Raleigh 03-10-2009  ECM-909

Carter-Finley Stadium

Raleigh (North Carolina), USA.

03 - October - 2009.

Attendance: 55.027 (sellout) - Support: Muse

Total Running Time - 133:33

01. Space Oddity (PA) / Kingdom (PA)

02. Breathe

03. Get On Your Boots

04. Mysterious Ways

05. Beautiful Day / C Moon

06. No Line on the Horizon

07. Magnificent

08. Elevation

09. In a Little While

10. New Year's Day

11. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

12. Stand by Me

13. Stuck in a Moment

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 / People Get Ready

19. MLK

20. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone

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

22. One

23. Amazing Grace

24. Where the Streets Have No Name

25. - encore break -

26. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

27. With or Without You

28. - Bono's speech -

29. Moment of Surrender

Recording Equipment - History

Sony ECM-909 + Edirol-R09HR (24/48) > SanDisk SDHC 8GB > USB > Adobe Audition (edit & downsample 16/44) > Flac FrontEnd > FLAC (level-8)

Taper: donkyFliP

Location: top of Section 19, on the left side of the stadium

Additional notes (by the taper): What a night for a concert! The air was clear and crisp, but filled with electricity. We wisely decided to get to the stadium early in the afternoon and do some tailgating to prepare for the show. As it turns out, this was the best decision we could have made because parking turned into a nightmare. As reported by the Raleigh News, people were abandoning their cars on the highways after sitting for hours (literally) trying to get to the show.

Muse wrapped up their set right at 8:00 PM. The roadies hit the stage and prepared it for the main event. Around 8:45, the lights went out and we were loaded onto the starship for a space oddity. The setlist did not differ much from shows in other cities, but Bono did localize the show by mentioning Raleigh or North Carolina several times. At the start of Magnificent, he askes: Where are we going? Chapel Hill? Durham? Cary? naming off some of the towns surrounding Raleigh.

Other notable moments... During Still Haven't Found, Bono yells out "Happy Birthday Agnes!" Then, during One, Bono reveals more about who Agnes is. During City of Blinding Lights, Bono pulls a kid names Brian up to the runway of the stage and the two of them ran laps around the stage, singing and waving.

The stage U2 is using has a great the sound system and the monster 360 degree video screens above the stage made every seat in the house a good one. I use my mobile phone to take a couple of pictures during the set by Muse, and used them to make cover artwork. They show you the general vantage point I had for the show. I was located near the top of Section 19, on the left side of the stadium (stage right).

The recording turned out very nice. My only edits to the recording were suppressions of some of the clapping from the guy to my right. For some reason, his claps nearly clipped the recording on a few occasions, So I toned them down to about the same level as the rest of the audience clapping. I did this selectively for each clap and primarily just on the right channel. The only other annoyance were a couple of 'yahoos' several rows behind and to the left of me who thought it would be fun to have a whistling competition from time to time.

Comments

Second source of this show, this time taped with a 'Sony ECM-909' microphone. Sound quality is very good with a clear and strong capture of music and vocals. There's some crowd interference, but nothing too distracting. Note the output is slightly harsh, lacking a bit more of sharpness.

In a Little While made its début on the second leg of the 360º Tour. A guy from the audience sang the chorus of People Get Ready during the snippet that Bono did on Sunday Bloody Sunday.