1985-02-05 - Bologna, Italy - Teatro Tenda

setlist

  1. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
  2. I Will Follow
  3. Seconds
  4. MLK
  5. The Unforgettable Fire
  6. Wire
  7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
  8. The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / Amazing Grace (snippet)
  9. A Sort Of Homecoming
  10. Bad / I'm Waiting For The Man (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet) / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Take Me To The River (snippet)
  11. October
  12. New Year's Day
  13. Pride (In The Name Of Love)

  14. encore(s):
  15. Party Girl
  16. Gloria
  17. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
  18. 40
Performance notes: First performance of Knockin' On Heaven's Door since December 1983. At the end of Wire, Bono seems to be about to snippet John Lennon's Give Me Some Truth as he had on previous nights recently, but then stops himself and announces Sunday Bloody Sunday.
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songs per album

  1. The Unforgettable Fire (6)
  2. War (4)
  3. Boy (2)
  4. October (2)

best song performances

  1. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (3 votes)

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review by AllBecauseOfU2

15 years ago

Performance

Outstanding show. The performances are clear and polished, like the boys have been playing all the songs, including the UF ones, since they started as a band, but at the same time the show keeps a raw energy that shows they genuinely seem to love being there. Adam is all over this show—I Will Follow, The Unforgettable Fire, October, Party Girl, and Gloria all feature him prominently, completely rocking out. And for a crowd that had never seen U2 live before, they were on fire as much as the band was (see MLK, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Gloria).

11 O’Clock Tick Tock gets us going with a clean, crystal clear tone packed with raw energy. I Will Follow has a little extra depth and echo in the bass that makes it sound much fuller than other performances. Seconds is solid, and the ambience of MLK is bookended nicely with the audience’s enthusiastic reactions at the beginning and end. The Unforgettable Fire—now this is how it should be played. All Edge here, painting a huge sonic, elevating landscape. A pulsing performance of Wire and its segue into Sunday Bloody Sunday bring us back down into the concert’s energy, and both meet in an outstanding performance of The Electric Co. with an Amazing Grace snippet that was perfectly timed and executed by Bono. I got goosebumps.

Any performance of A Sort of Homecoming is always welcome, but especially when it’s as clear, clean and (mostly) lyrically correct and full as this one. A 12-minute, thumping Bad followed that didn’t drag on or end too abruptly, but was perfectly timed. A full, bass- and piano-driven October made its usual segue into New Year’s Day, which had the entire concert’s single bum note from Edge on piano. Then we get Pride—this may sound odd, but what a treat to hear it. If you’ve lost interest in hearing it live from too many Vertigo shows, go back and listen to this version to restore your belief in it. Pure and its prime.

Party Girl was outstanding, first for not forgetting the words or fucking up the notes, and second for the small, last part, a few notes back and forth between Adam and Edge that I wish they’d do at every performance of it. The transition into Gloria is flawless, and Adam regains his fire, as does the crowd. Knocking on Heaven’s Door might be the only wild card in the show, a bit rocky with an ending that just sort of trails off, but not horrible by any means. Finally, I usually find 40 to be a bore to end shows, but Bono includes a small snippet or some kind of extra verse at the end that is just beautiful.

Overall, a very clear and clean sound, a polished band that knew (or seemed to know) what they were doing, and somehow, a huge, raw, thick energy from both the band and the crowd that shows in the entire concert’s performance. Outstanding show.


Sound

Good to my ears. The band can be heard clearly, the audience isn’t up front all the time, and there’s no random fade-outs or beeps.

Audience

Excellent. Not interfering, not too quiet. They’re energetic, they know the words, and they respond to all the energy that Bono throws right back at them—“You—you hold me up!”

Overall

Highlights:

All songs were nearly flawless, so I’ll point out a few key tracks that I loved that don’t usually get a lot of recognition:

MLK
October
Party Girl and its transition into Gloria
The end of 40


One of, if not the, Unforgettable Fire boots, Dortmund included, and one of the best of all the tours. If you’re not a fan of the UF tour, this will change your mind in a heartbeat. A must-have.


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