travels at Slane Castle, Co. Meath

U2, Slane Castle, 16 August 1981 Setlist:
1. With A Shout
2. Twilight
3. I Will Follow
4. I Threw A Brick Through A Window
5. An Cat Dubh
6. Into The Heart
7. Gloria
8. Rejoice
9. October
10. Stories For Boys
11. Boy-Girl / I'm A Believer (snippet)
12. Out Of Control
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13. Happy Birthday
14. Fire
15. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
16. The Ocean

Download the show in its entirety:
Part 1

If you want any other U2 bootlegs, you should register with u2start.com who have everything from soundchecks to the very last show at Amsterdam from the current 360 Tour. It's a fantastic website, and is free to register.

Download: U2 at Croke Park, 24 June 2006

To celebrate Ireland's official U2 weekend, or whatever you want to call it, I'm going to be providing you with some past U2 bootlegs from our own shores. This one is taken from the Vertigo Tour of 2006.

U2, Croke Park, 24 June 2006 Setlist:

1. Vertigo
2. I Will Follow
3. The Electric Co. / Bullet With Butterfly Wings (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet)
4. Elevation
5. New Year's Day
6. Beautiful Day / Rain (snippet) / Here Comes The Sun (snippet)
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
8. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
9. City Of Blinding Lights
10. Miracle Drug
11. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
12. Love And Peace Or Else
13. Sunday Bloody Sunday
14. Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)
15. Running To Stand Still / Happy Birthday (snippet) / Walk On (snippet)
16. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
17. Where The Streets Have No Name
18. One / Rain (snippet)
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19. Zoo Station
20. The Fly
21. With Or Without You / City Of Blinding Lights (snippet)
22. All Because Of You
23. Yahweh
24. Vertigo / Jailbreak (snippet)

Download the show in its entirety:
Part 1
Part 2

If you want any other U2 bootlegs, you should register with u2start.com who have everything from soundchecks to the very last show at Amsterdam from the current 360 Tour. It's a fantastic website, and is free to register.

Download: Liam Frost featuring Martha Wainwright - Your Hand In Mine

Liam Frost has enlisted Martha Wainwright for support on 'Your Hand In Mine' from his upcoming We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain, and it's a great combination. The song works really well with Martha on backing vocals, and has gotten me excited for the album proper.

Liam had this to say about the album, and working with Martha: “This album has been a long time in the making, and I’m really proud of it. Every hazard that stood in the way of me getting to this stage has now passed, and I cannot wait to just get it out there.”

“Martha’s an amazing artist, so it was great to work with her on my album. We’re not exactly Sonny and Cher, but we’d have definitely given Ike and Tina Turner a run for their money.”

Download it here:
http://soundcloud.com/stayloose/liam-frost-your-hand-in-mine-feat-martha-wainwright

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/listentoliamfrost

Stream: The Generationals - Con Law

Con Law is the debut album from New Orleans indie poppers the Generationals. And for one week only, you can stream the entire album in full. But I'm guessing you'll only stream it once, and then rush off to actually buy the thing. Definitely one of my soundtracks to the summer.

Tracklist:
01 Nobody Could Change Your Mind
02 Angry Charlie
03 Faces In The Dark
04 When They Fight They Fight
05 Out Time 2 Shine
06 Wildlife Sculpture
07 Bobby Beale
08 Exterior Street Day
09 It Keeps You Up
10 These Habits

Stream:
http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/9

Download:
The Generationals - 'When They Fight, They Fight'

More info:
http://www.generationals.com

Live: Florence and the Machine at Electric Picnic

Yet more acts have been added to the already incredible lineup for this year's Electric Picnic. Mercury Music Prize favourites Florence and the Machine, our own Mick Flannery, Baaba Maal, and Laura Izibor have all been added.

Oh, and one other act I'm really excited to see...
The Duckworth Lewis Method!

Watch Mick Flannery 'Safety Rope' live at the Cork Opera House:

Listen: Muse - United States of Eurasia

'United States of Eurasia' is the first single from Muse's new album The Resistance. Have a listen here...

Watch/Listen:

Live: Richard Hawley at the Olympia Theatre

Just two days ago, I reminded you about Richard Hawley's upcoming album. Remember? Well, he's coming to Dublin to promote it with a fully seated show at the Olympia Theatre on October 22nd. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9, and are priced at €29.

I'm really excited for this show, especially as he'll be playing some new material.

Watch 'Tonight The Streets Are Ours' (from Lady's Bridge):

Live: Joshua Radin at the Academy

Singer-songwriter Joshua Radin will be back in Ireland after his excellent sell-out performance at the Sugar Club last year. He'll be performing at the Academy on October 4th. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning (Thursday) at 9 a.m.

Watch Joshua Radin - 'Winter' (you may remember this tune from Scrubs):

Choice Mercury Music Prize 2009 Nominations Announced

The 12 album shortlist for the Mercury Prize 2009 was announced earlier today. The lucky 12 are:

● Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
● Florence and the Machine - Lungs
● Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
● Glasvegas - Glasvegas
● The Horrors - Primary Colours
● The Invisible - The Invisible
● Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Aslyum
● La Roux - La Roux
● Led Bib - Sensible Shoes
● Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
● Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
● Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Twice Born Man

I'd love to see our own Lisa Hannigan take it away, but it's good to see no huge acts on it this year (like Radiohead in other years). Also, Sweet Billy Pilgrim Led Bib, and Speech Deblle will no doubt appreciate the publicity. Apart from Lisa the best album there, for me, is Bat for Lashes. Incredible record.

Live: Peter Doherty at the Academy

Yes, yes, it's Pete, but he goes by Peter these days. He's bringing his solo show to the Academy on the 14th of October. He'll also be traveling across to Galway to play Roisin Dubh the following night, and stopping off at Belfast's Mandela Hall on the 13th.

Tickets for the Academy show are €26.50 and go on sale tomorrow.

Watch 'Hired Gun':

Album News: The Dutchess and the Duke - Sunrise/Sunset

The Duke himself announced that “This record was written for the studio. This record was written for Greg Ashley to record. In that sense, it was really good because we had a line to measure by: we know what we can do here.”

If this is the case, I cannot wait to hear it. Sunrise/Sunset is the name of The Dutchess and the Duke's follow-up to the wonderful She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke (all sic).

Not much info as of now, but the album is ten tracks long and will be released on October 6th.

Watch 'Scorpio', which may or may not end up on the album:

Live: Little Boots at the Academy

Is she better than La Roux? Her songs aren't half as annoying when they're stuck in your head. Also, she doesn't look like a teenage boy. So that's something.

Little Boots is coming to Dublin to play the Academy on Friday 27th of November. Tickets went on sale this morning, and cost €18.50.

Watch 'New in Town':

Album News: Oberst James Ward - Monsters of Folk

Conor Oberst/Jim James/M. Ward have named themselves the Monsters of Folk. Their self-titled debut album (which also features producer/Bright Eyes member Mike Mogis) will be released on September 22nd in the US, and the 21st in the UK on Rough Trade. Expect an Irish release on the 18th so. First single 'Say Please' can be downloaded from their website, by simply typing in the word "please". Clever, eh?

Tracklist:
01 Dear God (sincerely M.O.F.)
02 Say Please
03 Whole Lotta Losin'
04 Temazcal
05 The Right Place
06 Baby Boomer
07 Man Named Truth
08 Goodway
09 Ahead of the Curve
10 Slow Down Jo
11 Losin Yo Head
12 Magic Marker
13 Map of the World
14 The Sandman, the Brakeman and Me
15 His Master’s Voice

More info/download 'Say Please':
www.monstersoffolk.com