Sydney 18-11-1989

Entertainment Centre

Sydney, Australia.

18 - November - 1989.

Attendance: 12.500 (sellout) - Support: Weddings Parties Anything, BB King

Disc 1 (46:05)

01. Bomb / Security Announcement by Steve Iredale

02. Hawkmoon 269

03. Desire

04. All Along the Watchtower

05. All I Want is You

06. God Part II

07. Bullet the Blue Sky

08. Running to Stand Still

09. Gloria

10. I Will Follow

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

Disc 2 (46:18)

01. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

02. Bad

03. Van Diemen's Land

04. New Year's Day

05. Pride (In the Name of Love)

06. Angel of Harlem

07. When Love Comes to Town

08. Love Rescue Me

09. - encore break -

10. "40"

11. - outro -

Recording Equipment - History

Sony WM-D3 + PC-62 microphones > Analog Master > Analog 1st > Yamaha K-540 deck > Soundforge 9.0 > CDWave Editor > WAV > FLAC

Taping location: Section 36, Row A, seat 457

Transfer: Stadtfelder

Additional notes (by Stadtfelder): There was a bomb threat before the show and all of the 12.000 visitors were asked to leave the building. You can hear this on track 1 on disc 1. After being readmitted the audience saw one of the best shows from this tour. "Knocking on Heaven's Door" had improvised lyrics, citing the Berlin wall coming down and the city of Sydney.

Comments

Very nice recording that documents an odd episode in U2's career (a bomb threat as mentioned above by 'Stadtfelder'). Music and vocals come through pretty well, with very good clarity. Overall sound is quite good, but also a little harsh, not perfectly clean. Both recordings I have from this show come from the same source, but this one comes from a first gen cassette (transferred to digital mode by 'Stadtfelder'), and runs to my ears slightly fast, while the other tape (the so-called 'Everybody Get Out Alive - fixed version') runs at the proper speed but its gen transfer is unknown.