1997-04-25 - Las Vegas, Nevada - Sam Boyd Stadium


setlist

Performance notes: U2 botch Staring At The Sun the first time around and perform it again. At the end of Please, Larry plays a snippet of Sunday Bloody Sunday's distinctive drumming. This show features the live debuts of Mofo, Do You Feel Loved, Last Night On Earth, Gone, If God Will Send His Angels (only time a full band version is played), Staring At The Sun, Miami, Please, Discotheque, If You Wear That Velvet Dress, and Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me.
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songs per album

  1. Pop (11)
  2. Achtung Baby (4)
  3. The Joshua Tree (4)
  4. Boy (1)
  5. The Unforgettable Fire (1)

best song performances

  1. Do You Feel Loved (10 votes)
  2. If You Wear That Velvet Dress (8 votes)
  3. If God Will Send His Angels (7 votes)
  4. Miami (5 votes)

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show attendees: 38

anstratdubh1979
California
ferbono
Argentina
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Aktoongyaby, KenL, Thefredmartin, Wreckage, afwings, anstratdubh1979, arsenal65, fieryern, georgepantages, kjred4u2, mtnfox, u2dmrem, u2fouru

6 from Texas:
TDarby719, U2Rthtown, corvettemike, darlingnikki44, roybal99, rtask

2 from Arizona: beckertime, malamute
2 from Canada: Achinery, CrazyCanuck007
2 from New York: DProfesa, Goofyclowndog
1 from Nevada: ToeZoo
1 from Illinois: AkashaLin
1 from Utah: estebono
1 from Germany: ZOOTVTOURist
1 from Minnesota: moneyman2u
1 from Italy: Unforire
1 from Michigan: brianlouwers
1 from Argentina: ferbono
1 from Arkansas: eddyc
1 from Colombia: felcheve
1 from Alabama: logan2u2
1 from Kansas: seanedwards
1 from Austria: wegotit

review by DanielLikeAlbum

2 years ago

Performance

So, it's the first night of the Popmart tour so, there is a much noticeable change after Zoo TV and, as far as the performance for the entire band goes it's a bit sloppy, for Bono, he has some rough moments here and there during the gig and, those mainly feature things such as his voice giving out or even his falsetto giving out in spots as for the rest of the band for this eventful night they also mess up in places during songs most noticeably messing up the first take of Staring At The Sun so badly that they had to restart it so definitely not everybody's strongest night, to say the least.

Sound

Due to coming from a soundboard, the sound quality for this performance is pretty clear but, for the version of the show I listened to, I will have the slight complaint that it was a bit bass-heavy but, other than that factor the sound is pretty good.
Recording: Soundboard - 5 stars

Audience

They're an average audience, in my opinion, but, to be fair, they were the first audience that got to hear the band's new material from their album "Pop" live so, of course, they're going to have to try to take in the new stuff that they're playing alongside the older material.

Overall

Overall I'd say this gig is fairly ok as despite the flaws of the band and Bono. they do still put in some solid moments during the gig so, it's a mixed bag for this night's performances as you get some good/solid performances along with some bad/sloppy performances due to errors from the band.
Highlights from this gig song performance-wise for me included the following:
Staring At The Sun (2nd take)
Edge's Karaoke Spot
Miami/Bullet The Blue Sky
Please/Where The Streets Have No Name
If You Wear That Velvet Dress


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