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Songs Of Innocence
Promo Tour 2014

09/09/2014 The Flint Center for the Performing Arts - Cupertino, California, USA
The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
comment: U2 appears at the Apple event, performs one song and the album is released for free on iTunes.

09/22/2014 St James's Gate Brewery - Dublin, Ireland
The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
comment: During a photo shoot for Rolling Stone magazine on the grounds of the Guinness Brewery, Bono and Edge perform a live acoustic version of The Miracle. It is posted the next month on Rolling Stone's website.

10/12/2014 RAI3 Studios - Milan, Italy
Interview, The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), Every Breaking Wave
comment: Bono and Edge appeared on Italian talk show Che Tempo Che Fa hosted by Fabio Fazio. Before The Miracle, and again between the two songs, Bono and Edge were interviewed by Fabio; for simplicity, we list it just once. The Miracle was played on the interview couch; the stage was cleared for Every Breaking Wave. Edge played The Miracle on acoustic guitar and Every Breaking Wave on piano. Although this performance had been previously promoted as U2, neither Adam nor Larry appeared on the show.

10/14/2014 Studios Rive Gauche - Paris, France
The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), Every Breaking Wave
comment: Bono and Edge appeared on the TV show Le Grand Journal and performed acoustic versions of two songs. Edge played The Miracle on acoustic guitar and Every Breaking Wave on piano.

10/15/2014 Maida Vale Studios - London, England
The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), Every Breaking Wave, Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, I Walk The Line (snippet) / Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of / Fool To Cry (snippet)
comment: U2 performed on Jo Whiley's show on BBC Radio 2. Live debuts of Cedarwood Road and Song For Someone. A string quintet joined the band for songs two, three, and four.

10/16/2014 BBC Television Centre, Studio One - London, England
The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), Interview, Song For Someone
comment: U2 perform on The Graham Norton Show. It was filmed on 16 October for broadcast on 17 October. The Miracle was done twice, both times in full electric form; only one version was broadcast. Song For Someone was performed acoustically in abbreviated form by the whole band during the interview segment. Reports also suggest "a bit" of Desire was done, but this was not broadcast.

10/21/2014 Maidstone Studios - Maidstone, England
Volcano, Every Breaking Wave, California (There Is No End To Love) / God Only Knows (snippet)
comment: U2 perform on BBC2's Later... With Jools Holland. Live debuts of Volcano and California. Only Volcano and Every Breaking Wave were broadcast on the live Tuesday episode; more footage should appear in the extended broadcast on Friday, 24 October. Also on this episode were Sam Smith, Zola Jesus, Interpol, the Alvin Brothers, and Slaves.

10/24/2014 Radio NRW building - Oberhausen, Germany
The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), Every Breaking Wave, Cedarwood Road, Song For Someone, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of / Fool To Cry (snippet), The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
comment: U2 perform an acoustic set for German radio in front of a small audience of about 200 people. It will be broadcast on 27 October. The Miracle is played a second time at the end of the set because Bono is unhappy with the first version. There were also some problems with Song For Someone, which the band stopped and restarted.

10/24/2014 RTE Studios - Dublin, Ireland
Interview, The Miracle (of Joey Ramone), Every Breaking Wave
comment: Bono and Edge appear on The Late Late Show. They chat with host Ryan Tubridy and perform two acoustic songs.

10/26/2014 Unknown - London, England
Interview, Every Breaking Wave
comment: U2 are interviewed at an unknown studio in London by Georgie Gardner for Australian TV show 60 Minutes. They perform one song with a string section. The date listed is the broadcast date; it was filmed the previous week on a date that is presently unknown.

11/09/2014 The SSE Hydro - Glasgow, Scotland
Every Breaking Wave
comment: U2 perform the acoustic piano version of "Every Breaking Wave" at the MTV European Music Awards.

11/13/2014 Stage Theater am Potsdamer Platz - Berlin, Germany
Every Breaking Wave
comment: U2 receive the Bambi Award for Music International and perform at the awards ceremony.

11/17/2014 NBC Studios - New York, New York, USA
setlist not available
comment: U2 were scheduled to perform a weeklong residency on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. This would have been the first night. However, the residency was cancelled after Bono was seriously injured in a bicycle accident. During this episode, Jimmy Fallon dressed up as Bono and performed Desire with The Roots.

11/18/2014 NBC Studios - New York, New York, USA
setlist not available
comment: U2 were scheduled to perform a weeklong residency on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. This would have been the second night. However, the residency was cancelled after Bono was seriously injured in a bicycle accident.

11/19/2014 NBC Studios - New York, New York, USA
setlist not available
comment: U2 were scheduled to perform a weeklong residency on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. This would have been the third night. However, the residency was cancelled after Bono was seriously injured in a bicycle accident.

11/20/2014 NBC Studios - New York, New York, USA
setlist not available
comment: U2 were scheduled to perform a weeklong residency on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. This would have been the fourth night. However, the residency was cancelled after Bono was seriously injured in a bicycle accident.

11/21/2014 NBC Studios - New York, New York, USA
setlist not available
comment: U2 were scheduled to perform a weeklong residency on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. This would have been the fifth and final night. However, the residency was cancelled after Bono was seriously injured in a bicycle accident.

12/01/2014 Times Square - New York, New York, USA
Beautiful Day (with Chris Martin), With or Without You (with Chris Martin), Change (with Carrie Underwood)
encores: Where the Streets Have No Name (with Bruce Springsteen), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (with Bruce Springsteen)
comment: U2 performed for World AIDS Day in Times Square as "U2 Minus 1". Because of his recent bicycle accident, Bono was under doctor's orders to not perform, so Chris Martin of Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen took turns fronting the band. U2 opened the show with two songs, fronted by Martin; Carrie Underwood then played a set with Edge on guitar for one song; Kanye West performed the third set; and U2 with Bruce Springsteen closed proceedings with another two-song set.

12/14/2014 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA
setlist not available
comment: This performance was cancelled. U2 were to headline the second night of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, but as a result of Bono's bicycle accident they had to pull out.

05/04/2015 NBC Studios - New York, New York, USA
Interview, Beautiful Day, Angel of Harlem, Song For Someone, California (There Is No End To Love)
comment: U2 appear on the Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, making up for the cancellation of their weeklong residency planned for 17-21 November 2014 after Bono's bicycle accident. The performance took place on Monday, 4 May, to broadcast on Friday, 8 May. Beautiful Day and Song For Someone were broadcast on the show (as well as a clip from U2 busking in the New York subway later in the evening), while Angel Of Harlem - which was performed with The Roots - was uploaded as an Internet extra. California was performed for the studio audience after taping finished.

05/04/2015 Grand Central-42nd Street Subway Station - New York, New York, USA
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (with Jimmy Fallon), Desire, Angel of Harlem
comment: After filming for the Tonight Show, U2 and Jimmy Fallon dress as street musicians and busk at a New York subway station. A clip from this performance is broadcast during the Friday, 8 May episode alongside U2's performances in the TV studio.


More detailed listings from this tour can be found here.

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