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Monday, 20 July, 2009

ArenA, Amsterdam, NL

Show Report

Loud show tonight: the Arena in Amsterdam is a stadium with a roof, so 360 came indoors for the first time.



As our clip shows it was a crazy night in Amsterdam - here's a few highlights we picked out. If you were at the ArenA tonight, add your reviews below.

* Ninth show of the tour and the first time that 360 has come indoors. The Dutch were some of the earliest fans of the band outside Ireland and the UK and have always been some of the loudest. Louder still when there's a roof overhead.

* 'See the world in green and blue/ Larry Mullen right in front of you'.

* 'Some funky stuff please..' Nothing is funkier than Mysterious Ways and as the groove gets going and a stadium gets moving, Bono pays thanks to this city and country. 'Thank you for so many nights in this city, the mysterious and magical port of Amsterdam. We've a lot of history here...' Some of that history, like photographer Anton Corbijn, is here for the show.

* It's the fortieth anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the face of the moon, a moment that impressed itself on a 9 year old future rock star. 'I remember it so well, an image of making the impossible possible and I've held on to that with more earthly problems...' Fittingly the astronauts from the International Space Station make a brief cameo on screen, holding up signs reading, 'The Future Needs A Big Kiss.'

* 'Keep On With The Force Don't Stop/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.' Angel of Harlem, first written for Billie Holliday, is back in the set tonight, a playful acoustic interlude and a tender tribute to the late, great Michael Jackson.

* 'We were teenagers when we first played the Paradiso, Larry still is a teenager. Apart from that everything's changed. Still got a long way to go, Adam, Larry, Edge and myself...' Bono's Auntie Eileen is not a teenager. She is in fact 80 years old and at the show. 'All the Hewsons in the house tonight!'

* What's the betting that with the down and dirty dub remix of 'I Know I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight' we are witnessing the birth of a stand-out track in the pantheon of great U2 songs. When Larry arrives on the b-stage with the djemba, it's the cue for all four band members to perform to all four quarters of the house. While Larry and Adam and Bono complete a lap of the b-stage, Edge goes one better, completing a double lap.

* Something of the Vertigo Tour about One, when the lights go down and 50,000 people take out their phones. 'There's planet earth... and here's the Milky Way...'


( 44 ) Comments
andwe - 20 July, 2009
AWSOME SHOW
Just came home..... still in the sound!
harold24 - 20 July, 2009
A Beautiful night in Amsterdam
What a night, what a band, what a noise, U2 Rules and no other band can't even come close to their live performances! Thank you for the music! See you tomorrow in Amsterdam for the second night.!
Ard75 - 21 July, 2009
Going Carzy
Thanks to the band and the crew for a truely magnificent performance in Amsterdam; better than 2005! And: thanks for playing Ultraviolet!!!! Suggestion: Moment of surrender didn't do it as a closer, in my view the song comes at the wrong time.
Oboema - 21 July, 2009
to go where no one has gone before....
Just amazing...,thank you for Ultraviolet Thank you for an awesome show We were flabbergasted! See you tonight,again
GuidoWater - 21 July, 2009
Best show ever!
Not specialy because i'm a u2 fan but this was the best concert i've ever seen! Love thet new songs and specialy crazy tonight! What a fantastic songs they made of this! Looking more like techno then rock and roll! The arena is famous for bad sound quality but the U2 360 stage has made that rubbish! The sound was great and the show even greater! What a band! What a stage! What a Show! What a Sound! What a great great evening! Thanks a lot guys keep on rocking!
Miriam Jonker - 21 July, 2009
Spectacular and superb
It was worth the wait outside, we had a terrific view next to the stage. The stage: a superinvention, cudoos to the designers, it worked tremendously for the fans. The setlist was superb, especially enjoyed The Unforgettable Fire, I heard it live for the first time. The remix of Go Cazy is a blast! U2 was in terrific shape, the stadion rocked!! Thank you so much!!!
rsp - 21 July, 2009
turbo show!
great 1st night in amsterdam. Bono's voice very powerful! Band working hard and rockin': watch them smile :) even larry! See U2night...
boy_girl - 21 July, 2009
GREAT GREAT GREAT
My first U2 show.. and it was awesome. We've been queueing from 9:00 till 18:15, but the waiting was worth every second. We were in the pit. Larry.. great especially on the catwalk Adam.. big smile.. and golfing with our beachball wich we threw on stage!! Edge.. haven't seen him much, but hearing him was great. Bono.. wauw, wat a frontman! And he sung great ofcourse!! Thank you!!
jenny_4 - 21 July, 2009
i went crazy last night
If you think that the band can't get better, that they reached the absolute top, they surprise you with another fabulous show!!!! It was outragious!!! Hope to see them many tours.........starting tonight (again).
nickie73 - 21 July, 2009
Arena with blinding lights
Excellent show, songs like Sunday Bloody Sunday; Unforgettable Fire; Pride; still are awesome; Breathe and Magnificent both are fantastic. I pity the sound in the Arena, it feels like the earlier shows in de Kuip (Rotterdam) had a better sound. Anyway...U2 Rocks! Be there tonight again and now I take my family with me! I wish Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry all the best and thank you for your music.
WillemW - 21 July, 2009
indescribable
This was really unbelievable, U2 showed us that even in a normal bad sound environment this does not count for U2. I was amazed how much energy came from the stage. All the memebers played like if they were just started with the band, like they were still 20. I can't say anymore, it was greater than great. I have seen allmost al their shows but this was 1 of the best! Thank you U2.
bollemi - 21 July, 2009
WOW!
WOW! What a great concert, what a band! Still in the mood! Paris was great (and the sound was better, please leave the Arena for soccer, guys) but nothing beats the band playing in HOLLAND! U2 is rock & roll, U2 is house music, U2 is simply magnificent!
JohanMuit - 21 July, 2009
Best U2 concert ever
Great show, best sound quality ever in the Arena. Great mix of old and new songs. Full of highlights. Larry was impressive in "crazy". Swinging Mysterious ways. Massive show. Johan
vincent van der krogt - 21 July, 2009
How long we sing this song.......
What a show yesterday, we were in the inner circle with to many people, Hopefully tonight there are a few less in there. Bono make us crazy to start singing How long.... so everybody thought "40" is comming up. Don't make us crazy more then we are already, just give us the present we want. See you tonight
MacApple - 21 July, 2009
Now we just need
Finally it seems that Mysterious Ways has become a part of the setlist, juhu :-) But I would very much like to hear Edge's sliding solo as it was played on the Vertigo tour, that would make the setlist perfect! Please do so in Gothenburg
Robert Verbeek - 21 July, 2009
Unbelievable
Fan-bloody-tastic show. Great sound, great band, great setlist. WOW!!!!!!! Thanks a million. What a way for my 15 year old daughter to be introduced to a rock concert. It was my fourth and her first U2 concert, and definitely not the last. Guys, you've made our day!!!!!
Achtung327 - 21 July, 2009
Great night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a great show ,especially the old songs MLK,Unforgettable fire etc. Magnificient!!!! Maurice
Robert_Jacobs - 21 July, 2009
Unforgettable fire
HOT HOT HOT The Arena rocked, the people rocked, the spacestation rocked U2 rocks on after so many years and years to come We have LIFT OFF..... What an "unforgettable fire"
Htenkate - 21 July, 2009
Great Show
Thanks guys and all the crew for the great show, again a night to remember:) Pleas put the I'll go grazy remix, with larry on the djemba, on record. It was so cool. Thanks for the amazing night.
- 21 July, 2009
Amazing!!!
I was there last night and it was truly an amazing evening!!! I had a great time and the show was incredible! But I was a little dissapointed that Bono didn't spend any time at the (for him) right side of the stage... I hope he did read my 'Bono, I love you!' sign!
thomaZ - 21 July, 2009
Rare songs please !!!
Fantastic show, best band ever but one BIG request for the future: Please stop playing the likes of Pride or Sunday Bloody Sunday (fanstactic songs but too much heard live and I could feel the band's drop of energy at that moment as in Paris). Give space for more surprises (Electric Storm, 11 o clock tick tock, Stay, Please ... there are so many!)!! You public is made 100% of fans who know all your songs by heart. Please surprise them !!!!
Bikedrifter - 21 July, 2009
Amsterdam Arena sounds great!
It was my first live-show since Zoo-tv. Me and my girl went totally crazy last night. Get On Your Boots really blew the roof off of the Arena, yet another great live rock song. Magnificient. Allthough I really miss my altime favourite combi Bullet The Blue Sky/Running To Stand Still. Thanx to all the technicians to make the Arena sound so good! You've done a great job.
Evelyn@U2 - 21 July, 2009
AMAZING
We were just in front of the stage.... which side. Awsome .... everybody had an amazing view, the whole show. I love a lot of bands but U ... U2 are still the greatest. Thank u for the One message. It is helpfull for me to Walk On and not giving up the projects I am in. C U in Dublin Have a pleasant stay in Amsterdam E
sandra anderson - 21 July, 2009
A night to remember
4 hours of traffic jam just to get there and 5 hours return journey. Worth every second! I'll go crazy if i don't see a second show soon. Man, you guys simply rock! i'm sure the staduim move with the rhythm when you played!
chris_71 - 21 July, 2009
next time please in Rotterdam (KUIP)
enjoyed the concert! beautiful stage but the sound in the Amsterdam ArenA is not good. Never has been. Despite i'm an Ajax-fan i prefer feyenoord stadium De Kuip for a superband as U2. U2 and their fans deserve better than the ArenA!
gouwelos - 21 July, 2009
A great night with U2
I was a little afraid before the show about the sound in the Arena.But beyond my expectations the sound was very good en the show was amazing.Thank you guys for all your great music and enthousiasm,I had a wonderful evening with the greateast rock band ever. Rob From Ridderkerk
muts - 21 July, 2009
Amazing
I'm still not back on earth! The sound was really good compared to 4 years ago. Your technicians did a good job! Being there together with my 24-year old son made it even more special. Come back soon!
Struive - 21 July, 2009
Baby, light my way!
With the adrenaline still going strong from last nights experience, I just want to say: MAGNIFICENT on all accounts!!! (plus: thanks for playing Ultraviolet, that was electical, guys!)
onetreehill0497 - 21 July, 2009
what a show!!!!!!!!!!
great sound, perfect light, great audience. is there anyone who can tell how these four irish guys achieve it to create something new from tour to tour. thank you U2
zino314 - 21 July, 2009
Magnificent
Great show, great feeling when a whole stadium unites and feels the energy. Rock on!
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