1987-04-22 - Los Angeles, California - Sports Arena

setlist

Performance notes: First time U2 covers the classic Stand By Me. It was being played over the PA, the house lights were still up, and roadies were still preparing the stage when Bono suddenly appears on stage and starts singing to the tape. The rest of the band appear as the tape fades out and they take over the song live. This show features the Joshua Tree Tour debut of The Electric Co.; this is the first time since November 1980 it is performed without the mini-song intro of The Cry.
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songs per album

  1. The Joshua Tree (8)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (4)
  3. War (3)
  4. Boy (2)
  5. October (2)

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review by 2UToo

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Performance

This show notably features the first U2 performance of Ben E. King's classic "Stand by Me" as Bono suddenly appeared on stage while the song was still being played over the PA. The band soon followed and took over from the tape with the houselights still on. Bono changes lots of the words to fit with U2's LA shows. The entire setlist is quite unique with many songs being in different positions than usually ("Bad" closing the main set, "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "Still Haven't Found" both being encores), the return of "Trip Through Your Wires" and the "Joshua Tree" debut of "The Electric Co.", notably omitting "The Cry" at the start for the first (known) time since November 1980. This is also one of the rare 80s shows where Bono corrects the lyric of "Pride" to say "early evening" instead of "early morning".

Although Bono sounds a tad rougher compared to the previous night, he's in great shape tonight nonetheless, adding many great belts and embellishments to a lot of songs and once again adding some really unique but fantastic adlibs.


Sound

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Recording: "Keith M master via JEMS" - 4 stars

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Overall

• Stand by Me
• Trip Through Your Wires
• The Unforgettable Fire
• Exit / Gloria
• New Year's Day
• Gloria
• Where the Streets Have No Name
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For


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