U2 Honors B. B. King In Vancouver
By Andy Kahn May 16, 2015 • 7:17 am PDT
Irish rock band U2 continued their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour last night with a second show at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia performing a song in honor of B. B. King who died Thursday. Bono led the band through “When Love Comes to Town” a song the band recorded with King on their 1988 album Rattle and Hum, which they hadn’t played live since 1993.
Last night’s setlist was similar to what they played at the tour opener on Thursday, again kicking the show off with “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” from their recent album, Songs Of Innocence. Once again the band mixed songs from the new album, including the live debut of “California (There Is No End to Love)” with their more well-known tracks from throughout their career like “I Will Follow,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “Mysterious Ways,” “Even Better Than the Real Thing” and “With Or Without You,” all of which were played the previous night.
It was midway through the second set that the band busted out “When Love Comes To Town” reportedly for the first time since August 28, 1993. The song was dedicated to King, with Bono introducing the song by saying “This is a very special occasion for anyone who loves the blues, because this is the day that the world got to say goodbye to the great B.B. King, and that is a very special occasion indeed.”
[When Love Comes To Town | captured by atu2]
The band again interspersed snippets of covers into their own songs throughout the evening, including “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” within “Beautiful Day” and “Mother & Child Reunion” within “Where The Streets Have No Name.” Along with “California (There Is No End to Love)” and “When Love Comes to Town” other songs that were played Friday but not at the tour opener included “Angel Of Harlem” in the second set and three of the four encore songs, “Miracle Drug” -the first played since 2005, “Bad” and the show closing “One.”
U2 continues their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Monday, May 18 with the first of two show as SAP Center in San Jose, California.
[One | captured by FANTIE]
Last night’s setlist was similar to what they played at the tour opener on Thursday, again kicking the show off with “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” from their recent album, Songs Of Innocence. Once again the band mixed songs from the new album, including the live debut of “California (There Is No End to Love)” with their more well-known tracks from throughout their career like “I Will Follow,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “Mysterious Ways,” “Even Better Than the Real Thing” and “With Or Without You,” all of which were played the previous night.
It was midway through the second set that the band busted out “When Love Comes To Town” reportedly for the first time since August 28, 1993. The song was dedicated to King, with Bono introducing the song by saying “This is a very special occasion for anyone who loves the blues, because this is the day that the world got to say goodbye to the great B.B. King, and that is a very special occasion indeed.”
[When Love Comes To Town | captured by atu2]
The band again interspersed snippets of covers into their own songs throughout the evening, including “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” within “Beautiful Day” and “Mother & Child Reunion” within “Where The Streets Have No Name.” Along with “California (There Is No End to Love)” and “When Love Comes to Town” other songs that were played Friday but not at the tour opener included “Angel Of Harlem” in the second set and three of the four encore songs, “Miracle Drug” -the first played since 2005, “Bad” and the show closing “One.”
U2 continues their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Monday, May 18 with the first of two show as SAP Center in San Jose, California.
[One | captured by FANTIE]
