Driving home last night I was listening to the Paris concert again. It’s cold all over the east coast of North America is under a deep freeze yet I had the windows open and I was just enjoying the concert all over again. Have you ever had a chance to re-listen to the concert or watch the video over again it’s as if you are attending the show for the first time?  So I thought I would dig up the review, some selected photos and of course our favorite videos from the show.  Paris had two shows, we have videos from both shows and the setlist as well as photos. We have a large selection of Paris videos and on our facebook fan page we will be posting a specail link for something very cool for our U2 fans. So if you have not joined our FB page now is your chance.

Paris Review July 11, 2009

That theme was further augmented during the band’s latest stop at Paris’s enormous, 90,000- capacity Stade de France, returning almost four years to the day of their last visits here – on July 9th and 10th, 2005 – for the Vertigo tour.

‘Thank you for coming out and thank you for giving us a great life,’ Bono crowed to the packed audience. ‘Thank you for giving us the chance to build this madness, this space station.’

That theme was further augmented during the band’s latest stop at Paris’s enormous, 90,000- capacity Stade de France, returning almost four years to the day of their last visits here – on July 9th and 10th, 2005 – for the Vertigo tour.

On Saturday night, the inhabitants of the International Space Station made a repeat appearance on The Claw’s circular screens, engaging in prerecorded banter with the band.  Guy Laliberte – billionaire founder of Cirque de Soleil, and soon-to-be resident of the Station – also received a shout-out during “In A Little While”.

“We have somebody with us tonight who is about to be the first clown in space,” Bono joked, referring to former stilt-walker and fire-eater Laliberte.

While the much-maligned “masks” made an appearance once again, those looking for a bit of levity from Bono’s politics received it during the Sunday night encore, when the singer engaged in a brief E.T. impersonation before show finale “Moment of Surrender”.

He was also in a joking mood during a brief interview for French television the day before; after Larry Mullen, Jr. cordially complimented the Stade de France as “an incredible place,” Bono quickly added, “Of all stadiums to get to trash, this is the most beautiful.”

The direction of the Paris gigs indicated that the nightly setlist is solidifying into something fairly consistent, at least for this leg of the tour; the opening four songs of new material have not changed, and neither has the three-song encore, expanded only once so far to include “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” during the second night in Barcelona.  “In A Little While” and “Stuck in a Moment” – from All That You Can’t Leave Behind – continue to be interchanged, with the former being performed Saturday, and the latter making an appearance on Sunday.

Sunday night’s show also featured some surprises, with the tour debut of a solo-free “Mysterious Ways”, and an electric version of “Angel of Harlem”.  The ever-expanding “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” was preceded by brief renditions of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” – the first time the band has performed it in any form – and K.C. and the Sunshine Band’s “That’s the Way (I Like It), making its first appearance since 1997’s Popmart Tour.

Crowds were energetic and enthusiastic both nights, the floor a rolling wave of activity during songs both new (”Get On Your Boots”) and old (”I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”).  The crowd briefly took over singing duties on the latter from Bono during Sunday night’s show, with both band and singer dropping out during the first verse to let the audience build the song’s momentum

We will always have Paris on that summer night in July 2009. If you think of another show that was better let us know. For now kick back and enjoy. Sign up on Youtube to be a part of 2010 Subscriber list. Don’t miss a minute of the show.