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1984-10-19 - Marseilles, France - Marseilles Stadium

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  1. War (6)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (4)
  3. Boy (2)
  4. October (2)
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review by 2UToo

7 months ago

Performance

The band have decided to bring back '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' after just one night of trying new songs to open the show and it does work a bit better to be fair. Bono is once again in a similar state of voice and manages most of the older material well without struggling too much. His falsetto sounds awful right from the start though. The energy during 'I Will Follow' by Bono, the band and the audience is palpable!

'The Unforgettable Fire' is a nice surprise as it's an overall tighter experience with Bono sounding strong in both ranges and the band playing tightly. The following 'War' quadruple begins with a strong performance of 'Surrender' but then sees Bono sounding signifcantly weaker during the following songs, dodging stuff and airing out more than once. It gets much worse during 'Seconds'. 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' sees Bono wasting the few bits of strength still left and whispering out lines as a result.

'The Electric Co.' is pretty solid as the band gets to shine here rather than Bono showcasing his ailing voice even more. 'Bad' isn't a big improvement over last night with tired vocals and a breakdown with nothing going on. The final chorus is surprisingly powerful with some good "WIDE awakes" though. The main set ends without any major high- or lowlights although Bono never sounds confident anymore.

Sound

Pretty average recording with some tape hiss but a solid enough balance between each instrument and the audience to make it listenable enough.
Recording: Audience microphone - 2 stars

Audience

Fantastic audience! They're singing along (even taking over right from the first song!), cheering loudly whenever Bono makes a speech, introduces a song or band member or when the band plays any song. The best moment is during 'New Year's Day' where they ALL start singing along, almost drowning Bono out!

Overall

Although I understand why the band moved older material to the start of the show, it is a bit strange that 'MLK' got dropped, removing a great little song that didn't go wrong in Lyon and added a lot to 'The Unforgettable Fire' in my opinion. Bono starts weakening DRASTICALLY just under 20 minutes into the show. That paired with the disappointing setlist makes for a show worse than Lyon. For the awesome atmosphere I'll give this show a bonus half-star.

Highlight: I Will Follow
Lowlights: Two Hearts Beat As One, Seconds, Bad

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