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1983-04-28 - Rochester, New York - Rochester Institute Of Technology Ice Rink

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  1. War (6)
  2. October (5)
  3. Boy (5)

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review by 2UToo

6 months ago

Performance

Unfortunately, Bono sounds anything but stable from the start and has many voice cracks and insecure moments from the very beginning; the band seems to be in great shape though and both Edge and Larry are playing their arses off most of the time. This picture continues through the next songs with Bono trying way too hard with how unstable is voice is.

One of the smaller highlights is certainly the medley of 'October' and 'Tomorrow' but Bono still sounds unstable on both songs, speaksinging a few lines on the latter. He then even nails a few high notes at the start of 'New Year's Day' but returns to sounding weak on the second verse onwards.

'11 O'Clock Tick Tock' later also reveals that Bono's falsetto isn't working at all so he replaces most of the lines by whispering or actually belting out the notes in chest voice. The 'Drowning Man' snippet feels a bit out of place and erratic and only lasts for about four seconds tonight. Edge plays a great solo though.

Sound

No idea if I just found the wrong recording but although there is basically no tape hiss on the recording I'm listening to, the sound itself isn't that awesome and just on average for 1983.
Recording: "War Rochester" - 4 stars

Audience

Solid crowd although I didn't find them to be anything particularly amazing. The only standout moment happens during 'I Will Follow' where the crowd starts singing the bridge on their own until Bono takes over for them!

Overall

While Bono isn't weak enough to make any of the songs performed to be considered a lowlight, there was nothing extraordinarily positive either.

Highlights: Nothing
Lowlights: Nothing

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