2017-05-12 - Vancouver, British Columbia - BC Place Stadium


setlist

Support act: Mumford & Sons
Performance notes: Live debuts of Red Hill Mining Town and unreleased song The Little Things That Give You Away. First performance of Trip Through Your Wires since 20 December 1987, Exit since 14 October 1989, A Sort of Homecoming since 16 October 2001, Running to Stand Still since 15 July 2005, Mothers of the Disappeared since 15 September 2010, MLK since 8 October 2010, One Tree Hill since 2 July 2011, Ultra Violet since 9 July 2011, and Miss Sarajevo since 15 October 2011.
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songs per album

  1. The Joshua Tree (11)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (3)
  3. War (2)
  4. All That You Can't Leave Behind (2)
  5. Achtung Baby (2)
  6. Passengers (1)
  7. Songs Of Experience (1)

best song performances

  1. A Sort Of Homecoming (9 votes)
  2. The Little Things That Give You Away (8 votes)
  3. Red Hill Mining Town (3 votes)

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review by Birdman33ca

6 years ago

Performance

The band was in top form for the first show of the tour - or any date of a tour really. Bono's voice was as good as it's been in years, Edge was great as always, Adam solid, and Larry was hitting it perfectly all night - no kinetic tape on anything yet! Only 1 larger lyric issue I caught live, and Edge had one guitar failure, but both recovered gracefully. Very impressive that everyone was in that top form to start the tour!

Sound

We will have to see what comes out. Edgerulz early-release recording sounds exactly as I would expect a BC Place show to sound - big and echoing (the original JT show here from 1987 is one of the worst of the tour thanks to the architecture of that beast), however several YouTube videos from the show sound amazingly clear - clearer than I thought the sound was where I stood. Looking forward to hearing more as the great people of the U2 fan community grace us with their works!
Recording: "Edgerulz- ZoomH2 GA" - 3 stars

Audience

Hard to tell from the red zone, because you're a little bit cut off from the rest of the crowd. I will say though that these big stadium shows seem a little more "just watch this" rather than "be a part of this". The raised stage seemed to put them far away - even though I was within 15 feet of the main stage. With the B stage getting as much use as it was, the Red Zone - and front row folks in the main GA, as well as the first few sections in the seats watch that all from behind, as the band faced forward pretty much the whole time.

The album tribute show itself is, IMHO, not very well suited for a concert experience. While later shows in the tour will benefit from tweaks and experience, the opener was a little wooden it seemed, and didn't get the audience to the place they were taken to in 2015. And with a new song ending the show, the big finale was pretty quiet while people enjoyed the new song.


Overall

This was almost a few different shows blended into 1 for me. The opening songs on the B stage were fabulous - I loved the progression through the early years before Joshua - I can see this mini-set changing as the tour progresses to include more early favourites like Out of Control, Electric Co, Two Hearts, Bad, etc.

Then the Joshua set. Of course it begins with 4-5 of the biggest anthem songs ever, and the entire stadium is surging with the energy it produces. Enhanced by the stage backdrop that comes alive before your eyes, it's like you are transported to another world in these 20 minutes or so. Then the excitement of hearing Red Hill for the first time ever, with the odd Salvation Army band that from my vantage point, I couldn't tell if they were playing as well, or just there in graphic form? Then the album slows down with what I would consider non-concert tracks for the most part. Bono, having not sung most of them for a long time, has to hang pretty close to the prompter and the show lots a lot of energy I found. After "Mothers", it seemed like the band wasn't sure if they were leaving the stage or not, Edge nodding towards the stairs and the rest following him.

The Encore was a bit of a mixed bag. Beautiful Day seems to be a band fav, and Elevation gets the crowd going again. Ultraviolet sounds really, really good live, and everyone loves One, but then it dies a horrible death. Ms. Sarajevo is a great song, but this is anthem time, not reflection time. The crowd watches the amazing footage of the refugee camps the whole song, and when the Luciano part of the song plays, the band themselves just stood there on the B stage and watched the video. Then the new song (Little Things), and as pointed out, nobody is singing because we are all listening intently to it, and even when it gets rocking in the last half of the song, it's hard to come along for that ride when you don't know what to expect.

Then that song over, the walk up the ramp, and the show dies right there. I was still cheering for one last hit I could sing along with to send me into the night, and the stage started to be pulled apart in front of my eyes. I felt like it needed more to be complete, like I'd have to come back for part 2, which alas there wasn't. 22 songs, where I think 24 would have been the right number. Toss Vertigo on the end while the walk back up the ramp to the main stage, then end with 40 ala 1987. Just like that, complete experience.

I hate to say this wasn't a perfect U2 show - I went with a friend who had never seen them before and walked away saying it was the best concert he has ever seen - but for me, I think the 2015 I+E Vancouver shows were better put together and left me feeling more content than this one. Perhaps, I need to see one later in the tour and see how they progress.


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