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review by SlightedRadio91

2 months ago

Performance

All of the band members seemed loose (is that the correct term?) and comfortable throughout the performance. Bram's mustache gag was funny. It took a while for Bono to notice, but when he did he laughed and went "It's alright, it's alright, that's not alright!"

The other three were crushing it too. No issues arose. Plus, we got a Discothèque snippet and Peace On Earth! Bono also arguably snippeted Song For Someone/13 before One.

Bono's "shut up!" remark was pretty funny. Appropriate too, seeing as he was talking about children suffering (and Israeli/Gazans as a whole), not even something overtly political like advocating for US Gov. "relief" funding (like the night before).

Highlights:
Mysterious Ways (Mustache and "Boom cha!")
One (falshetto)
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
Peace On Earth (Rarity and "shut up!")
Acrobat (so good live!)
So Cruel (not a piss break)
Elevation
Atomic City
Vertigo
Streets
With Or Without You

Sound

As far as audience recordings go, this is immaculate. Very impressed by the quick release.
Recording: Audience microphone - 4 stars

Audience

GA was very active. I was next to a couple from Holland, and he was very into it, and singing/dancing the entire time. I could tell I was in good company when people were audibly singing along with the Moment of Surrender snippet.

People were using the gap between the back row of people and the greater crowd as an aisle throughout, which was obnoxious, especially during the lesser known Achtung Baby songs when most people were taking beer/piss breaks.

Unlike the night before, when it didn't seem like many of the sections were standing at the end (300s at least), I don't think I noticed a single section that didn't have the majority standing during Streets. Also, there was the aforementioned Dutch guy who was obviously having a blast.

I think I saw some of the youngest and oldest U2 fans (which I have personally seen) there, ranging from older white-haired gentlemen and their wives, to a boy who looked nine or ten years old. It was neat to see literal generations of fans there. GA was PACKED-- I am assuming since this was supposed to be the last show, before the final extension.

Multiple Irish flags throughout the crowd-- so I guess people are getting better and concealing flags, or security has relaxed??? I remember seeing the venue had a policy against flags and signs.

During Bono's speech (when he said 'Sunday', I think), someone behind me yelled "Sunday Bloody Sunday!". Ironic that neither of the Sunday shows featured the song.

One dude in-front of us took maybe a dozen videos of his beer in-hand and the show in the background, WITH FLASH ON. Stuff like this makes me wish for the phone pouches to become standard.

Overall

I felt like a zombie after the previous night's show, staying up late, and checking out in the morning. But that changed after arriving at the Sphere.

Valet was much smoother compared to October. Here, they opened the gate at 5:00, whereas before, it was after the early-bird GA numbers were already being called.

By 5:00, the GA area was already crowded. There were numerous MacPhisto cosplayers (even a few kids), and a few Mirrorball men were about. One dude even looked as if he combined all three alter-egos into one outfit. We overheard a woman complaining that the list mafia was able to push her back about 200 spots by pulling the 'part of a group' card. We talked with a pair of guys who had been to a few previous shows (incl. opening night and 02/17). We talked about how packed GA was the night before. They quipped about how the aforementioned list mafia have no lives and either lots of money or lots of debt... Cool guys! That line was at a complete standstill at one point. In line, I saw Hoserama's soundcheck report, and was shocked to see Peace on Earth included... My parents' first U2 show was the last time the song was played (STL 2001).

My family and I got spots at the back right of GA (right in-front of the elevated area, opposite the (Red) Zone). Drinking a bottle of water, then bringing it through security was a great cost saver. The wrist-banding procedure has also seemingly been streamlined.

Pauli The PSM's car 'parked' several feet to the right of us. People had evidently put tips in the trabant's wipers. Two older Italian men tried getting a photo of him holding a banner with their flag on it. He opened it for a moment, closed it, then said something like "No, I cant, I'm British", and handed it back. Those two took lots of pictures with the banner.

I digress. Zoo Station, The Fly, and Even Better, were a treat to hear in their original versions, as always. The mustache gag was funny during Mysterious Ways, seeing Adam pick up on it and smile, before Bono noticed.

I hadn't noticed the door was a physical prop before (since it blended with the screen so well). Props to the prop guys!

The performance of Peace On Earth was pretty good, even putting the side that it's the first performance in 22 years. Not a favorite of mine, but crazy to see such a seldom played song making an unexpected return.

I find that the encore comes across quite lame on bootlegs/streams; but it was incredibly fun to jump/dance around to the music. I felt a bit faint by the end of Beautiful Day.

Bono also mentions "Terry Underworld" during All I Want Is You-- always nice to see Mr. Lawless recognized.

There were also a few visual glitches. It seemed like the stage's lighting cut out for some split seconds later on in the show, and there was some green splotching north east of the notch for several seconds (disappeared too quick to get a photo of). Nothing that detracted from the experience.

Edge was singing along to Glorify instead of Bono this time. I think Bram gave out like four sets of sticks.

After hearing that Dallas sometimes gives out picks at the end, we made our way towards the stage. I waved and said "Hi, Dallas!", but he didn't hear. AJ was right in-front of us, so my mom said hi to him. He turned around, and a guy asked if he "ha[d] any picks?", He replied "no", and said something like "I have something else", then opened a zipper, pulled out two folded pieces of paper, handed one to the guy, and one to us. I open the thing up, and it's the night's setlist! We thank him, take a picture, with the paper, and treat that folded piece of paper like it's worth something! (I think we had a conversation about hand grease at one point)... Going to get that thing framed now.


I figured that being on the rail on 12/02 couldn't be topped by any other show. But I was wrong! This blew the other out of the water. The back of GA allowed for dancing (and not risking accidentally hitting people's faces/shoulders/phones). The band was in a very good mood, and even pulled out a return of a long-forgotten (sorry) song and a snippet of a POP song. The show really has all one could ever want: All I Want Is You / Walk On The Wild Side, stick-on mustaches, Bono telling people to "shut up", a lively crowd, Weird Al in attendance, the "And I'll go there with you" lyric at the end of Streets, and personally getting a setlist, not to mention good performances of the non-single Achtung Baby tracks.

reviews from show attendees

show	performance	audience	sound	overall
Gman68
SlightedRadio91
ajny4
u2fan1977

all reviews

show	performance	audience	sound	overall
Gman68
SlightedRadio91
ajny4
u2fan1977