U2 Gives Pulpit-Worthy Performance

As confetti rained down on the San Diego Sports Arena's sweaty, sold-out crowd, Bono stood in the middle of the stage's semicircular runway and bowed to his audience. A modern-day priest in black leather, a shaman shaded by sunglasses, the U2 frontman kicked off the "Vertigo 2005" American tour Monday night with a pulpit-worthy performance.

Read the full review of the first show of U2's Vertigo tour. The setlist was as follows:

1. CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS
2. VERTIGO
3. CRY/ELECTRIC CO.
4. AN CATH DUBH
5. INTO THE HEART
6. BEAUTIFUL DAY
7. NEW YEAR'S DAY
8. MIRACLE DRUG
9. SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN
10. LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE
11. SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
12. BULLET THE BLUE SKY
13. RUNNING TO STAND STILL
14. ZOO STATION
15. THE FLY
16. ELEVATION
17. PRIDE
18. IN THE NAME OF LOVE
19. WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
20. ONE
21. ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
22. YAHWEH
23. 40

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