Chicago 12-09-2009

Soldier Field

Chicago (Illinois), USA.

12 - September - 2009.

Attendance: 67.936 (sellout) - Support: Snow Patrol

Total Running Time - 135:00

01. Space Oddity (PA)

02. Kingdom (PA)

03. Breathe

04. No Line on the Horizon

05. Get On Your Boots

06. Magnificent

07. - intro to 'Beautiful Day' -

08. Beautiful Day / Blackbird

09. Elevation

10. - band introductions -

11. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand by Me

12. Stuck in a Moment

13. Unknown Caller

14. The Unforgettable Fire

15. City of Blinding Lights

16. Vertigo

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

18. Sunday Bloody Sunday

19. Pride (In the Name of Love)

20. MLK

21. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone

22. Where the Streets Have No Name

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

24. One

25. Bad / Fool to Cry / "40"

26. - encore break 'Maya Angelou video' -

27. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

28. With or Without You

29. Moment of Surrender

30. - crowd noise -

Recording Equipment - History

DPA 4023 > Aerco MP2 > Edirol R-09HR (24/48)

Taper: prof_peabody

Location: GA field 40 feet left of center, on the outer rail (just back from the main PA stacks)

Transfer: USB > Wavelab 5 edits (dither with UV22HR) > CDWave > FLAC

Additional notes (by the taper): Original WAVE files were dithered from 24/48 to 16/44.1 using the the UV22HR algorithm. Thanks to Phil for blocking support. At the end of Magnificent, Bono walks by. You can here some people cry Bono.

Comments

Opening night of the second leg of the tour, and first of two soldout shows in Chicago. This is one of the stellar recordings of the 360º Tour. Sound quality is outstanding, with a deep, crisp and clean output, everything clear and well upfront.