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*** U2 / Pearl Jam Hawaii Fanviews Here December 9, 2006 ***
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Aloha Stadium - Honolulu, Hawaii
Opening Band: Rocko and the Devils
Pearl Jam: (Interstellar Overdrive) / Corduroy, Life Wasted, Do The Evolution, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Big Wave, Even Flow, Hawaii 78, Better Man, World Wide Suicide, Given To Fly, Crazy Mary, Alive, Baba O'Riley
U2: City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / (In A Little While), Beautiful Day / (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) / (Blackbird), Angel Of Harlem, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, The First Time, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / (La Vie En Rose), Love And Peace Or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday / (Rock The Casbah), Bullet The Blue Sky / (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) / (The Hands That Built America), Miss Sarajevo, Pride (In The Name Of Love), Where The Streets Have No Name, One
U2 Encore: The Fly / ((I Can't Get No) Satisfaction), Mysterious Ways, With Or Without You, Window In The Skies, The Saints Are Coming (with Billie Joe Armstrong), Rocking In The Free World (with Ed and Mike), All I Want Is You
This thread is reserved for the lucky fans that were there.
Please post here only if you were in attendance.
Early Set List Message Pit’s: “dharma69,” “erickvazdel” and “Teddyledbetter”
Set List Source: tenclub.net and u2setlists.com
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Aloha Stadium - Honolulu, Hawaii
Opening Band: Rocko and the Devils
Pearl Jam: (Interstellar Overdrive) / Corduroy, Life Wasted, Do The Evolution, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Big Wave, Even Flow, Hawaii 78, Better Man, World Wide Suicide, Given To Fly, Crazy Mary, Alive, Baba O'Riley
U2: City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / (In A Little While), Beautiful Day / (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) / (Blackbird), Angel Of Harlem, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, The First Time, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / (La Vie En Rose), Love And Peace Or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday / (Rock The Casbah), Bullet The Blue Sky / (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) / (The Hands That Built America), Miss Sarajevo, Pride (In The Name Of Love), Where The Streets Have No Name, One
U2 Encore: The Fly / ((I Can't Get No) Satisfaction), Mysterious Ways, With Or Without You, Window In The Skies, The Saints Are Coming (with Billie Joe Armstrong), Rocking In The Free World (with Ed and Mike), All I Want Is You
This thread is reserved for the lucky fans that were there.
Please post here only if you were in attendance.
Early Set List Message Pit’s: “dharma69,” “erickvazdel” and “Teddyledbetter”
Set List Source: tenclub.net and u2setlists.com
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Three Fish
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June 1999 Chicago
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Three Fish
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June 1999 Chicago
My 2 favorite bands play together in Hawaii and what more could I wish for!?
Fortunately I saw the both bands many times in the past, so I am happy for all people who were in Hawaii.
That's what I am wondering too
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It was a U2 show dumbass. And I mean dumbass in every sense of the word.
Well for starters Iwent to hawaii for a vacation with friends. Throw in meeting and hanging with band members and pearl jam people, which most people did, and the show , and I am not a u2 fan but that set was good, and I dont like green day but the fact that everyone was there is cool. Peace is a strong thing you know and I am all for it.
I am upset I left last week.
Hopefully they mentioned losing a beloved fan in hawaii.
no more shows
Thanks again to Pearl Jam and U2 for visiting us here!
Last Sat was amazing......and last night was icing on the cake.
45 mins seems just about right to me, considering thats the usual amount of stage time for any opening act that I have ever seen.....and that includes My Morning Jacket on the past tour.
Philadelphia -- 2005
Camden I -- 2006
Wash. DC -- 2006
Bonnaroo -- 2008
MSG II -- 2008
I recommend you sue.
...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.
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Bono, U2 rock Aloha Stadium crowd in monumental close
Advertiser Staff
By Derek Paiva
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
"We can be as one tonight."
A full 342 days after his band's concert was officially announced, Bono finally sang those words to a near sellout Aloha Stadium crowd as U2's long and winding Vertigo tour came to a monumental close last night.
Over two-and-a-half-hours and 24 U2 classics, the lead vocalist of America's favorite rock band from Dublin sang to, preached to and occasionally reached into the masses trying to to move them spiritually, politically and emotionally.
A concert equally as entertaining as it was massive in scale and execution? Definitely. A rock show perhaps a bit too tightly choreographed in the theatrics and special effects department? Kind of.
But such grand-scale proceedings were nothing unexpected from a band long proficient in moving stadiums with the exacting professionalism of brain surgeons at the top of their skills.
A crawl of every date on the Vertigo tour on a towering stage-length LED wall of light behind them, U2 slowly emerged from the shadows to begin the show. Guitarist the Edge offered subtle riffing, with drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton building tight rhythm.
And finally, there was Bono — appearing from the shadows on one of two long audience-extending catwalks, waving an American flag and kicking things off with the soaring "City of Blinding Lights." Dressed entirely in black with his now signature wraparound sunglasses snug, he wasted little time leading U2 through an entirely satisfying run through its illustrious song catalogue.
"Vertigo," "Elevation" and "I Will Follow" kept the crowd's energy up early on. After launching a sea of clapping hands on the stadium floor, Bono urged the gathered to "Take it to church now" by singing along to "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."
Rock solid as always, Clayton, Mullen and the Edge got deserved audience props whenever they took a solo or ambled down the catwalks into the crowd. (Each barely said a word the entire show). But it was clear from his first note and response to every word or act that followed that Bono held the bulk of the crowd's attention and affections.
A shout out to O'ahu's North Shore and a slight change of a "Beautiful Day" lyric to "Honolulu right in front of you," by Bono? Roars. Switching an "Angel of Harlem" verse to "New York like a Christmas tree/Tonight Honolulu belongs to me" accompanied by a wide smile? Even louder roars.
Other highlights early on:
i Bono blowing a soulful harp on "Angel of Harlem" on one catwalk while the Edge jammed on the other.
i The band allowing a very excited fan plucked from the crowd to play keys on "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses."
i A hushed reading of the rarely heard live fan favorite "The First Time" with little more than Bono on vocals and the Edge on acoustic guitar, and a warm embrace by the two at song's end.
Through it all, U2's innovative and massive wall of light LED screen and two raised video screens delivered animations, visuals of the band and other images to the farthest corners of Aloha Stadium, creating a surprising intimacy in the huge venue.
"Love and Peace or Else" effectively launched a seven-song suite of politically-charged U2 faves bridged by the politics of Bono. Donning a headband with symbols representing Christianity, Islam and Judaism partially spelling out the word "coexist," Bono dedicated "Sunday Bloody Sunday" to U.S. military personnel. He finished with his now ritual hoisting of a child from the crowd on stage to chant the song's "No more!" coda.
"Bullet the Blue Sky" ended with Bono crawling down one of the catwalks blindfolded by his "coexist" headband, finally lighting a bright red flare — the only moment in the set and show that came uncomfortably close to unfortunate political parody.
Thankfully, the band redeemed itself with an inspired finish of "Pride (In the Name of Love)," "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "One," rounding out the main set. Prior to "One," Bono asked the crowd to hold their mobile phones aloft and text the Make Poverty History organization. Their freshly added names were later scrolled on the stage's giant LED screen.
U2 offered a couple of apologies during the evening for the show's postponement. (The final 10 concerts of the Vertigo tour, including the Honolulu finale's original April date, had been postponed due to an illness in the Edge's immediate family.)
"Thank you for giving us a second chance," said Bono to the crowd, a few songs into the concert. "Thank you for hanging around."
The crowd roared that it was all OK. Bono then turned to the Edge and thanked him for staying strong.
"For a carbon-based life form, this cat can play," said Bono.
A first encore that featured crowd favorites "The Fly," "Mysterious Ways" and "With or Without You" preceded a second encore that finally brought the concert its first wonderfully little-rehearsed suprises.
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong appeared on stage at Bono's request to accompany U2 on guitar and vocals for both band's hit "The Saints Are Coming." Welcomed back after Pearl Jam's incendiary hourlong opening set, vocalist Eddie Vedder and guitarist Mike McReady rocked with Bono & Co. on a cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World."
The spectacle of Bono and Vedder sharing a spontaneous dance on stage and McReady and the Edge trading soaring solos even had Kid Rock nodding his head and Anthrax's Scott Ian air guitaring with friends in a field level sound booth.
Done co-leading a stadium-wide "We love the Edge!" chant with Vedder, Bono broke from script and motioned the band for one more song. With just Bono, the Edge, Mullen and Clayton on stage, U2 ended its Honolulu visit quietly with the lovely "Rattle and Hum" ballad "All I Want Is You."
The song slowly coming to an end, each member disappeared from the stage with a wave. First Bono, then Clayton, then a final note from the Edge, until Mullen, bringing his beats slowly to a close, was the only soul left on stage.
"Thank you for waiting," he said, clearly moved. "See you soon."
No group hugs or bows for U2 at the end of another long road trip. They were ready to go home.
Ed singing Hawaii 78
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/riomoto/edHawaii78.jpg
Front row sign courtesy of "Nacho Libre" (Thanks for guarding the poster with your life).
Mike doing what he does best.
(Please let me know if the link doesn't work)
SL8R still rules
"Next time U2 opens for Pearl Jam
FUCK YEAH
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
MSG 2 08, Buffalo 10, Hamilton 11
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KEEP OUR COUNTRY ....COUNTRY
overall, totally worth the money, totally worth the time. unreal night of music.
thankyou u2 and pearljam
shows:
7/18/06 SF
Bridge School night 2 2006
12/9/06 Hawaii
E.V. solo show in Santa Cruz
Can you see me now
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me
Was this a sponsored "lets use as many songs with brackets as we can" gig!!!
Highlights for me:
*Pearl Jam winning over the U2 fans -- by the end, I had a bunch of people tell me how great they sounded, and how they were going to see them when they toured again, etc.
*Hawaii 78 was awesome. And everyone there agreed.
*Seeing Pearl Jam play a stadium was sweet -- during Crazy Mary, Eddie emphasized the words "Underneath that sign congregated QUITE A CROWD" and motioned to the whole stadium. I know they were having a blast playing to such a nice crowd.
*Ed and Mike playing with U2 was bad ass, and you could see the love after the song was over -- Eddie running up and hugging Bono like a kid with so much emotion. Hugging Edge and blowing a kiss to Adam Clayton. It was cool to see.
*The U2 fans noticing what a great front man Eddie is. They had the lower part of the stage (Elipse or whatever) sort of blocked off during Pearl Jam, but Eddie didn't give a shit and jumped over the speakers they had set up a few times. He shared wine with the crowd during Crazy Mary. He was being rock & roll, spitting during songs. He was sweating his ass off. He shared his love of Hawaii and the flag a few times. The crowd could tell how sincere this all was and like I said, I think a lot of fans were won over who normally would not have been to a Pearl Jam show. The fact that it was a short set did disappoint me, but all of these other things outweighed it, and I can't wait for the next tour.
The show was great, but the highlight of my trip was being out in the waves with Eddie and Mike on Thursday at Waikiki! "LukinTimer" and I paddled over to where he was and we chatted a bit and he was fun and friendly. I paddled for a wave with him - he got it!
After riding a few waves himself (he was one of the best surfers out there), he was teaching Mike. Eddie was just hanging out in the water helping push Mike into waves.
If not at the show or in line, Duke's restaurant on Waikiki was the place to hang out! We were there at some point every day and always ran into fellow fans, sharing "I met Ed" stories, all representing with our PJ shirts.. So fun..
As for the show itself:
We had GA tix, got to Aloha Stadium around 7 AM on Sat and waited all day. We met some GREAT people in our holding pen! We were surrounded by many Pearl Jam fans (like us, people who like and respect U2 but were there mainly for PJ).
Noticed that the crowd was VERY international, we also met people from Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Ireland, England.
Got into the venue around 4:30 and got into the small, center "inner circle".
PJ was GREAT - but it was nothing like the concert the week before.. I know the setlist is posted so I won't repeat here. The whole band was full of energy and having a great time, but it was a set for the U2 fans who might not have been as familiar with PJ.
But by the end of their set even the die hard U2 people were really getting into it. In fact, just before Eddie and Mike joined Bono on stage, there was a roaring chant of "Ed-die" coming from all the fans.
For me the highlights were "Hawaii 78" and when Eddie Mike and Bono did "RTFW" together - Eddie totally brought the party to the stage.. He was dancing around, hugged Bono, they spun around in circles.. So fun to watch..
Thanks to all my old and new PJ fan friends - (you know who you are) - Bonowall and OneMoreShow are names I know.. What an amazing place to meet and hang out! And thanks to PJ for being an amazing group of guys and the best band around.
I'm now deliriously tired, completely hoarse and trying to get through work today, but it was a trip of a lifetime!
I got some GREAT pictures and will post them soon!
The Gorge 7/22/06 & 7/23/06
Antwerp 8/30/06
Bridge 2 10/22/06
Honolulu 12/2/06 & 12/9/06
Munich 6/12/07
Katowice 6/13/07, London 6/18/07, Lollapalooza 8/07, LA (EV) 4/12/08 & 4/13/08, Ouside Lands 09
I posted some decent pics at the above link.
I am a huge music fan and went expecting a great show from both bands. I thought Pearl Jam were brilliant. Eddie is a classic frontman in a Jim Morrison kind of way. The sonic assault of the band's set just blew me away.
U2 did what I expected, played a flawless set where nothing is left to chance. A little too choreographed at times but it has to be given the sheer scale of the show they are putting on. They are untouchable in terms of their ability to touch an entire world with their well crafted songs and execution.
I was disappointed by the fans. There was too much of the "I'm here for Pearl Jam, U2 can't touch them" attitude (and vice verse but to a lesser degree). These are two of the biggest, most successful bands of the last 20 years so its not like being a fan of one is all the unique.