Aug 12
Originally scheduled for August 11th but rescheduled for August 12th. U2 open their Outside Broadcast stadium tour with the first of two nights at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
Opening Act(s): Primus, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprosy
Main Set: Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One-Unchained Melody, Until The End Of The World, Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Dirty Old Town, Trying to Throw Your Arms…, Angel of Harlem, When Love Comes to Town, Satellite Of Love, Bad-All I Want Is You, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running to Stand Still, Where the Streets , Pride, I Still Haven’t Found-Stand By Me
Encore(s): Desire, Ultraviolet (Light My Way), With or Without You, Love Is Blindness
Mar 09
My first U2 show. I was behind the stage, way up on top. The clearest memory is of the lights going out all over the arena, then above the stage. The roar from the crowd is deafening (my ears rang for two days). Larry, Adam, and Edge take up their positions on stage. Bono runs onto the stage, behind Larry, then to his microphone. There is near total darkness, only the tip of Bono’s cigarette is visible. He launches into “I could have lost you” before Edge lets loose with the opening riff of Zoo Station. After years of waiting and dreaming, my first U2 concert had begun.
Opening Act(s): The Pixies
Main Set: Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One, Until The End Of The World, Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Trying to Throw Your Arms…, Angel Of Harlem, Satellite Of Love, Bad-All I Want Is You-Bullet The Blue Sky, Running to Stand Still, Where the Streets , Pride, I Still Haven’t Found
Encore(s): Desire, Ultraviolet (Light My Way), With or Without You, Love Is Blindness