1987-04-04 - Tempe, Arizona - Arizona State University Activity Center

setlist

  1. Where The Streets Have No Name
  2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Exodus (snippet)
  3. Gloria
  4. I Will Follow
  5. Bullet The Blue Sky
  6. Running To Stand Still
  7. Exit / Van Morrison's Gloria (snippet)
  8. In God's Country
  9. A Sort Of Homecoming
  10. Sunday Bloody Sunday
  11. Maggie's Farm / Old McDonald Had A Farm (snippet) / Cold Turkey (snippet)
  12. Bad / John I'm Only Dancing (snippet) / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet) / Candle In The Wind (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet)
  13. October
  14. With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet) / Love Will Tear Us Apart (snippet)
  15. New Year's Day
  16. Pride (In The Name Of Love)

  17. encore(s):
  18. MLK
  19. The Unforgettable Fire
  20. People Get Ready
Performance notes: Live debut of With Or Without You. This show was originally scheduled for the 3rd of April rather than the 4th, but was postponed a day to allow Bono to recover from recent vocal problems.
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songs per album

  1. The Joshua Tree (7)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (5)
  3. October (2)
  4. War (2)
  5. Boy (1)

best song performances

  1. A Sort Of Homecoming (4 votes)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (3 votes)

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review by DanielLikeAlbum

1 month ago

Performance

An alright performance from the 2nd night of the Joshua Tree tour that thankfully goes down better than the disaster of an opening night that preceded this show. However, things are still not perfect or smooth sailing, as the band still has a long way to go before finally hitting their stride on the tour. They are noticeably still working out how to perform songs (particularly the new Joshua Tree songs, as heard by the strange ending to Bullet). On Bono's side of things, while he sounds noticeably better when compared to the opening night due to having a tone and some range, he still has moments where his voice cracks and gives out on the belted notes because he insists on going for them.

Despite this, there were at least some highlights present at this show, which came in the form of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Running to Stand Stil,l which featured a unique outro from Bono, who gives it his all even with his compromised voice, A Sort of Homecoming which surprisingly enough has a passable vocal performance with no real failure, a long snippet-filled 11 and a half minute long rendition of Bad and the debut of With or Without You backed up by the snippet combo of Shine Like Stars and Love Will Tear Us Apart.


Sound

A very good-sounding recording, near perfect, I'd say, with the only noticeable flaw being that People Get Ready is cut. Still, aside from that, the entire show is captured in a very listenable quality that allows the listener to hear many details in the performance. The crowd noise was quite minimal, too, thankfully, which allows you to focus more on the performance without being sidetracked by a conversation people in the audience are having.
Recording: Audience microphone - 4 stars

Audience

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Overall

Overall, this is not a bad show, but it does not deserve the 4.5-star ratings others have given it. I say this because the band is still very early into the tour and needs more time to figure out how to perform the material. Bono's voice is still nowhere near as strong as he'll be during later shows on the tour, which is noticeable due to the amount of voice cracks and giving out present throughout the entire show. That said, this is still a vast improvement compared to the tour's opening night, which features some good moments scattered throughout it, so at least we don't get a repeat of the previous show.

Highlights: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Running to Stand Still, A Sort of Homecoming, Bad, With or Without You


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