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mysterious ways, played last night, first time added to setlist so far on this tour. maybe a song from pop soon come.

backstage before u2 show last night

video:



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u2 played show # 5 of the 360 tour last night in paris. setlist is here. 5 more shows until we see them again in dublin.

my friend k. and i only have a couple days left in spain before we move on to some other nation where (possibly) people don't giggle at us when we speak their language.

we love barcelona.

later

we checked out the tour de france this week

stage 6 ended here in barcelona on thursday and stage 7 departed from here on friday. we watched some of the buses pull in and a few of the riders walking around before the start on friday. this guy was on the team francaise des jeux (FDJ). it may be christophe le mevel. or maybe yauheni hutarovich. i have no idea, really.



i was very much fascinated by the washing machines on the team buses. really.


later

hug

u2 milan 2 last night, tour debut of stuck in a moment:



after seeing 2 shows and seeing the setlists and video clips of the next 2 shows, this little part of the set right after bono's nightly michael jackson snippets would be one of my favorites. rotating desire, angel of harlem, in a little while, stuck in a moment. these would be u2's "motown" songs. soul songs? van morrison songs? whatever. party girl just fits there, too, if it wants to.

i'm not really paying attention

but ... from milan 1 last night:





setlist and details are here.

more vids here.

i briefly was following along with setlist twitter updates last night and realized i am not really super interested in following along like that. oh well.

hanging out here today.

later!

barcelona nights 1 & 2

my article for atu2

moral: more of this please:





later

view from the left claw leg rail, bcn 2

BCN 2 from scatter o'light on Vimeo.

also on youtube if above isn't playing for you.

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Originally uploaded by {cara}

a couple more pics on flickr here.

night 2 in barcelona was awesome. details forthcoming.

xo

camp nou, view from the side

a few snippets from u2's first show in barcelona. magnificent, still haven't found, crazy tonight. have a few other vids and pics and many THOUGHTS. (loved the show. had a blast. but it was definitely a bit bizarro/not "normal" u2, at least for me.)

waiting 'til after show #2 to let the complete thoughts out.

recommended: these vids

(above view is from our seats on lower level, side stage, 15 rows up.)

u2 barcelona night one setlist is here.

more to come ...

it is widely assumed that none of the people pictured below are behind this whole wear the mask idea

it seems from what i have read here: the official "bitch about the stupid mask thread." and the poll at the bottom of the page here, that the majority of u2 fans are not going to wear the mask.

what mask? this one:



from u2.com:

Print it off.
Cut it out.
Attach some elastic or string to the sides.
Try it on for size.
(If you're really clever print it on card or laminate it
Or tape on a little handle to hold it in front of your face.
Wear it to work or college. Wear it on the bus or the train. Wear it in the pub or at the shops.
And don't forget.
Bring it to a U2 show.

scatter o' light sidenote: um ... who exactly wrote this up? dr. seuss?!

Put it on with thousands of others when the band strike up the opening bars of Walk On. Wear it to to show the world that you have not forgotten. 'Please use your liberty to promote ours,' says Aung San Suu Kyi.
Use your liberty to promote hers. And the liberty of the people of Burma.

WEAR THE MASK.

as has been pointed out elsewhere, there is precedent for wearing the mask. and certainly aung san suu kyi is a woman *most*(many?) fans understand is worthy of our support. but on many levels, fans seem offended by this above mask order/suggestion that u2.com has posted. it is "stupid." "embarrassing." "patronizing." "bloody ridiculous." etc.

i'm not blaming this on bono. i'm blaming larry. because either he is for this. or he is bono's bitch i can if i wanna.

we're off to barcelona in the morning. and i just may be printing a mask out right now.

i am going to stick it on some unsuspecting shmoe's back on the train.

(or the pub.)

chocolate con churros

i'm not even sure how great this was, but after eating it, we know for sure we are in madrid.

i wonder what we'll find when we get to barcelona? oh ... right. ok.

we were in dublin for, like, a half of a day on thursday. it was kind of awesome but kind of a blur. look forward to going back next month.





later

we're on our way

double denim and his peeps having a drink here by the sea. (via)



you can follow the guy on the right on twitter.

you can follow scatter o' light, too, if you like.

okay, i'm leaving tonight for europe. stopping in dublin on the way to madrid. since we are ending our trip in dublin at the end of july, our round trip is through there. we'll get to dublin tomorrow a.m. and have the day before we fly to madrid. hopefully we'll get a chance to do some damage in dublin tomorrow. will report back.

peace out -

siete

below vid is a teaser for a documentary that will air on tve2 in spain on june 28.



extended version of this previous bono and adam interview below:



later ...

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