Chicago 20.09.2005

United Center

Chicago (Illinois), USA.

20 - September - 2005.

Attendance: 19.407 (sellout) - Support: Dashboard Confessional

Disc 1 (69:07)

01. Wake Up (PA) / Everyone (PA) / City of Blinding Lights

02. Vertigo

03. Elevation

04. The Electric Co.

05. The Ocean

06. Walk On

07. Beautiful Day

08. Miracle Drug

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

10. Yahweh

11. Love and Peace or Else

12. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc 2 (73:19)

01. Bullet the Blue Sky

02. Miss Sarajevo

03. Pride (In the Name of Love)

04. Where the Streets Have No Name

05. One / Ol' Man River

06. Discothèque

07. The Fly

08. With or Without You

09. All Because of You

10. The First Time

11. Bad / "40"

Recording Equipment - History

Sonic Studios DSM6 (bass roll off) > Sony PCM-M1 > DAT Master > CDR-Master > WAV > Flac

Comments

Excellent audience recording of the first of two nights in Chicago during the third leg of the Vertigo Tour. The tape is very solid and it sounds quite sharp with music and vocals well upfront. I'd say the first pair of songs sound a little boomy due to strong bass, but sound quality is great, anyway. Fantastic rendition of Discothèque. Bono sang a few lines of Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car at the end of The Fly.

Walk On was played for the first time on the Vertigo Tour that night, played in an acoustic version. Moreover, The First Time was premièred that night, as it was never played complete before (the only times it appeared it was just a snippet at the end of Bad during the Zooropa'93 Tour). So both things make this show to be a little special.