Decker

This week's Rolling Stone cover:

JeffTheAlpaca

I thought there were only 16 songs total including bonus songs on the deluxe and not 20?

http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Innocenc...-1&keywords=u2

Time to DVR Fallon

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...ght-show-week?

Meathead

The acoustic sessions is 6 songs... It's where the 16/21 track confusion comes in.

The prime version on Amazon lists them seperately...

http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Innocenc...f+innocence+cd

mostaccioli

i didn't like this cd and i would not want it free.

madcougar

Uh... okay.

Matto1020

Attention advertisers, you too can reach this prime demographic.

JeffTheAlpaca

They did not appear on Fallon but Fallon covered U2.

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cungar

Dang he got banned for that?

chowderhead

I had to delete the album because it wouldn't download some booklet through the iBook. I would get annoying popups every few minutes saying unable to download item please try again later. Annoying.

Mr. Salty

More likely it was his racist comments in the Michael Brown thread.

Matto1020

The tour's been announced!!

U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015

The band are heading out on the road again, playing indoor arenas for the first time in a decade.

The iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour will see U2 play 19 cities worldwide next year, with pairs of shows in each city. Special shows are being planned for Dublin for the end of next year to benefit the U2-initiated Music Generation project and details will follow once they are finalised. The iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour will see U2 play 19 cities worldwide next year, with pairs of shows in each city. (Full itinerary below and on our tour page. )

“We are going to try to have a completely different feeling from night one to night two,” said Bono, “and have some fun playing with the idea of innocence and experience. More to be revealed!”



Tickets for all shows go on general sale next Monday - December 8th - but presales to paid U2.com subscribers begin tomorrow, Thursday December 4th. (Read about the new U2.com subscription offer and ticket presales here.)

Songs Of Innocence, gifted by Apple to over half a billion iTunes Music Store customers, has now been streamed 81m times and downloaded by 30m fans.

"The anticipation for a U2 tour is always extraordinary, as it should be," said Arthur Fogel, President, Global Touring and Chairman, Global Music. "Following the record-setting 360° Tour I'm amazed that they still want to be ground-breaking, this time on a more intimate scale."

More news as soon as we get it - if you're a U2.com subscriber look out for your ticket presale email, containing your unique code to use when buying tickets.

NORTH AMERICA 2015
May 14th Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
May 15th Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
May 18th San Jose, CA, SAP Center at San Jose
May 19th San Jose, CA, SAP Center at San Jose
May 22nd, Phoenix, AZ, US Airways Center
May 23rd, Phoenix, AZ, US Airways Center
May 26th, Los Angeles, CA, Forum
May 27th, Los Angeles, CA, Forum
May 30th, Los Angeles, CA, Forum
May 31st, Los Angeles, CA, Forum

June 12th, Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
June 13th, Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
June 24th, Chicago, IL, United Center
June 25th, Chicago, IL, United Center

July 6th, Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
July 7th, Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
July 10th, Boston, MA, TD Garden
July 11th, Boston, MA, TD Garden
July 18th, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
July 19th, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
July 22nd, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
July 23rd, New York, NY Madison Square Garden

EUROPE / UK 2015
Sep 4th, Turin, Italy , Pala Alpitour
Sep 5th, Turin, Italy, Pala Alpitour
Sep 8th, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
Sep 9th, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
Sep 16th, Stockholm, Sweden, Globe
Sep 17th, Stockholm, Sweden, Globe
Sep 24th, Berlin, Germany, O2 World
Sep 25th, Berlin, Germany, O2 World

Oct 5th, Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
Oct 6th, Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
Oct 13th, Antwerp, Belgium, Sportpaleis
Oct 14th, Antwerp, Belgium, Sportpaleis
Oct 17th, Koln, Germany, Lanxess Arena
Oct 18th Koln, Germany, Lanxess Arena

Oct 25th, London, UK O2
Oct 26th, London, UK O2
Oct 29th, London, UK O2
Oct 30th, London, UK O2

Nov 6th, Glasgow, UK, The SSE Hydro
Nov 7th, Glasgow, UK, The SSE Hydro
Nov 10th, Paris, France, Bercy
Nov 11th, Paris, France, Bercy

stvn1974

Will all the king's horses and all the king's men have Bono put back together by then?

The Cow

An "intimate scale"?

Supermallet

I'm guessing they felt they wouldn't be selling out those stadiums anymore. Still, arenas are more than most artists get.

Mr. Salty

I think you're wrong there, given that they sold out stadiums consistently just three years ago, and they're already adding shows in some cities on this tour to meet demand.

This tour is following U2's pattern of going back and forth between stadium tours (Zoo TV, PopMart, 360) and arena tours (Elevation, Vertigo).

After several years of 360, really they had to go smaller --- and shorter.

slop101

"Cheap seats" are $120...

cungar

Let's hope they never go to stadiums again.

wendersfan

Yeah, you and 20,000 of your closest friends.

Ky-Fi

No thanks. I will have a MUCH better time paying $20 to watch Midge Ure about 10 feet from the stage.

JeffTheAlpaca

Maybe I need to give it another spin but not a huge fan of the new album.

Hiring Danger Mouse was not a good idea and not enough rock.

EddieMoney

I see Bono posted on U2.com that he may never be able to play guitar again.

Unclejosh

Yep even though he barely played, I really enjoy his offbeat strumming in songs like The Fly, With or Without You, Dirty Day, Exit, One, etc. I actually wish they would mix him louder in the mix. Some of my favorite live boots are the ones that have him mixed up clearly in the right channel so you can hear exactly what he is (and isn't to be fair to detractors) playing.

Mabuse

Bono really got fucked up in that bike accident. When it was first reported the news was like, "Bono took a little spill in Central Park today." But it was more than a spill. Seems it caused major injury. Hope he makes a full recovery.

Ky-Fi

I don't doubt that it's a serious injury, but I wonder if that's just some hyperbole on Bono's part. I mean, to just strum chords on an electric guitar doesn't take too much---you'd have to lose some MAJOR functioning of your fingers and wrists to not be able to do that. To the point where he'd have a lot of trouble just using his hands for any everyday activity, like writing or using eating utensils. I don't know.

davidh777

I imagine the fingering is a lot tougher than the strumming.