Photo by Jay Blakesberg, courtesy of Harper House Music Foundation
Bono and The Edge were in Tulsa last night to accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2. They sat down at the historic Cain’s Ballroom to have a conversation T Bone Burnett about their long career as activist songwriters. They also performed an impromptu shot set.
The Cain’s is one of my favorite places to see music. It is a relatively small ballroom with a capacity of just 1,800 people. It was originally a garage then became a dancehall. It became famous in the late 1930s as the home of Bob Willis who performed a weekly radio show from there which helped popularize western swing. It later became famous for being one of the few stops the Sex Pistols made on their ill-fated tour of America in 1978.
Anyway it is a very cool place to see a show. I would have loved to have been there last night, but the moment it was announced I knew it would sell out immediately so I didn’t even try.
But watching the videos that are showing up on Youtube I sure wish I’d been there.
Setlist:
Running to Stand Still/This Train is Bound for Glory
Mothers of the Disappeared
Sunday Bloody Sunday
One
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Jesus Christ/Yahweh
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