This Time Will Pass

Madison Square Garden

New York (New York), USA.

24 - October - 2001.

Attendance: 18.385 (sellout) - Support: Garbage

Disc 1 (61:51)

01. All You Need is Love (PA) / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (PA)

02. Elevation Influx Intro (PA) / Elevation

03. Beautiful Day

04. Until the End of the World

05. New Year's Day

06. Out of Control

07. Sunday Bloody Sunday

08. Stuck in a Moment

09. Kite

10. Angel of Harlem

11. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

12. Staring at the Sun

Disc 2 (59:55)

01. Bad / "40"

02. Where the Streets Have No Name

03. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

04. Pride (In the Name of Love)

05. Bullet the Blue Sky

06. What's Going On

07. New York

08. One

09. Peace On Earth

10. Walk On

Recording Equipment - History

Neumann KM140s > Neumann lc-3 active cables > Neumann km100s > Audio Magic X-Stream XLRs > Sonosax sx-m2 > Sony D100

Taper: George Wang

Location: Sec 63 Row F Seat 3, 5th row right stage side stack

Transfer DAT > SHN: Archive Python DDS/DAT2WAV > .wav > CD-WAV/mkwACT > .shn (Direct DAT extraction, no soundcard)

Comments

Awesome audience recording that documents the first of three nights at the Madison Square Garden in NYC. Sound is crystal clear, very solid and there's minimal crowd interference.

The show is brilliant, and three fans come onstage on different occasions. Quoting book 'U2-Live: A Concert Documentary' (by Pimm Jal de la Parra and Caroline van Oosten de Boer, published in 2003 by Omnibus Press):

-- Bono brings fans onstage on three different occasions. A male fan during Stuck in a Moment to help sing this song, a girl to play Knockin' on Heaven's Door. The male fan's back is tattooed with all kinds of U2 images - it's not the last time this fan will make it on stage this tour. The girl, Ruth, had brought a sign that read 'ME + GUITAR = KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR'. She put the chords underneath and another line saying 'CHICKS CAN PLAY GUITAR, TOO!'. She remembers: 'After singing the second chorus together, he stepped back and motioned for me to take the mic. He was telling me to sing a verse all on my own. I thought, 'Pal, you don't know what you're in for'. Ruth had checked Dylan's words and chooses to sing part of the third verse: 'Mama, wipe the blood from my face, I'm so sick and tired of these wars'. Then she finishes with a firm 'New York City is the best place!'. Bono, to her right, lifts up his arms and throws his head back with a huge smile on his face. The crowd follow suit, and Ruth finishes: 'And I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door'. The Garden goes nuts as Bono introduces the guitar player to the crowd: 'Ruth, from New York City'. Another girl, wearing an 'I Love New York' t-shirt is on stage later in the show, during New York. --