'See Australia right in front of you...' sang Bono during Beautiful Day and on one of the hottest nights of the tour so far, we couldn't just see this great country we could feel it.
'Hotter than last night,' said Bono, 'And that's a good thing... it was a great night last night and tonight we're gonna take it somewhere else.'
Take it somewhere else they did, with plenty of surprises in the set including New Year's Day, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, a spine-tingling version of Bad and a rapturously received closing track in With Or Without You.
Adam was welcomed as the 'Silver Fox' ('wearing the same t-shirt he wore in 1976') and Edge as a man 'just about tethered to this earth', tonight wearing dark grey ('the new black'): 'And I'm your MC for the evening and my name is Bono. Your minstrels are here to serve you and we're gonna play a new song - and this one's called Mercy.'
For a song that has never been on a studio album and been played live less than a dozen times, Mercy is rapidly becoming a 360 favourite.
Main Set:
Return of the Stingray Guitar,
Beautiful Day,
New Year's Day,
Get On Your Boots,
Magnificent,
Mysterious Ways,
Elevation,
Until the End of the World,
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,
Mercy,
Bad,
In A Little While,
Miss Sarajevo,
City of Blinding Lights,
Vertigo,
I'll Go Crazy (remix) - Relax,
Sunday Bloody Sunday,
Scarlet,
Walk On
Encore(s):
One,
Amazing Grace - Where the Streets Have No Name,
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me,
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