1987-05-02 - Worcester, Massachusetts - The Centrum

setlist

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songs per album

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

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show attendees: 13

hibricc
Massachusetts
jethronh
New Hampshire
harrisclan
Minnesota
5 users from Massachusetts: Jimsig, hibricc, mattlindsey, pllsaph, theham
3 from New Hampshire: jethronh, scads5, teambud33
1 from United Arab Emirates: iambic
1 from District of Columbia: bobschnabel
1 from Rhode Island: colleen529
1 from Connecticut: numda01
1 from Minnesota: harrisclan

review by 2UToo

1 month ago

Performance

U2 playing a show in Worcester during the 1980s always comes with great promises and I'm very glad that this show 100% fulfills these promises! The band sounds very energetic, Bono's voice continues to improve and impress and the audience makes for a great atmosphere for the band to dwell in. The setlist is also quite nice with "Trip Through Your Wires" and "Springhill Mining Disaster" enhancing any set.

On a side note, with all the praising and celebrating, there are a few performances where I believe Bono might rely too much on the audience. One example for that imo is "Still Haven't Found", where Bono omits any kind of snippet and improv during the outro, just letting the audience sing. Why not both? Later, during "Running to Stand Still" Bono opts for a very weird phrasing on "she's RUNNING to stand still" but makes up for it with a gorgeous outro. Also, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is very messy, filled with instrumental duds and Bono singing the bridge after the first chorus for some reason. As Bono drops more and more of the oversinging of "With or Without You", the song starts sounding more tame overall.

"Bad", however, is one of the best performances of the song on the entire tour.


Sound

I've listened to the show using a great sounding audience recording that is missing from this site.
Recording: "1st Gen" - 3.5 stars

Audience

Oh baby, you know that Worcester got that special kind of sauce for U2 shows! Jokes aside, absolutely phenomenal audience at this show!

Overall

Highlights:
• Where the Streets Have No Name
• Trip Through Your Wire
• The Unforgettable Fire
• Bullet the Blue Sky
• Running to Stand Still
• Exit / Gloria
• Bad / Ruby Tuesday / Sympathy for the Devil
• Springhill Mining Disaster
• New Year's Day
• With or Without You (mainly due to the snippets)
• "40"


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"1st Gen"

  • Origins: Audience microphone
  • Credits: Steve 'Rasta' Cahill (Audio Taper), Mike Duchek (Remasterer), Scott (Recording transferer)
  • Equipment: Sony WM-D3 (Audio recording device)
  • Lineage: [master] > 1st gen > [unknown transfer process] > .wav > Goldwave > .flac [ > fre:ac > mp3]
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"Jethronh - Master Cassette"

  • Origins: Audience microphone
  • Credits: Jethronh (Audio Taper)
  • Lineage: unknown walkman style recorder > built in mics > TDK 90 cassette > CD-R
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