1. Originally posted by podiumboy:[..]
    So being a weirdo like I am, thus made me want to see where the halfway point is in U2’s career currently.

    If we use September 25, 1976 as the starting date, the halfway point is January 21st, 1998! So just before the South American shows for Popmart. There’s your useless fact for today!
    Cheers! I like that

    We should have regular updates on where we are with the halfway point

    However, March 18, 1978 is also a valid start date as by then the band had "officially" called themselves U2 (or U-2). Halfway point should then be somewhere around October 1998...

  2. Top 5:

    1987 - Cork
    1989 - Dublin New Year
    1993 - RDS 2
    2001 - Slane 1
    2017 - London 1

    Loads of almosts and maybes: Irving Plaza, the o2, Lansdowne Road... but the above cover all the bases.
  3. 1. Red Rocks
    2. Live Aid
    3. Paris 1987
    4. Dublin 1993
    5. Dec 7 Paris 2015
  4. 1. Zoo TV Lakeland Arena 1992
    2. Popmart Pittsburgh 1997 (first leg)
    3. Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Twickenham 1
    4. Unforgettable Fire Tour 1985 Milton Keynes Bowl
    5. Zoo TV Wembley August 11th 1993
  5. If we’re including official releases I’d put zoo tv Sydney as #1 and elevation Boston as well as vertigo Chicago would definitely make top 10. The latter 2 are completely underrated shows with great setlists and strong performances to go with.
  6. Originally posted by BigGiRL:5 from the top of my head:

    1992-02-29 Lakeland
    1987-04-18 Los Angeles
    1982-02-12 SS Riverboat President
    2001-08-19 London
    1983-03-24 Glasgow

    And five more:
    1984-11-05 - Edinburgh
    1987-05-16 - East Rutherford
    2001-04-20 - San Jose
    2011-06-18 - Anaheim
    2018-10-24 - London

  7. Originally posted by deanallison:If we’re including official releases I’d put zoo tv Sydney as #1 and elevation Boston as well as vertigo Chicago would definitely make top 10. The latter 2 are completely underrated shows with great setlists and strong performances to go with.
    but not full shows unfortunately. For audio I certainly prefer other shows, with video Zoo TV Sydney for me is U2's best release ever.
  8. Originally posted by Ricku2:[..]
    but not full shows unfortunately. For audio I certainly prefer other shows, with video Zoo TV Sydney for me is U2's best release ever.
    True they aren’t full shows although you don’t get that sense when listening so I guess it depends how strict we’re being with the topic question. I would also put u22 very highly up the list, that’s taking it to extremes though as it’s a full on live compilation but again as a listening experience it just sounds like 1 great show.
  9. okay, my list of 10 shows...

    1983-08-14 Dublin
    1984-11-05 Edinburgh
    1984-11-07 Glasgow
    1987-08-08 Cork
    1989-12-15 Dortmund
    1989-12-31 Dublin
    1993-08-12 London
    1997-09-23 Sarajevo,
    2000-12-05 Irving Plaza
    2001-05-16 Chicago
  10. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    True they aren’t full shows although you don’t get that sense when listening so I guess it depends how strict we’re being with the topic question. I would also put u22 very highly up the list, that’s taking it to extremes though as it’s a full on live compilation but again as a listening experience it just sounds like 1 great show.
    For Sydney I don't mind, I already watched that one a thousand times before I found out that it was not the complete concert. So for me it never feels incomplete or something (and also there's a complete version out there). Boston is just missing too many songs and Chicago also feels a bit weird at some points, missing a bit of flow or something. But lot's of great individual songs on both dvd's and certainly still worth watching.
  11. Why was Mysterious Ways cut from the Slane Castle dvd thrn put on disc 2 as a bonus??