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1984-10-18 - Lyon, France - Espace Tony Garnier

setlist

Performance notes: Live debuts of MLK, Bad, and Indian Summer Sky. This is the second of only two Unforgettable Fire Tour shows to be opened by a song from The Unforgettable Fire (the first was 17 September 1984, Melbourne, when Wire opened). At the end of Indian Summer Sky, Bono loses his cool with someone in the crowd causing trouble.
Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.

songs per album

  1. War (6)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (5)
  3. Boy (2)
  4. October (2)

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review by 2UToo

7 months ago

Performance

This show features the only time 'MLK' was used as an opener and honestly, I think it works really well! It definitely gives a different vibe than most other openers (which is probably why the band decided to go for a more traditional choice from the next show onwards. Bono sounds gorgeous on it, although I wish he hadn't introduced the song beforehands. He then gives a longer Hello speech before 'The Unforgettable Fire' which sounds tight and features surprisingly powerful lead vocals with some gorgeous falsetto as well.

The set then goes into a row of 'War' songs (4 in total) and the first is 'Surrender', which sounds quite great actually with tight musicianship and FANTASTIC vocals by Bono! 'Two Hearts Beat As One' follows and it's a very gutsy performance with the entire band sounding very energetic. 'Seconds' is next and also sounds great. To finish off the little 'War' set, the band plays a quite energetic 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' where Bono sounds great at first but starts losing his voice a little after "NO MORE!" as to how aggressively he sang those lines.

'The Cry' sees Bono sounding unstable again and it's probably going downhill from here. 'The Electric Co.' sounds pretty solid though. The very first 'Bad' follows and it sounds like it with Bono messing up a few words and coming in too early sometimes but for what it is, the performance is good still. However, Bono doesn't even attempt the "Wide awakes" and dodges them with quite low phrasings before hitting one flat and doing the rest in falsetto. Additionally, no snippets yet.

'Indian Summer Sky' is a pretty solid performance that sounds remarkably faster than the studio version - it ends prematurely because Bono yells at an audience member. 'October' is as good as expected, 'New Year's Day' is a return to strength for Bono who nails that second verse! 'Pride' isn't the tightest rendition as Bono drops out of singing at all during the choruses for a while but overall is a solid performance.

The main set closes with tight renditions of '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' and 'I Will Follow' where Bono again shows to be in good shape overall. 'Gloria' is an electrifying performance with great lead vocals and energetic musicianship.

Sound

Pretty average sounding recording. The hiss is very overbearing, especially on quieter parts of the set.
Recording: Audience microphone - 3 stars

Audience

Solid crowd that are reacting very strongly to most of the songs but cause some disruption after 'A Sort of Homecoming'.

Overall

Highlights: The Unforgettable Fire, Surrender, Two Hearts Beat As One, Gloria

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