THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: in Belfast / 109th 'VERTIGO' show: Penultimate show / a beautiful Santa on stage during "Beautiful Day"!

"Boy" tour - december 17, 1980 - U2 perform in Belfast, Northern Ireland at Ulster Hall. One show in Northern Ireland is followed by four Irish dates.

109th 'VERTIGO' show - December 17, 2005 / Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center - Kanye West - Penultimate show / a beautiful Santa on stage during "Beautiful Day"! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - Norwegian Wood, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): Until the End of the World, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40. During Beautiful Day, Bono brings a girl on stage who's wearing a Santa Claus suit and sings bits of a couple Christmas songs. Norwegian Wood is performed by Bono alone on an acoustic guitar.  U2 came to town for one of their rare concerts in Salt Lake City. This was a big event that drew a sold-out crowd at the Delta Center. Fans braved the freezing temps and waited in long lines, just to get into the Vertigo Tour. Rapper Kanye West opened for the Irish rockers, who have only played in Utah a handful of times. Photos: sltrib