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9 people who unashamedly loved U2's Jools Holland performance

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Oct 22nd 2014, 8:04 AM 6,393 Views 4 Comments

U2 APPEARED ON Later With Jools Holland last night to perform songs from their new album, Songs of Innocence. Heard of it?

After the Apple debacle (and before it) there has been much contempt for them, like…

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The band performed Every Breaking Wave and Volcano, with Bono getting all up in the cameraman’s face for the latter. Well, people… liked it?

1. They just didn’t get the hate

Is there a graph depicting the rise and fall of U2? It is astonishing how much derision there is for one of the greatest bands ever. #jools
— Porphyro (@LustySpring) October 21, 2014

Source: Porphyro/Twitter

2.

All this U2 criticism is so overdone, imo. They were great, and lovely songs :-) #joolsholland
— Edward Clarke (@edwardclarke) October 21, 2014

Source: Edward Clarke/Twitter

3. They were ‘immense’

Far be it for me to overreact, but @U2 on @BBCLater were immense. 'Every Breaking Wave' was beautiful. Perfectly shot too. Hats off. #jools
— Greg Corcoran (@GregCorco) October 21, 2014

Source: Greg Corcoran/Twitter

4. Smashed it

Wow, say what you will about #u2 & #bono but they are smashing it on #joolsholland right now. Amazing vocal!
— Tim Norris-Wiles (@theholyhost) October 21, 2014

Source: Tim Norris/Twitter

5. They haven’t lost it, OK?

#u2 put in some performance of every breaking wave on #jools earlier. Song gets better each time I hear it.one of their best.
— Mark Brennan (@markmikebrennan) October 21, 2014

Source: Mark Brennan/Twitter

6.

I don't care what everyone say but

I bloody 💜 U2. #joolsholland
— Rach ⎕ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Mini_Rae) October 21, 2014

Source: Pocket Rocket Rach/Twitter

7. Let the Apple thing go…

Source: Paul Page/Twitter

8. Basically, you suck

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9. Haters gon’ hate

Let the haters hate. #U2 Every Breaking Wave on #joolsholland simply superb
— Iain Gillespie (@igillesp) October 21, 2014

Source: Iain Gillespie/Twitter

Here are their performances. What’s the verdict?

Volcano

Source: J.A. SpanishEdge/YouTube

Every Breaking Wave

Source: ladyleecher/YouTube

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9 people who unashamedly loved U2's Jools Holland performance