U2 2015-06-28 United Center Chicago, IL

U2
United Center
Chicago, Illinois
June 28, 2015

Source: Church Audio CA-11 cards => UGLY pre-amp => Tascam DR-2D
Transfer: DR-2d => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => FLAC (level 8, dither to 16-bit)
Location:  Club level side stage, 5th row

Track listing:

Disc one (78:03):
(1)  The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) (5:15)
(2)  Gloria (4:44)
(3)  Vertigo (3:41)
(4)  I Will Follow (5:04)
(5)  Banter (2:55)
(6)  Iris (Hold Me Close) (6:03)
(7)  Cedarwood Road (4:42)
(8)  Song For Someone (4:10)
(9)  Sunday Bloody Sunday (5:26)
(10)  Raised By Wolves (4:26)
(11)  Until The End Of The World (5:56)
(12)  Intermission (4:35)
(13)  Invisible (4:24)
(14)  Even Better Than The Real Thing (4:33)
(15)  Mysterious Ways (4:43)
(16)  Banter (1:31)
(17)  Desire (3:54)
(18)  Banter (1:53)

Disc two (65:36):
(1)  Lucifer's Hands (3:38)
(2)  Banter (2:20)
(3)  Every Breaking Wave (4:35)
(4)  Bullet The Blue Sky (8:44)
(5)  Pride (In The Name Of Love) (5:30)
(6)  Beautiful Day (4:53)
(7)  All I Want Is You (5:41)
(8)  With or Without You (5:12)
(9)  Encore break (2:52)
(10)  Taped intro (1:05)
(11)  City of Blinding Lights (5:39)
(12)  Banter (1:44)
(13)  Mother and Child Reunion (1:18)
(14)  Where The Streets Have No Name (5:35)
(15)  Banter (1:29)
(16)  One (5:14)

Md5 signature file is included.  Sorry, no artwork (feel free to make some)

Note:  This is a 164/44.1 file set, which can be readily burned to CD.  A 24-bit, higher-fidelity version has been posted separately.  The recording is seamless; the disc breaks above are merely a suggestion.

Comments:

The third of five nights in Chicago, and the best performance so far with a bunch of oddities in the set. "Gloria" makes its first appearance in the set since nearly ten years ago at the end of the "Vertigo" tour (12/14/05), the second performance of "Lucifer's Hands" (the first being in Montreal on 6/13), and only the second performance of "All I Want Is You" on the current tour (the first in L.A. 5/31).  Bono was clearly inspired by the Gay Pride parade which took place in Chicago earlier in the day, and there were multiple references to the celebration of gay rights and the power of love.  Inspiring show.  Bono references that several band members' sons (I think Bono's, Edge's, and Larry's) were all in attendance tonight, as well as Bono's wife.

In terms of recording quality, tonight was one of those rare nights where everything came together.  I was in a direct line to one of the overhead speaker stacks, and the audience members in my immediate vicinity were pretty quiet.  There's some chatter during the quiet parts, but none that I could hear intruding on the music.  I'm very happy with this recording.

Anyone who would like to remaster this recording and repost it is welcome to do so; in the info file, please document the original source and note what you did to the original recording. s.

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