U2006, the annual U2 marathon, on WBWC took place July 13th. The eighteen hour marathon of U2 music was peppered with guest interviews, a special premiere, and fan requests.

Tour Director Rocko Reedy called in to speak with U2006 co-hosts Todd Richards and Mary Cipriani. While Rocko didn’t have any specific information about the remaining dates of the Vertigo tour he did say the band really wants to do right by the fans who have tickets for the postponed shows. Rocko also shared the “real story” behind U2’s stage entrance during the Elevation tour. According to Rocko, during the first night of the tour, the house lighting technician missed his que to turn the lights off because he had gone to the bathroom. The technician just happened to get back to his spot and shut the lights off just when then band hit that first break in the song. U2 thought it was a brilliant entrance and decided to do it every night!

Todd and Mary premiered a new version of “Tower of Song” from the Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man soundtrack that will be released on July 25th.

Fan requests came in from every corner of the globe, Mary Cipriani said “We ended up hundreds of email requests and phone requests from all over North/South America, Europe, South Africa, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and even Hong Kong and Russia too!” The most requested song was Mercy, which of couldn’t be play because it’s an unreleased track. Other top requests(in order): Bad, Running To Stand Still, Stay, Electrical Storm, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Your Blue Room, Ultraviolet and Where The Streets Have No Name.

WBWC U2006 playlist:
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
City of Blinding Lights (live 05/05 Chicago) - U2.Communication Fanclub CD
Vertigo/Stories for Boys(live 05/05 Chicago) - U2.Communication Fanclub CD
Out Of Control - U23 7″ import CBS label
Electrical Storm - BEST OF 1990-2000
The Fly (live 06/19/92 Manchester) - City of Blinding Lights CD single
A Sort Of Homecoming - THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
Big Girls Are Best - Stuck In A Moment import UK CD single
Kite - ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND
I Will Follow (live 11/22/04)- Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Discotheque - POP
Gloria - OCTOBER
Like A Song - WAR remastered MFSL Ultradisc
Crumbs from Your Table - HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
Acrobat - ACTHUNG BABY
Even Better Than The Real Thing (live 10/19/00 Paris) SIAM Limited Edition French CD
In God’s Country (live 11/8/87 Denver) Excerpts from Rattle & Hum promo CD
Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Gun Mix) - Last Night On Earth CD single
All Because of You - HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
Beautiful Day ( live 6/6/01 Boston) - BestBuy promo CD
Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Club Mix) - Mysterious Ways CD single
Love and Peace or Else - HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
A Celebration - 7″ import
Trash Trampoline And The Party Girl - BEST OF 1980-1990 B-SIDES
Beat On The Brat - WE’RE A HAPPY FAMILY Ramones tribute CD
Satellite Of Love (live 92 Dallas)- PEACE TOGETHER CD
Always - Beautiful Day UK CD single
I Threw A Brick/A Day Without Me (live 7/4/82 Werchter) - NYD double 7″ import
Paint It Black - Wild Horses CD single
Desire - RATTLE AND HUM
Two Hearts Beat As One (Francois Kevorkian remix) - Two Hearts double 7″ import
The Refugee - WAR
Levitate - The Complete U2 - Unreleased & Rare iTunes
Miracle Drug - HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMINC BOMB
If You Wear That Velvet Dress - Jools Holland More Friends Small World Big Band
Until The End Of The World (remix) - Until The End Of The World soundtrack
Red Hill Mining Town - THE JOSHUA TREE
Testimony - Robbie Robertson featuring U2
Pride (In The Name Of Love) - Pride 12″ single
11:00 Tick Tock (long version)- Pride 12″ single
The Sweetest Thing (’87 version) - Where The Streets Have No Name single B-Side
Gone (live 06/06/01 Boston) - Best Buy promo CD
Stuck In A Moment (Acoustic version) - U27 CD
Everlasting Love - All I Want Is You single B-Side
Joy (Mick Jagger w/Bono) - Goddess in the Doorway CD
Fast Cars - All Because Of You single
Don’t Come Knocking (Bono & Andrea Corr) - Don’t Come Knocking Soundtrack
Do You Feel Loved - POP
Peace On Earth/Walk On - America: Tribute To Heroes
All I Want Is You (radio edit version) - All I Want Is You single
Sunday Bloody Sunday - Live at Live Aid 1985
Bad - Live at Live Aid 1985
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (live 7/2/05 London)- Live8 iTunes download
Helter Skelter (live 11/8/87 Denver)- RATTLE AND HUM
Flower Child - The Complete U2 - Unreleased & Rare iTunes
God Part II (Heavy Metal Dance Mix)- When Love Comes To Town 12″
J Swallo - Fire 7″ B-Side
One - Mary J Blige featuring U2 - The Breakthrough
Stay (Faraway So Close) - Craig Armstrong - As If To Nothing CD
Spanish Eyes - BEST OF 1980-1990 B-SIDES
Lady With The Spinning Head (UVI remix) - One CD single
Hold Me,Thrill Me,Kiss Me,Kill Me - Batman Forever Soundtrack
Children of the Revolution - Moulin Rouge soundtrack
Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1 - The Fly CD single
The Fool (demo) - The Complete U2-Early Demos iTunes
Angel of Harlem - cover version by The Persuasions
Fortunate Son - Wild Horses CD single
Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes - Jimmy Rodgers tribute CD
Elevation (Influx mix) - Elevation Australian CD
Stateless - MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL soundtrack
Staring At The Sun (live 7/18/97 Rotterdam)- Please CD single
Heroine (Mix II) - Captive Soundtrack, Heroine 12″ single
Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop)- New Years Day double 7″ import
Dancing Barefoot - Threesome soundtrack
Neon Lights - Vertigo CD single
Love Comes Tumbling - WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA
Love You Like Mad - The Complete U2 - Unreleased & Rare iTunes
Where Did It All Go Wrong - Even Better Than The Real Thing CD single
Broken Bones - Rocko & The Devils
interview with Rocko Reedy
Road Rage - Rocko & The Devils
Sunday Bloody Sunday (live 9/23/97 Sarajevo) - If God Would Send His Angels CD single
Don’t Give Up Africa - Alicia Keys & Bono - iTunes single
Salome - Even Better Than The Real Thing CD single
When Love Comes To Town - RATTLE AND HUM
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own - HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
With Or Without You ( live 11/20/87 Tempe AZ)- Excerpts from Rattle & Hum promo CD
Cry/Electric Co live (unedited version) - UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY
Sweet Jane (live) - Lone Justice - This World Is Not My Home
Rockin In The Free World (live 09/19/05 Toronto) - Pearl Jam fanclub download
Tower Of Song (Leonard Cohen w/U2) - I’m Your Man soundtrack
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen tribute - Tower of Song CD
Where The Streets (live 6/6/01 Boston) - Walk On UK CD single
New Year’s Day (USA remix) - Two Hearts Beat As One 7″ import
Bullet The Blue Sky (live 8/28/93 Dublin) - Stay CD single
I Will Follow - BOY
Angel Of Harlem - RATTLE AND HUM
When The Stars Go Blue (The Corrs w/Bono) - The Corrs Live CD
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - ACHTUNG BABY
Lemon - ZOOROPA
Native Son - The Complete U2 - Unreleased & Rare iTunes
Seconds - WAR remastered MFSL Ultradisc
In A Little While - Hanson - Live And Electric
In A Little While - ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND
I Remember You (live 12/5/00 Irving Plaza) - Elevation CD single
New York (live 12/5/00 Irving Plaza) - Elevation CD single
Numb Perfecto/EBN We Will Rock You/Disposable Heroes TV Drug Of A Nation
Zoo Station - ACTHUNG BABY
Mothers of the Disappeared (Bono a capella) - Ni Un Paso Atras!
The Mother Of God (poem) - Ni Un Paso Atras!
Mothers Of The Disappeared - THE JOSHUA TREE
A Man And A Woman (Acoustic version) - All Because Of You CD Single
Ultra Violet (Light My Way) - ACTHUNG BABY
Your Blue Room - PASSENGERS
She’s a Mystery to Me (Live 11/22/04 Brooklyn Bridge)- All Because Of You CD Single
Miss Sarajevo (Live 07/05 Milan) - All Because Of You CD Single
Last Night On Earth (live 12/3/97 Mexico) - Beautiful Day UK CD single
Indian Summer Sky - THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
Summer Rain - BEST OF 1990-2000 B SIDES
The Hands That Built America - BEST OF 1990-2000
Fire - OCTOBER
Boy/Girl - U23 7″ import CBS label
Running To Stand Still - THE JOSHUA TREE
The Three Sunrises - BEST OF 1980-1990 B-SIDES
Sweet Fire of Love - Robbie Robertson featuring U2
Are You Gonna Wait Forever? - Vertigo CD single
Night and Day - Red Hot & Blue - A Tribute to Cole Porter CD
I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Stay CD single
New Years Dub - Musique vs. U2
Slide Away - Michael Hutchence CD
One Tree Hill - THE JOSHUA TREE
Holy Joe (Guilty Mix) - Discotheque CD single
Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car - ZOOROPA
The Fly - ACTHUNG BABY
Maggie’s Farm (live 5/17/86 Dublin)- Live For Ireland CD - Self Aid concert
Don’t Take Your Guns To Town - Elevation CD single
The Wanderer (w/ Johnny Cash)- Faraway So Close Soundtrack
One - Johnny Cash - American III
Boomerang II - Pride 12″ B-Side
Hallelujah Here She Comes - Desire CD single
Hawkmoon 269 - RATTLE AND HUM
Theme From The Batman - by The Edge
I Still Haven’t Found - Live Milan July 2005 - U2.Communication Fanclub CD
Scarlet - OCTOBER
Twilight - 7″import CBS label
Tower Of Song (Leonard Cohen w/U2) - I’m Your Man soundtrack
Slow Dancing - If God Would Send His Angels CD single
Put Em Under Pressure - featuring Larry Mullen - Republic Of Ireland Football Squad
Tomorrow - Common Ground CD
Billy Boola - In The Name Of The Father soundtrack
Snake Charmer - Jah Wobble’s Snake Charmer
Yahweh - HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
L’Incontro - Andrea Bocelli w/Bono - Cieli di Tuscana CD
Grace - ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND
The Ground Beneath Her Feet - ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND bonus track
Stories For Boys - U23 7″ import CBS label
Dirty Day (Junk mix) - BEST OF 1990-2000 B SIDES
Air Suspension - Mocean Worker (feat.Bono) Aural & Hearty CD
Drowning Man - WAR
North And South Of The River - Staring At The Sun CD single
That’s Life - The Good Thief soundtrack
I Trip Through Your Wires - THE JOSHUA TREE
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
City of Blinding Lights (live 05/05 Chicago) - U2.Communication Fanclub CD
A Sort Of Homecoming (live) - WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA
Original of the Species (remix) - Original of the Species - promo CD single
Things To Make And Do - 7″ import
Jesus Christ - Woody Gutherie - A Vision Shared
Please (USA single edit) - Please CD single
Wire (Dub mix) - 7″ single from NME magazine
Vertigo (live 11/22/04) - Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Beautiful Day (live 10/27/00 Farmclub) - Walk On CD single
40 (live 08/20/83) - UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY