Originally posted by djrlewis, Please login or register to view this link:

quote: Reviewed by Sergio, Drew, Patrick, Dan, Gerard, Casper and Tim Notes The Joshua Tree 2nd leg: Europe Although U2 had extensively toured Europe in the past, this was their first Spanish gig. It appropriately featured the first ever performance of Spanish Eyes. [quote=Sergio] 125,000 people. Awesome. Biggest show until 1997. There were only 95.000 scheduled tickets to sale, but a ***** promoter sold 30.000 more. That could have been a massacre with all that people, but it was eventually fine. And how fine was it... Biggest concert so far in Spain, and 2nd biggest on U2's history...

Originally posted by Drew and Sergio; Tim mentioned it too:

"Este es un lugar GREANDE, pero U2 y vosotros somos MUCHO MAAS grandes!!" ("This is a huge place, but U2 and you, we are MUCH bigger!!")

Originally posted by djrlewis, Please login or register to view this link:

quote: Reviewed by Ali, Drew, Casper, Gerard, Tim, Dan, Nate, Patrick, Sergio. Notes This review is for an older version of the bootleg; that has since been upgraded. For more information on the upgrade and what it may add to your listening pleasure, please go Please login or register to view this link Lovetown Tour 2nd leg: Europe New Year's Day is in the original setlist before Pride but is not played 4-star audience recording here at the moment Last ever performance of The Unforgettable Fire. [quote=Casper]The energy and commitment of U2 was awesome back then. Bono was at his prime. His voice was a mix between the Joshua Tour and the upcoming Zoo TV. And U2 really enjoyed what they were doing. Lovetown was not a show, it was no entertainment like Zoo TV or Popmart. It wasn’t a show with political context, like Vertigo. It was based on music, pure music…pure rock and roll. And you can feel the excitement and joy of U2 trough these shows. I guess they enjoyed every bit, like the audience. U2’s first European success was actually founded in Holland, where the single ‘I Will Follow’ became a giant hit. Bono mentions this during this Rotterdam show when they start ‘Love Rescue Me’, when he says: “And this is also a good place to end, because we more or less started here ten years ago. You’ve been very good for us, thank you!”. The crowd was ecstatic.

Originally posted by djrlewis, Please login or register to view this link:

quote: Reviewed by Sergio, Patrick, Drew, Casper, Nate & Gerard (sort of), Reclinerman, Remy, Dan Notes ZOO TV 2nd leg: Europe Rated 5-star audience here The concert is broadcast live to the house of an MTV contest winner. Bjorn and Benny from ABBA join U2 for Dancing Queen. quote: [quote=Gerard, copying something posted by Willie Williams]STOCKHOLM. Well tonight was the one. It was the night that I stopped during the gig and thought to myself ''This is the high point on my career''. The entire gig from the Globe in Stockholm was broadcast live to just one person's house - that of Mr John Harris of Nottingham, England. He won an MTV competition, so got the private broadcast. His small living room was piled high with TV's and of course everybody from the whole street was in there. There was also a camera at their end, sending pictures back to us, so at various points during the show, the living room in Nottingham would appear on the stage video walls. Bono would break to speak to them and they would reply of course. Of course by 10pm everyone at the Nottingham end was blind drunk, which made it all the more entertaining. Technologically it was flawless too, which was pretty astounding. So later on, Benny and Bjorn - the guys from ABBA - appear. We have U2 and ABBA performing 'Dancing Queen' beneath the mirrorball trabant, being broadcast live from a giant spherical building in Sweden to one terraced house in Nottingham. I rest my case. Sound A 5-star recording worthy of it's status. Crisp, clear and very listenable. Every reviewer found it to be a pleasurable listening experience Performance Popular with all reviewers doesn't even begin to summarise the love felt for this gig. Ever single review was heaped with praise. [quote=Sergio]That crowd was witnessing one of the most astonishing shows ever, with lights, industrial sounds, jokes, surrealism and great music, all mixed up.

Originally posted by Patrick:

This is one of the most flawless performances of U2 ever. The show is full of energy and creativity from the beginning to the very end, this was the peak of the arena period of the monstre tour, yet it still has its human sides, which was definately lost after they turned towards stadium performances. This footage reveals the humourous side of Zoo TV (few recordings has that), it's hard not to find the irony behing the floating disco-Trabant during 'Satellite of Love'. During some concerts, the complexity of Zoo TV failed to continue for the whole 2 hours of the show, but this Stockholm perforaance is not one of those. Just wish the whole tour would have been like this. The audience breathes together with the band, their continous input gives the energy the band needs to give them an unforgettable experience.

Originally posted by Remy:

I absolutely love the "I could've lost you" intro of the first legs of ZooTV, stunning.

Originally posted by Reclinerman:

You Europeans have what I call Passionate Mannered Insanity. I mean that in the highest compliment.

Originally posted by djrlewis:

Whale song filtered through chocolate blancmanche