U2 Kicks Off 360° Tour in Barcelona, Spain

July 7, 2009 by: Rodney

u2360tour Last week when U2 kicked off their 360° Tour in Barcelona, Spain with over 90,000 fnas in attendance at Camp Nou stadium. Rollingstone.com is reporting that this was their first show performing on the innovative set dubbed “the Claw”. Their two-hour-and-20-minute gig featured a mix of songs from the band’s latest project “No Line on the Horizon” (seven tracks, including “Breathe,” which opened the show), as well as greatest hits like “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “One” and “Unforgettable Fire.” Still, the band’s amazing new stage threatened to steal the show. The Claw features a 360-degree video screen, an awe-inspiring light show and apparently, a satellite linkup to space.

After the fourth song of the set, Bono rang up the astronauts on the International Space Station via satellite, who appeared live on the Claw’s 360 screen. According to U2’s official site, Bono asked…
“Commander, can you see Barcelona?,”

to which the astronauts replied,

“Right now the most beautiful sight in our cosmos is the blue planet Earth” — a nice segue into “Beautiful Day.”

U2 will continue to visit the other 30 cities on the 360° Tour. Their first North American show is on September 12th at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

Here’s their full set list from Barcelona, Spain:
“Breathe”
“No Line on the Horizon”
“Get On Your Boots”
“Magnificent”
“Beautiful Day”
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
“Angel of Harlem”
“In A Little While”
“Unknown Caller”
“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”
“Ultraviolet”
“With Or Without You”
“Moment of Surrender”