This Black Friday 2021 release Celebrates the 40th anniversary of the U2 single Gloria, originally released in October 1981, and the second single to be taken from U2s second studio album October. It has remained a staple in U2s live set ever since.
This 40th anniversary limited edition EP includes the studio version of Gloria plus three live versions from three different decades. The 1990s are represented by the Point Depot show on the bands home turf of northside Dublin (track A2). Although ticketed as 31st December 1989, the show started at midnight on 1st January 1990 and was broadcast across Europe at the time.
Side B contains two previously unreleased live recordings of Gloria - recorded at the Fleet Center in Boston during the Vertigo tour in 2005, and at Londons O2 Arena during the third night of their run of shows in the English capital as part of the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour in 2015.
1. Gloria (Studio Version)
2. Gloria (Live From the Lovetown Tour, The Point Depot, Dublin, 31st December 1989)
3. Gloria (Live From the Vertigo Tour, Boston, 26th May 2005)
4. Gloria (Live From the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour, London, 29th October 2015)