1983-08-14 - Dublin, Ireland - Phoenix Park Racecourse


setlist

Performance notes: U2 headline "A Day at the Races" at the Phoenix Park racecourse. Steve Wickham joins U2 for Sunday Bloody Sunday and The Electric Co. Annie Lennox of Eurythmics joins U2 for 40. Happy Birthday is sung for a confused Edge, whose birthday was a week earlier. Party Girl is dedicated to Aisling O'Sullivan, who married Edge between their last concert and this one.
Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.

songs per album

  1. Boy (7)
  2. War (6)
  3. October (4)

best song performances

  1. Surrender (5 votes)

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review by 2UToo

6 months ago

Performance

A bit tough to rate cause they all start the show in phenomenal shape but Bono completely blows out his voice after half the show and sounds hideous for many songs that follow, only sounding somewhat decent again during '40'. The band are great and the special appearances by Steve Wickham and Annie Lennox are great, both absolutely improving the three songs they appear in!

There are a few technical issues as well, mainly with Bono's various microphones but they're usually resolved rather quickly.


Sound

Pretty good sound with the usual outdoor issues.
Recording: "Welcome Home" - 4 stars

Audience

Although they're not as easy to hear since this is an outdoor show, we just know an Irish crowd will be absolutely terrific for a U2 show! The few times we do clearly hear them they're all singing along like they were getting paid for it!

Overall

Highlights: Twilight, Surrender, Two Hearts Beat As One, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co, 40

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"Welcome Home"

  • Origins: Audience microphone
  • Equipment: dbpoweramp (Sound Editor)
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Audience microphone

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"Surrender Dublin"

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