Milan 08-07-2009

Stadio San Siro

Milan, Italy.

08 - July - 2009.

Attendance: 76.903 (sellout) - Support: Snow Patrol

Total Running Time - 134:00

01. Kingdom (PA)

02. Breathe

03. No Line on the Horizon

04. Get On Your Boots

05. Magnificent

06. Beautiful Day / Here Comes the Sun

07. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Movin' On Up

08. Desire / Billie Jean / Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

09. Stuck in a Moment

10. Electrical Storm

11. Unknown Caller

12. The Unforgettable Fire

13. City of Blinding Lights

14. Vertigo

15. I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight  (remix)

16. Sunday Bloody Sunday

17. Pride (In the Name of Love)

18. MLK

19. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone

20. - Desmond Tutu's 'One Campaign' speech -

21. Where the Streets Have No Name

22. One

23. - encore break -

24. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

25. With or Without You

26. Moment of Surrender

Recording Equipment - History

Church Audio CA-ST11 Cardioids > SP-SPSB-6 > Edirol R-09 (24-bit/48.0 kHz, Line-In, rec. level 25/30) > SDHC Panasonic RP-SDM04GC

Taper: Giuseppe Pastorelli (aka doublec)

Location: left side of the stage, 25 m from the stage, centered between left side stacks  - glasses-mounted mic 1.65 m above the floor

Transfer: SDHC Panasonic RP-SDM04G > HD (via USB) > Audacity 1.2.6 (cut/amplified[+4.0 dB]/faded-out) > CDWave 1.97 (track splitting) > r8brain 1.9 (44.1 kHz resampling/very high quality 16-bit dithering) > TLH 2.4.1.160 (sector boundaries alignment/level 8 compression) > FLAC

Technical notes:
- I have amplified the whole recording (+4.0 dB) and faded-out the last 10 secs
- A possible microgap could have been generated by the recorder since Edirol R-09 do not support track longer than 2 GB. For this reason I have manually split the recording at the beginning of Crazy Tonight (I have used the very same point to split tracks 14 and 15).

Additional notes (by the taper): Thanks to MLK for his suggestion (and for loaning his backup mics and battery box), I have located myself in a central position on the left side of the stage about 25 m from it with the mic mounted on glasses. I think it was a good choice because I always had a minimum 1-2 m distance from other fans and this had a positive effect on the quality of the recording . The quality of the sound is very good and I am very proud of this recording.

Comments

Excellent recording that documents the second night in Milan. The capture of music and vocals is clear and solid, so the output is really strong and sharp. Crowd noise is minimal and the live feeling is pretty good.

Stand by Me was played in full-band mode, and Party Girl appeared again (it was dedicated to Bono's daughter Eve, who came onstage during the song). Track 11 (Man in the Mirror and Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough) is just two Michael Jackson's snippets at the end of Angel of Harlem.