London 14-08-2009  ECM719

Wembley Stadium

London, U.K.

14 - August - 2009.

Attendance: 82.122 (sellout) - Support: The Hours, Elbow

Total Running Time - 130:06

01. Space Oddity (PA)

02. Kingdom (PA)

03. Breathe

04. No Line on the Horizon

05. Get On Your Boots

06. Magnificent

07. Beautiful Day / Blackbird

08. Elevation

09. - Bono's speech -

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

11. Stuck in a Moment

12. Unknown Caller

13. The Unforgettable Fire

14. City of Blinding Lights

15. Vertigo / Acquiesce

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

17. Sunday Bloody Sunday

18. Pride (In the Name of Love)

19. MLK

20. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone

21. Where the Streets Have No Name

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

23. One

24. Mysterious Ways / Norwegian Wood

25. - encore break -

26. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

27. With or Without You

28. - Bono's speech -

29. Moment of Surrender

30. - crowd noise -

Recording Equipment - History

Sony ECM-719 stereo mic + M-Audio MicroTrack II (@ 24bit/48kHz)

Taper: M!les

Location: standing pitch, central axis, midway between catwalk and soundboard

Transfer: MicroTrack II > USB > WAV > WaveLab (downsampling 16bit/44.1kHz) > CDWave > FLAC (SBEs aligned, verified OK)

Additional notes (by the taper): The retractable roof was kept partly closed which resulted in an echoey sound throughout the concert. An excellent show nonetheless, strong, powerful and definitely enjoyable!.

Comments

This is a second source of the first night at Wembley Stadium. Sound is very clear and powerful and there's not much crowd noise. However, this recording sounds slightly harsh and there is tiny clipping on occasion. Bono's voice is slightly echoed on a few songs but it gives a very nice live feeling.

Usual snippets appeared here and there, but note the next: London Calling and London Bridge is Falling Down at the beginning of Beautiful Day, Acquiesce at the end of Vertigo, and a line of Norwegian Wood at the end of Mysterious Ways. This last song, Mysterious Ways, closed a main set for the first time ever.