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.
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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 DanielLikeAlbum

5 months ago

Performance

An excellent homeland performance for the most part, with the band in great form and delivering tight musical performances throughout the set, with no mistakes being noticeable tonight. Bono sounds mostly fine for the era, although some songs such as Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day feature some noticeable early years vocal instabilities. This problem also carries on to the later stages of the setlist. But he also has his shining moments, such as his fantastic improvs on both Surrender and Two Hearts Beat As One.

However, one thing that does make this performance pretty unique are the two guest appearances that happen throughout the show, which are the appearance of Steve Wickham for Sunday Bloody Sunday and The Electric Co., which adds a lot more to the already good performances of both tracks and also the appearance of Annie Lennox who delivers and very nice and unique improv on the song 40.

There were also some very noticeable problems, such as the mic being too low during I Fall Down and the mic also cutting out for a bit at the start of A Day Without Me. However, once these technical problems were resolved, there weren't that many significant issues.


Sound

Very good capture of the the show, with the band being very prominent in the recording. Unfortunately, you can't hear the audience that much.
Recording: Audience microphone - 3.5 stars

Audience

I couldn't hear them, to be honest. I faintly heard them singing along with some songs, though, so they were engaged with the show. Plus, they are a home audience for the band.

Overall

A mostly fantastic home gig from the Summer Festival leg of the War tour, with everyone in fine form for the most part. Many songs here are done well, and even with the occasional unstable vocal from Bono here and there and technical problem, it is an enjoyable listening experience, which is further backed up by the guest appearances that lift the renditions of Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Electric Co. and 40 to be unique renditions of the songs when compared to other performances.

Highlights:
Surrender
Two Hearts Beat As One
Sunday Bloody Sunday
October
The Electric Co.
40



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