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1985-03-21 - Chicago, Illinois - University Of Illinois Pavillion

setlist

  1. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
  2. I Will Follow
  3. Seconds
  4. MLK
  5. The Unforgettable Fire
  6. Wire / Give Me Some Truth (snippet)
  7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
  8. The Cry / The Electric Co. / Amazing Grace (snippet)
  9. A Sort Of Homecoming
  10. Bad / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet)
  11. October
  12. New Year's Day
  13. Pride (In The Name Of Love)

    14. encore(s):
  14. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
  15. Gloria
  16. 40 / Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet)
Performance notes: The opening band, the Red Rockers, join U2 for 40. Some of the show is filmed by CBS News and Wire is broadcast.
Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.

songs per album

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

best song performances

  1. The Unforgettable Fire (5 votes)
  2. A Sort Of Homecoming (4 votes)
  3. Wire (4 votes)
  4. The Electric Co. (3 votes)

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review by jean_pasquerel

15 years ago

Performance

This gig shows U2 going disco. All the songs are very dynamic, the focus is on the beats, seems like it's all about the groove. The songs are running on the tracks like steam engines, borth the band and the audience seems to be in a very good mood. The only thing that suffers from this, is the dramatic content of some tracks (most noticeably Seconds and Sunday Bloody Sunday), which behaving like rock boogie tracks, I can even see the audience dancing to the beat.
What is also very important on this gig, is the role of Edge, whose background vocals are very dominant on this recording, sometimes as important as Bono's parts. During The Unforgettable Fire and A Sort Of Homecoming, they sound like they are singing a duet.
The majority of the songs (and the spoken parts between them) are the UF tour standards, the new songs greatly fit in with the others, and the show is really flawless, I cannot hear really weak parts.

Ups: 11' O Clock Tick Tock, Seconds (pure mirrorball action!), The Unforgettable Fire (great as always), A Sort Of Homecoming (for Edge's great vocals)

Downs: Wire (routine bites hard), Bad (disturbing glitches in the recording)

Sound

This bootleg has a very clear, crisp sound, it's only Bono's unusually deep voice that tells us it's an audience recording. All the instruments aound good, the drums are not over-echoed, the guitar sound is also sharp.
Recording: "Four At Four" - 4 stars

Audience

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Overall

Great sound quality UF tour bootleg with a quite unusual disco feeling to some songs. Definately worth a listen (even more than one).

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"Four At Four"

  • Origins: Audience microphone, CD Silver
  • Credits: Rick B. (Audio Taper), Red Phantom (Silver Manufacturer)
  • Equipment: Exact Audio Copy EAC (Sound Editor), AKG C460B (Microphone)
  • Lineage: AKG 460 B w/ULS 61 capsule > WM-D5 > Silver-CDs -> EAC -> Flac (Level 6) -> MP3
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"Keeping the Faith - Volume 2 (1984-1988) "

  • Origins: CD Silver
  • Credits: The Flying Tigers (Silver Manufacturer)
  • Lineage: The Flying Tigers ‎– FTBX 0035/36/37 (Italy 1994)
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