New #U2ieTour Preshow Mix

Original story (u2wanderer.org) by Aaron J. Sams (2015-07-22)

U2 has changed the preshow mix considerably for nights 3 – 6 in New York (July 22, 23, 26, 27.) Perhaps we’re starting to see a shift towards Experience?

We were able to pick up some of the songs after we were tipped off by our good friend Jason H., and many thanks to Vid and Sil for streaming and Jeff Reinhart for additional information:

Night Three (NYC):

  • 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
  • Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
  • Last Night – The Strokes
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
  • Who Is It? – Talking Heads
  • Bullet with Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins
  • You Only Live Once – The Strokes
  • About a Girl – Nirvana

Night Four (NYC):

  • 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
  • Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
  • Last Night – The Strokes
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
  • Who Is It? – The Talking Heads
  • Bullet with Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins
  • You Only Live Once – The Strokes
  • About a Girl – Nirvana
  • Where is My Mind? – The Pixies
  • Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction
  • Even Flow – Pearl Jam

Night Five (NYC):

  • 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
  • Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
  • Last Night – The Strokes
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
  • Who Is It? – Talking Heads
  • Bullet with Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins
  • You Only Live Once – The Strokes
  • About a Girl – Nirvana

Night Six (NYC):

  • The Book I Read – The Talking Heads
  • Where is My Mind? – Pixies
  • You Know You’re Right – Nirvana
  • Life During Wartime – The Talking Heads
  • 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
  • Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
  • Last Night – The Strokes
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
  • Who Is It? – The Talking Heads
  • Bullet with Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins
  • You Only Live Once – The Strokes
  • About a Girl – Nirvana
  • Where is My Mind? – The Pixies
  • Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction
  • Even Flow – Pearl Jam

And then the band took the stage to Patti Smith’s People Have the Power all four nights.

Also on night two were reports of songs by Kraftwerk (“Neon Lights”), Alice in Chains, another song by Radiohead, and two other songs by The Talking Heads. Night four there was an album of Kraftwerk played before the preshow mix started. The album, “The Man Machine” appears in a poster during the “Song for Someone” video montage, and has been played before other shows on this tour. Songs heard included “The Robots,” “The Model,” “Neon Lights,” and “The Man Machine”.

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