Vertigo Tour Chicago  07.05.2005

United Center

Chicago (Illinois), USA.

07 - May - 2005.

Attendance: 19.293 (sellout) - Support: Kings of Leon

Disc 1 (68:43)

01. Everyone (PA)

02. Love and Peace or Else

03. Vertigo

04. Elevation

05. An Cat Dubh

06. Into the Heart

07. City of Blinding Lights

08. Beautiful Day

09. Miracle Drug

10. Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own

11. New Year's Day

12. Sunday Bloody Sunday

13. Bullet the Blue Sky

14. Running to Stand Still

Disc 2 (64:58)

01. Bad

02. Pride (In the Name of Love)

03. Where the Streets Have No Name

04. One

05. Zoo Station

06. The Fly

07. Mysterious Ways

08. All Because of You

09. Yahweh

10. "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sonic Studios DSM6 > PA-6LC3 > PCM-M1 > Digi coax > delta Dio 2496 > Wave-Cool Edit Pro > Flac Front End

Taper: J. Parkin

Location: GA about 15 feet in front of the Soundboard

Comments

Fantastic audience recording, with a close and powerful sound. The overall mix is great, with all instruments and vocals pretty well captured and balanced, and minimal crowd noise. Clarity and cleanness are stunning.

It's said the band delivered a tired impression in their first of four shows in Chicago. Even taper's comments go in this way: "Not one of U2's best performances. Bono seemed tired or sick, and he really didn't connect with the crowd like he usually does. He maybe came out on the ellipse maybe three times, and Edge came out only when he needed to. Adam carried the show. He was all about on the ellipse, and he was smiling a lot. To say the least it was surprising." I did not notice anything strange when listening to it, but I have to admit I wasn't there to check it out.