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review by EridescoFly

24 days ago

Performance

The band come out firing on all cylinders for Zoo Station with a "we're up north tonight!" quip during the song's middle eight. The Fly is also played with energy and a little bit of extra flair from Edge during the solo. Bono sounds a bit like he is going through the motions as the fly channel hops which is brief before the band launch into EBTTRT and followed by Mysterious Ways, both solid performances. One is dedicated to a girl called Yasmina from Sarajevo who is at the show. A meditative segment of Unchained Melody compliments the song perfectly as ZOO TV crackles back into life for the intro of UTEOTW which is always a dramatic highlight of the set, crashing into New Year's Day which only has the slightest mistake from Edge on piano. The whole opening segment of the show is played well overall, the band sounding tight, by now this far into the tour having played these songs many times over.

The set now however has made way for new material, starting with Numb which blends band and video sampling to great effect. Babyface gets it's third live performance of the tour, with Bono singing in the higher octave although forgetting and improvising lyrics in the second verse. "Never pick on a Liverpool girl", says Bono in reference to the one he picked out to join him onstage. He asks the crowd if the new songs are okay, before strumming the opening chords of Stay, it's a lovely rendition as always and bridges the set well into the acoustic segment with Angel Of Harlem and WLCTT. With the Sarajevo link up now dropped, it's straight into a ZOO TV duet with Lou Reed for Satellite Of Love.

Bad begins the main set's third act concluding with snippets Fool To Cry and AIWIY. Bullet The Blue Sky roars into life with Edge's solo screaming through Roundhay Park. RTSS picks up where Bad left off with it's rise and fall of emotion and is the calming antidote to BTBS. It's also the perfect bridge into the optimistic opening of Where The Streets Have No Name as Bono's chilling harmonica bleeds into the opening synth tones. There's not much to note on performance here, this song of course always goes down well as does Pride, they are both great renditions and get the crowd singing along in unison.

The encore changes the tone again starting with Desire in it's full electric ZOO TV version with samples galore and a suitable tune for Macphisto to relish in as he makes his appearance to the Leeds crowd. His speech references Sellafield, "you've been given the nuclear waste of the world and you take it!". His telephone target is the UK Environment Minister, John Gummer, "Macs, sorry?" asked the person on the end of the line when the devil gives his name. He sings a line of 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' before the keyboard rhythmic drone of Ultra Violet's intro comes on. It's one of UV's best performances of the 1993 shows in my opinion. WOWY is again absent from the set, suggesting the band decided to give it a rest or due to curfew times in the UK. Love Is Blindness instead follows, and compliments Ultra Violet well as it would do decades later in Las Vegas at the Sphere. Edge also adds some beautiful guitar tones close to the album version in this performance. Bono's own voice is now back as he says goodnight to the crowd, with Macphisto having left the stadium, now replaced by Elvis with a fragile version of 'I Can't Help Falling In Love With You' which brings ZOO TV in Leeds to a close.

Sound

A clear recording of the band throughout with little crowd noise.
Recording: "Dream Out Loud" - 4.5 stars

Audience

Not too loud in the mix, they are audible enough to tell they are engaging with the show.

Overall

A strong ZOO TV show that represents the tour well, with new songs from Zooropa and a much more concise and tighter set.

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