Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ Liverpool Echo Arena. April 2016. (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)
U2 were joined by Noel Gallagher in London last weekend to close out the first gig of their European Joshua Tree anniversary tour with a cover of Don’t Look Back In Anger.
The Oasis anthem has been afforded new significance since the attack on Manchester Arena in May, and was performed at Twickenham in tribute to those who also lost their lives at Grenfall Tower and London Bridge.
Earlier, Gallagher had acted as the main support for U2 with a rejigged High Flying Birds line-up which now includes his former Oasis colleagues Gem Archer and Chris Sharrock. They all move on to Berlin for the next date of the tour, and have more stadium outings due in cities such as Barcelona, Dublin and Paris before a South American trip in October.
U2 setlist:
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year’s Day
Bad
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Where the Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
With or Without You
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Stand Still
Red Hill Mining Town
In God’s Country
Trip Through Your Wires
One Tree Hill
Exit
Mothers of the Disappeared
Miss Sarajevo
Beautiful Day
Elevation
Vertigo
Happy Birthday
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
One
The Little Things That Give You Away
Don’t Look Back in Anger
