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Promo Tour 2004

10/15/2004 BBC TV 'Top of the Pops' - London, England
Vertigo, All Because Of You, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo / Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again (snippet), All Because Of You, Desire, She's A Mystery To Me, City of Blinding Lights, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
comment: BBC taping for Top of The Pops in front of ~200 people in the BBC car park. Live debuts of Vertigo, All Because Of You, and City Of Blinding Lights, though backing tracks were involved. Desire and She's A Mystery To Me were impromptu performances; the former was rough and electric, the latter was very stripped down and spare. The final two songs were performed indoors.

10/16/2004 Riverside Studios - London, England
Vertigo, City of Blinding Lights, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
comment: CD:UK taping in front of 150 people. The band arrived 3 hours behind schedule. Planned was an approximately 30 minute set. After the first minute of SYCMIOYO, Bono was not satisfied and the band restarted the song.

10/26/2004 California Theatre - San Jose, California, USA
Original Of The Species, All Because Of You
comment: Bono and Edge perform two songs during the presentation of the U2 iPod. This is the live debut of Original Of The Species.

11/16/2004 Hanover Quay Studio - Dublin, Ireland
Vertigo, All Because Of You, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Beautiful Day
comment: U2 perform a small set for Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1.

11/20/2004 NBC Saturday Night Live - NBC Studios - New York, New York, USA
Vertigo / She Loves You (snippet), Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet), I Will Follow, All Because Of You, Vertigo
comment: U2 performed 5 songs on SNL (only the first 3 were broadcast).

11/22/2004 Empire Fulton Ferry State Park - New York, New York, USA
Vertigo, All Because Of You, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet), City of Blinding Lights, Original Of The Species, She's A Mystery To Me, Beautiful Day, I Will Follow
encores: Out of Control, Vertigo
comment: After filming a video for All Because of You earlier in the day U2 perform a set under the Brooklyn Bridge. 4 songs are released as a digital EP and several others are broadcast on TV the following month.

11/22/2004 Flatbed Truck - New York, New York, USA
All Because Of You, All Because Of You, All Because Of You, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, All Because Of You
comment: U2 film a music video for All Because of You on the back of a flatbed truck prior to a concert at the Empire Fulton Ferry State Park. The performance disrupts traffic (and workdays) as the truck drives around Manhattan for several hours. All Because of You is performed at least four times and likely many more than that.

12/02/2004 BBC Studios - London, England
Vertigo, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, I Will Follow, Vertigo
comment: Taping for BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. Only the first 3 aired on December 3rd.


More detailed listings from this tour can be found here.

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