1984-12-02 - Worcester, Massachusetts - The Centrum

setlist

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songs per album

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

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show attendees: 6

numda01
Connecticut
teambud33
New Hampshire
colleen529
Rhode Island
2 users from Massachusetts: IPOW, mattlindsey
1 from District of Columbia: bobschnabel
1 from New Hampshire: teambud33
1 from Rhode Island: colleen529
1 from Connecticut: numda01

review by 2UToo

5 months ago

Performance

The show gets off to a pretty great start with fantastic performances of the opener and 'Seconds', featuring a superb funky intro jam. Bono is in absolutely great voice for most of the show, belting out sustains and high notes without thinking twice. The band is doing a great job throughout.

'The Unforgettable Fire' is one of the better versions I've heard with fantastic harmonies and incredible adlibs by Bono as well as his falsetto working in his favour for all of the song. 'Wire' continues the string of amazing performances of the new tracks with the band playing tightly and Bono sounding awesome. 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' is vocally great but features a few dud notes from the Edge. Bono delivers a really nice speech about Boston before a fantastic 'A Sort of Homecoming' which really doubles down on the cozy feeling he had described earlier. 'Bad' features both great vocals by Bono but questionable moments with vocals being off-key and Bono coming in late.

Following a great performance of 'October', Bono leads the band and the audience through an equally strong rendition of 'New Year's Day', even featuring a rare phrasing change on the last chorus, earning the band a standing ovation before the main comes to its end with a solid but musically slightly messy 'Pride', obviously dedicated to the King himself! The encore consists of a fun but not outstanding 'Party Girl', a great version of 'Gloria' including band intros and last but not least, "40", which is a magical performance with great audience participation and some stunning vocals by Bono.


Sound

I've listened to this show using the recently shared master recording by Harwilmer which deserves around four stars
Recording: Audience microphone - 3.5 stars

Audience

Despite playing their first bigger arena in the US, the audience behaves just like the enthusiastic audiences from U2's smaller theatre days, proving their rapid growth in the country. Every song is greeted with excitement and participation during songs like 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and "40" is fantastic.

Overall

Highlights:
• 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
• Seconds
• The Unforgettable Fire
• Wire
• The Electric Co.
• A Sort of Homecoming
• Gloria
• "40"


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