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The Virtual Road is a series of four concerts shown via YouTube starting in March 2021. The shows are previously released concerts. The announcement that these would stream was made by Universal Music and U2 on March 15, 2021.
U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle Ireland / 2001
- Debut: March 17, 2021
- Time: 15:30, 16:00 ET (Opening Act, Main Show)
- Opening Act: Dermot Kennedy (Filmed in California, early 2021)
- Video Quality: 1080p, Upscaled Video
- Duration: Streamed for 60 hours after initial showing
- Views: 448,614 views shortly before it was removed from streaming
- Discography Entry: The Virtual Road – U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle Ireland Digital EP
- YouTube: Elevation (Live from Slane Castle, Ireland / 2001)
- YouTube: Beautiful Day (Live from Slane Castle, Ireland / 2001)
- YouTube: Where the Streets Have No Name (Live from Slane Castle, Ireland / 2001)
- U2Songs Review of Event
- Merchandise included two t-shirts and a limited print.
- Video Originally Released: 2003
U2 Live at Red Rocks / 1983
- Debut: March 25, 2021
- Time: 21:40, 22:00 ET (Opening Act, Main Show)
- Opening Act: Fontaines D.C. (Filmed at Kilmainham Gaol, November 2020)
- Video Quality: 1080p, Upscaled Video
- Duration: Available for replay for 64hr and 45min after the initial stream
- Views: 254,882
- Discography Entry: The Virtual Road: U2 Live At Red Rocks Digital EP
- YouTube: Gloria (Live from Red Rocks, Colorado / 1983)
- YouTube: 11 O’Clock Tick Tock (Live from Red Rocks, Colorado / 1983)
- YouTube: “40” (Live from Red Rocks, Colorado / 1983)
- YouTube: I Will Follow (Live from Red Rocks, Colorado / 1983)
- YouTube: Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live from Red Rocks, Colorado / 1983)
- U2Songs Review of Event
- Merchandise included two t-shirts and a limited print.
- Video Originally Released: 1984
U2 PopMart Live from Mexico City / 1997
- Debut: April 1, 2021
- Time: 21:30, 22:00 ET (Opening Act, Main Show – please note with time change this will be 02:30AM in GMT)
- Opening Act: Carla Morrison
- Video Quality: 1080p, Upscaled Video
- Duration: Available for replay for 63hr and 10min after the initial stream
- Views: 340,771
- Discography Entry: The Virtual Road: PopMart Live From Mexico City Digital EP
- Youtube: Mofo (Live from Mexico City / 1997)
- Youtube: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Live from Mexico City / 1997)
- Youtube: Staring at the Sun (Live from Mexico City / 1997)
- Youtube: Bullet the Blue Sky (Live from Mexico City / 1997)
- U2Songs Review of Event
- Merchandise included three t-shirts and a limited print.
- Video Originally Released: 1998
U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris / 2015
- Debut: April 10, 2021
- Time: 14:30, 15:00 ET (Opening Act, Main Show)
- Opening Act: Feu! Chatterton
- Video Quality: 1080p (Premiere)
- Duration: Available for replay for 49hr and 30min after the initial stream
- Views: 207,608
- Discography Entry: The Virtual Road: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live In Paris
- Youtube: Cedarwood Road (Live from Paris / 2015)
- Youtube: Raised by Wolves (Live from Paris / 2015)
- Youtube: Until the End of the World (Live from Paris / 2015)
- U2Songs Review of Event
- Merchandise included three t-shirts and a limited print.
- Video Originally Released: 2016
Additional Streams
In 2020, via U2.com the band streamed a number of other videos which were upscaled or at at native high definition format. These videos included the following:
- 2020-03-14: eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Live in Berlin (Shown at 4K)
- 2020-04-19: Zoo TV Live from Sydney (Shown at 1080p)
- 2020-07-18: Vertigo Live from Chicago (Shown at 1080p)
- 2020-10-30: Elevation Live from Boston (Shown at 1080p)
Slane Castle was also shown at a less than DVD quality on May 10, 2020. Each of these streams was available for a 48 hour period after the initial airing with the exception of the Berlin video, which was a subscriber only stream, and was made available for the duration of the subscription. The other videos were open to, and advertised to the general public.