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2005-09-17 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre

setlist

  1. City Of Blinding Lights
  2. Vertigo / Rockaway Beach (snippet)
  3. Elevation
  4. The Electric Co. / People I Don't Know Are Trying To Kill Me (snippet) / See Me, Feel Me (snippet)
  5. The Ocean
  6. Beautiful Day / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (snippet) / Many Rivers To Cross (snippet)
  7. Miracle Drug
  8. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / The Black Hills of Dakota (snippet)
  9. Love And Peace Or Else
  10. Sunday Bloody Sunday
  11. Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)
  12. Miss Sarajevo
  13. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
  14. Where The Streets Have No Name
  15. One
  16. Ol' Man River

    17. encore(s):
  17. Discothèque / Relax (snippet)
  18. The Fly
  19. With Or Without You
  20. All Because Of You
  21. Fast Cars
  22. Yahweh
  23. 40
Performance notes: Daniel Lanois joined the band on One and Ol' Man River. Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam sang with Bono during Ol' Man River. Discotheque made its Vertigo Tour debut.
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songs per album

  1. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (8)
  2. The Joshua Tree (3)
  3. All That You Can't Leave Behind (2)
  4. Boy (2)
  5. War (2)
  6. Achtung Baby (2)
  7. Passengers (1)
  8. The Unforgettable Fire (1)
  9. Pop (1)

best song performances

  1. Discothèque (5 votes)

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review by AllBecauseOfU2

16 years ago

Performance

A solid, energetic performance from the boys. From what exists of it on the recording, COBL sounds like a strong opening, but the show really starts to take off with a great version of Vertigo. The energy really seems to build here at the "hello hellos" even before the first verse, and the Rockaway Beach snippet in the middle is always a welcome addition. Elevation serves its purpose before a standout performance of Electric Co., with two snippets (People I Don't Know Are Trying to Kill Me, See Me Feel Me) that we need to hear more often. The nice transition into The Ocean and the following segue into a clear performance of Beautiful Day, complete with the Sgt. Peppers snippet, gives this first part of the show a great flow and adequate energy that seems to taper off in the middle section, beginning with Miracle Drug.

Sometimes' highlight is Bono's opera note, and I share Jeremy's dislike for the Black Hills of Dakota snippet; it seems out of place, almost making it too much like a sing-a-long in an otherwise serious song. The clicks and beeps in LAPOE and its cutting-out before the end with Bono's drumming hid too much of what I always want to hear in this song--angry guitar and bellowing drums. I wish the static in Sunday Bloody Sunday was a bit louder, though, because not even that could hide a sloppy vocal performance from Bono. Hearing the extra guitar parts at the beginning of BTBS was the highlight for that song, which was more than made up for in a great performance of Miss Sarajevo. It's always nice to hear Bono sing in Italian, and he and the rest of the band really seemed to put all their energy into this performance. Pride is solid as usual, and Streets--have to disagree with you here, aussiemofo--is marred by a less-than-strong vocal performance. Edge, Adam, and Larry, from what we can hear from them, sound like their usual freight train running through the arena, but Bono sounded tired. One is great, nice to hear Lanois, and always nice to hear the 'Do you hear me coming Lord" part. Wish we had gotten to hear the entirety of Ol' Man River; great to hear Eddie Vedder with the band. Aside from Miss Sarajevo, there's nothing outstanding in this middle part of the show.

As it's been said, Discotheque remains the track people will remember this boot for, and I like it mainly for the Pop Muzik intro, Relax snippet, and the fact that the actually played it. It added great energy to the show, and the click track from the IEM device actually added to the performance as well. The usually reliable Fly is the only cog in this encore, sounding unusually and completely off. WOWY and ABOY serve their usual great performances here--I may be in the minority, but I love ABOY and hearing it in the encore is really enjoyable. Then we get the real highlight of the show--Fast Cars. Don't be fooled by Discotheque--this is the real hidden gem of this show, and overshadows the Boston performance by about eight miles. Solid, energetic performance from all members, one of the most cohesive songs on the night. Yahweh always sounds nice acoustically, but the click track deters from this, and 40 closes out the show nicely.

Sound

The clicks, beeps, and bursts of static really detracts from the quality of this boot for me. It's nice to hear some extra guitar and keyboard parts, especially in Elevation, Bullet, and One, but as Drew said, the vocals are too emphasized here and the band sounds too distant. Particularly on songs like Bullet and LAPOE, I always love hearing the texture of Edge's guitar, and I couldn't hear it on this boot. I could barely hear Adam and Larry, which especially detracts from a thundering song like Streets.
Recording: IEM - 3.5 stars

Audience

Decent as any, I would guess. You can really only hear them properly on Pride, and they sound pretty into it.

Overall

Ultimate highlights:
Fast Cars. Best performance I've heard.
Discotheque, primarily for its Pop Muzik and Relax snippets

Others:
Vertigo
Electric Co.
The Ocean
Miss Sarajevo

Show Lowlights:

Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Fly

Overall:

A few standout tracks are balanced with some less-than-perfect ones and distracting/interfering sound to make this neither a great show nor a poor one. Grab it if you like IEMs, Fast Cars, and two minutes of Eddie Vedder.

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