The Joshua Tree Tour 2017

Jul 18 2017
Barcelona, ES / Olympic Stadium
with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
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U2

'Spanish Eyes'
In Barcelona with The Joshua Tree Tour 2017.

When & Where
Tuesday, July 18th 2017, Olympic Stadium, Barcelona, 27th show of #U2TheJoshuaTree2017

U2Fansites 
Lluis from @U2Barcelona sent us this : 'U2 returned yesterday to Barcelona less than 2 years after their 4 sold out shows at The Palau Sant Jordi, a record by any band in this city. This time it was at the Olympic Stadium, a wide and open stadium that sometimes feels cold, but it wasn't yesterday, with an audience that was as hot as the day in Barcelona.
The show started with four classic songs from the pre-Joshua Tree era, Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day, Bad and Pride. Before Bad, Bono told us that he had visited the David Bowie exhibition that morning in Barcelona, and talked about him: "David Bowie was a friend of ours. We were lucky, he called us friends, really we were fans. ... We feel him very close". And then he sang a part of Bowie's song Heroes during a long and moving version of Bad.
And after that came the The Joshua Tree, full and in sequence. Having the opportunity to hear U2 play the whole album live is just a gift, a privilege. The beginning of 'Streets' put many of us in tears, Bullet the Blue Sky is a blast, Running To Stand Still sounded beautiful as always. And then the B-side, “Bienvenidos a la cara B”, told Bono in Spanish. Trip Through Your Wires, One Tree Hill, Exit… Bono even snippeted a few words from Spanish Eyes.
The encore started with Miss Sarajevo, renamed by the band 'Miss Syria' for this Tour. Then a trio of stadium favourites, Beautiful Day, Elevation and Vertigo, to continue with a little of Achtung Baby, with Ultra Violet, that Bono dedicated to the women around the band, and One, with the audience singing part of it.
And to end the show, the new song The Little Things That Give You Away that Bono introduced as a song from the new album Songs of Experience, telling that it would be out before the end of the year. Hope this time he is right.'

Social Posts
@crna6pk (via IG) : 'I love that I can spend my lunch break with my favorite Irish lads. Thank you #periscope and all the #u2 fans around the world that bring the concert right into my home!'
@febottini (via twitter): 'I've never heard 'Uno, dos, tres, catorce' sound so loud like tonight!'
@olgaparera (via twitter): 'Amazing U2 honouring women with Ultraviolet. Also included Emma Watson, Lena Dunham, Malala.'

In The Press 
'U2 made Barcelona soar, cry and vibrate at a concert filled with meaningful messages…'

If You Had To Pick One Song 

Trip Through Your Wires - as fan site @U2Songs noted, 'Trip was one of the first songs heard from The Joshua Tree, debuting January 1986 in a television performance...'

What (else) did Bono Say?
“For our mate Reggie The Dog, who is here tonight, Reggie (Manuel) is the reason we're all here tonight. is the reason that I'm here tonight. (He) believed, when I was a boy, that I should go to Larry''s house for the very first rehearsal of the U2 group… Muchos gracias! And not only did he think I should go - he took me, to make sure that I went…'

Review On U2.com 
chusplus.  'Only one night! Barcelona deserved a second night! Great performance tonight! Love the Bowie's Heroes snippet. Thanks for did it! Fab Setlist but I missed great songs such Until the end of the world. Waiting for the new album and, of course, new shows in Barcelona next tour!'

If you were at the show, tell us all about it. Add your own review and photos on our tour pages.


    Sao Paulo - last show of The Joshua Tree Tour 2017. Video by instagram.com/mvsphotography
    Comments
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    ACalderon
    Any pre-party\event on the day of concer
    thanks
    Tó Neto
    In "The Joshua Tree" mode
    Waiting for Barcelona
    luisparra
    Setlist
    In Barcelona U2 could make this setlist 1. Sunday Bloody Sunday 2. New Year’s Day 3. Seconds 4. A Sort of Homecoming 5. MLK 6. Pride 7. Bad 8. Where The Streets Have No Name 9. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 10. With Or Without You 11. Bullet The Blue Sky 12. Running To Stand Still 13. Red Hill Mining Town 14. In God’s Country 15. Trip Through Your Wires 16. One Tree Hill 17. Exit 18. Mothers Of Disappeared 19. Miss Sarajevo 20. Ultraviolet 21. The Fly 22. One 23. Beautiful Day 24. Elevation 25. Out of Control 26. 40 What do you think?
    love2U2
    From Rotterdam to Barcelona, 30 years af
    So happy to join you @JTT2017 in Barcelona, keep on rockin'!!! First time was in Rotterdam (De Kuip) with my older sister, now joining with my brother in law. Stay united, we choose music over guns & love over fear ❤️
    Carlos
    Roll on 18 July
    Did not have enough money to see them back in 1987 on the JT tour so very much looking forward to seeing them this time around in Barcelona .
    ALVAROMOFO
    ALVAROMOFO
    THE CITY OF SURREALISM......POP TOUR, ELEVATION, 360,INOCCENCE.....AND NOW THE TOUR OF YOUR BEST ALBUM WITHOUT DOUBT......DON’ T FORGET TO INCLUDE B SIDES PLEASE!!!! 30 YEARS LISTENING TO YOU AND WITH THE SAME INTEREST......WHAT A PITTY NOT TO PLAY IN MADRID INSTEAD OF BARNA TO REMEMBER BERNABEU NIGHT!!!!!
    ingridfarres
    22 years later...
    Thank you very much for coming to Barcelona. I'm 40 years old and I saw you for the first time and only in 1995. Now, 22 years later i'm so excited to see you again!! I can't believe it!!Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
    DiegoCorrea
    U2 is the soundtrack of my life
    Thank you for coming to barcelona again, Barcelona loves U2 and U2 loves Barcelona. I've gone to all yours Tours from Love Town in Paris 1988. 30 years in all Europe and in In all the shows that you have done in barcelona
    mvx33
    Amazing place for amazing people.
    Thank you for coming to Barcelona & We see you soon !!
    Dani Nava
    We´ll see on July!!!!!
    My first time of U2 in Barcelona. Can't wait for that moment!!!!! Please, come back to Madrid son.
    natxo
    Thank U2
    Thank you for your music, I am 44 year's old and I discover you and your music with the joshua tree and since today, and I will follow you for the rest of my life. i'll see you one more time in Barcelona. Next time with my daughter.Thank U2
    jelenolmos
    PLEASEEE
    Return to Madrid some day, please!!!! Anyway, we´ll keep travelling meanwhile...
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