Photo by @anniebuentello

Siamo arrivati al 19 settembre e gli U2 sono arrivati alla settima e penultima data della seconda Leg Nord Americana del The Joshua Tree Tour 2017; la band fa tappa in Arizona e si esibisce questa sera live all’University of Phoenix Stadium di Phoenix.

Coming to the Phoenix show tonight? Arizona Department of Transport has the best travel advice. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Phoenix #MysteriousWays

A post shared by U2 Official (@u2) on Sep 19, 2017 at 11:35am PDT

Una foto del palco allestito nei giorni precedenti l’evento all’interno dello stadio:

Photo by @Phoenixinformer

Questo concerto arriva dopo la cancellazione della data del 16 settembre a St.Louis, decisa dalla band e dalle forze dell’ordine per salvaguardare i fan accorsi all’evento a seguito degli scontri e delle proteste nella cittá del Missouri dopo la sentenza d’assoluzione per un poliziotto indagato per l’omicidio di un ragazzo di colore avvenuto nel 2011.

Tonight's St. Louis Show Cancelled
'We cannot risk fans' safety.' Live Nation statement. https://t.co/0xDnUGfb7p pic.twitter.com/r3lF5TsxKF

— U2 (@U2) September 16, 2017

Ricordiamo l’indignazione di Bono sul profilo instagram della band:

Deeply saddened at what has happened in St. Louis and having to cancel our show tonight….I found myself reading Dr. King’s speech from the National Cathedral and asking myself is this 1968 or 2017? – Bono “Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability….we are coming to ask America to be true to the huge promissory note that it signed years ago. And we are coming to engage in dramatic nonviolent action, to call attention to the gulf between promise and fulfillment; to make the invisible visible.”

A post shared by U2 Official (@u2) on Sep 16, 2017 at 12:07pm PDT

L’arrivo della band allo stadio poco prima del concerto:

Photo by @Jeff

A precedere gli U2 sul palco Beck.

Oh oh oh ohhhhhh ♥️ #Bowie

A post shared by Sil (@silrigote) on Sep 19, 2017 at 8:47pm PDT

Consueta setlist con il ritorno di Miss Sarajevo.

Bono termina il concerto con lo snippet di Drowing Man a termine di One dedicandolo al Messico, colpito nelle scorse ore da forti terremoti che hanno provocato centinaia di vittime.

Bono turns Drowning Man snippet into tribute to Mexico after quake: "Don't let go, Mexico. Viva Mexico!" #U2TheJoshuaTree2017

— U2gigs (@u2gigs) September 20, 2017

End of the show. "Our prayers are with Mexico City tonight" says Bono. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017

— U2gigs (@u2gigs) September 20, 2017

Setlist:

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday
2. New Year’s Day
   
3. Bad / America (snippet)
4. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
5. Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There is No End To Love) (snippet)
   
6. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
   
7. With or Without You
   
8. Bullet The Blue Sky / War (by Edwin Starr) (snippet) / America (West Side Story) (snippet)
   
9. Running To Stand Still
10. Red Hill Mining Town
11. In God’s Country
12. Trip Through Your Wires
    
13. One Tree Hill
14. Exit / Wise Blood (snippet) / Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (snippet)
15. Mothers Of the Disappeared
    Encore
    
16. Miss Sarajevo
17. Beautiful Day / Starman (snippet)
    
18. Elevation
19. Vertigo / It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) (snippet)
20. You’re The Best Thing About Me
21. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
    
22. One / Drowning Man (snippet)

Photo by @U2Changa

Photo by @abeburns via @U2tour

Photo by @widorantes via @U2tour

Photo by @AlexiaFerranti

Photo by @AlexiaFerranti

Video via Joshua C, Geoff Carr, Michael Johnson, VegasU2Fan,

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