1989-10-27 - Adelaide, Australia - Memorial Drive Stadium

setlist

Performance notes: Due to Bono having vocal problems, three Sydney shows scheduled to precede this concert were postponed until November 1989. During Where The Streets Have No Name, Bono exclaims "I can sing!"
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songs per album

  1. Rattle and Hum (8)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (4)
  3. The Joshua Tree (3)
  4. War (2)
  5. Boy (1)
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review by ayr861

15 years ago

Performance

Memorial Stadium is a great place for a concert (the Rolling Stones obviously thought so too) as opposed to Apollo Stadium (now demolished and just a block of houses), Football Park and AAMI Stadium which U2 played when they arrived in the City of Churches for previous tours.

Unfortunately I didn't get to go to this one so it's a great souvenir. I thought during Streets was good: "I can sing!", as due to Bono's voice problems which seem to be a bit better but not brilliant. I should point out if it wasn't already known, that three Sydney shows were pushed over to November 1989 after New Zealand, due to those vocal problems. Also of interest is that songs from Rattle and Hum, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, War and Boy were all played...however nothing from October makes an appearance, much like Vertigo and Pop.

As aussiemofo says, Bad is cut, sadly, and if I remember on another show we reviewed from Lovetown, I said Love Rescue Me was pretty crap - and I'll say the same for this show. It probably killed BB King to only be doing maybe two or three shows a week as opposed to his five or six per week but he did a pretty sturdy job and deserves a round of applause for his awesome efforts right across this whole tour along with the BB King Orchestra.


Sound

I'm not sure whether it's the way it's been encoded, but the sound here is terrible. It's not so bad you can't listen but it hisses heavily and muffles at any given time and sounds like it was recorded through a wall. The great thing is that unlike the next Adelaide tour bootleg (which was Zooropa), there is an actual audience that you can hear. Just for a soundboard it's not that great. Ah well.

I could hear the drums, guitar and bass really well but then I could hear the heavy winds too.

Recording: "Love Comes To Adelaide" - 3.5 stars

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Overall

Give it an 8.5 for performance. Sound, on the other hand....

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