While U2 was doing a live dress rehearsal Friday night in Vancouver, NBC was airing U2's pre-taped appearance as the sole guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The band sat down for two short interview segments, did two songs live during the show (and more that didn't air on TV) and appeared in some comedy sketches, too. And maybe the biggest news of all was the premiere of a new promo video for the Innocence + Experience tour that offers the most concrete visuals about the stage design that we've seen yet.
The show began with a "Bono rides a bike" comedy sketch.
After that was a clip from U2's busking session below Grand Central Terminal, which led into two short interview sessions. There was nothing earth-shattering to come from what was said, but the interview included the premiere of this short Innocence + Experience tour promo clip. (Thx to U2News for uploading to DailyMotion.)
The show ended with U2 performing "Beautiful Day" and "Song For Someone," the latter done with Edge playing guitar instead of piano for an interesting (and great, in my opinion) sound. Here are those clips:
U2 also performed "Angel Of Harlem" with The Roots (Fallon's house band), and we're told they also did "California" just for the studio audience. NBC has posted "Angel Of Harlem" online as a web exclusive.