ON THE : 'If someone asks me why i still love U2 in 2019, almost 2020, after 43 years of career, i will replay to close his eyes and listen to this extraordinary version of THE MASTERPIECE' (Bad) #U2 #Bad #Tokyo (2) (Vid, who has been following the band around the Southern hemisphere and she has seen most of the shows to date this year) : 'Tokyo2 is deffo my fave show on this tour! because (in no particular order): 1 - (Japan) & Japanese hospitality 2 - Gloria 3 - Bad, always Bad 4 - Hallelujah ending on Running 5 - Love is Bigger crowd sing along' But, thanks to Gloria, who played suddenly (especially in U2), I think from my heart, 'It was good on the second day.' I was taking a video but I was too crazy to raise it!' (translated ) 'No, I always wondered if I should go from day 2 to day 1.

It's all about The Joshua Tree but this tour has plenty other stellar moments too - Elevation, Vertigo and 'Real Thing' were outstanding tonight.Įxciting 2019 Tour debut for 'Gloria', 30 years to the very month since it was last performed here in Japan - in Osaka, on the Lovetown Tour local fans were more than ready for it : 待望のU2来日公演に行ってきた！2曲目にまさかの「Gloria」！(この曲って今年演奏されてないよね？) 初期U2好きにはたらない選曲で飛び上がった！初日も行った人は「I will follow」と合わせて感動だろうな〜。 Tonight it was Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer that made it's way into Bad, coming to a close with 'Blessed are the peacemakers…' 'Let's take a moment in the dark to notice we are here, present, together… some indoor starlight, let's turn this sports stadium into a cathedral, our phones into candles… to memorialise the great Tetsu Nakamura, a great man from a great and generous country…' Tonight Bad was played in memory of the physician Tetsu Nakamura, head of the Japanese aid agency Peace Japan Medical Services, who was killed with five others in an ambush in Afghanistan earlier this week. We're here to surrender to each other, to music, to love…' 'I don't know how you translate rock'n'roll transcendence but I think you can feel what we're talking about. 'Last night we had a very special time but let me tell you why we're back again… because we want to take it to the next level, some kind of rock'n'roll transcendence tonight.

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