Eugene PopMart 06-05-1997

Autzen Stadium

Eugene (Oregon), USA.

06 - May - 1997.

Attendance: 25.931 (capacity: 30.000) - Support: Rage Against the Machine

Disc 1 (57:12)

01. Pop Muzik (PA)

02. Mofo

03. I Will Follow

04. Even Better than the Real Thing

05. Do You Feel Loved

06. Pride (In the Name of Love)

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

08. Gone

09. Last Night on Earth

10. Until the End of the World

11. If God Will Send His Angels

12. Staring at the Sun

13. - Daydream Believer  (karaoke) -

Disc 2 (64:11)

01. Miami

02. Bullet the Blue Sky / I Want to Live in America / Amazing Grace

03. Please

04. Where the Streets Have No Name

05. - Lemon Intermission (PA) -

06. Discothèque

07. With or Without You

08. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

09. Mysterious Ways

10. One

Recording Equipment - History

Sonic Studios DSM-6 mics + Sonic-modified Sony TCD-D8 DAT recorder

Taper: Alex Coluzzi

Transfer: DAT Master (90 min.) > Tascam DA-20mkII (no SCMS) > Edirol UA-D1 converter > Macintosh G4 hard drive via Sound Studio 2.2.3 for OSX (editing, normalization to 0db, track splitting) > AIFF > xACT > FLAC

Additional comments (by K.M.): This is the fifth show of the PopMart tour (following shows in Las Vegas, San Diego, Denver and Salt Lake City).
The performance includes several songs (or variations) later dropped from the set: the "short" I Will Follow (without the "your eyes" bridge); Do You Feel Loved; If God Will Send His Angels (a portion of the song); a full-band Staring At the Sun; the "Edge karaoke" Daydream Believer; and Miami. If You Wear That Velvet Dress wasn't played this night. Please includes a lengthy tease of Sunday Bloody Sunday, starting with Larry's martial drumbeat, expanding to Edge's signature opening riff, and affirmed by Bono singing "I can't believe the news today..." before meandering off into some improvised, topical scat singing, as the band veers back into the Please outro.

This was the band's first show in Eugene; the last previous performance in the state of Oregon was the May 27, 1983 War Tour show at Portland's Paramount Theatre. They would next play the state at Portland's Rose Garden Arena on April 15, 2001 (Easter Sunday) on the first leg of the Elevation Tour.

Autzen Stadium (at the time with a football standing-room only capacity of around 44,000) is the NCAA Division I college football venue for the University of Oregon. The stadium was expanded to a capacity of about 56,000 in 2002.

U2's elevated PA, situated at the top of the PopMart arch, clearly broadcast sound outside the stadium's bowl that was audible for miles through the city. As of April 2008, U2's PopMart show has been the last concert played at Autzen Stadium.

Comments

Pretty good recording overall, although not as solid or strong as my other two sources of this concert. Music and vocals come through very clear, but the overall capture is tiny distant and thin, and the low-end remains quite muddy throughout the show, a little lost in the mix.

Some songs need more rehearsal, such as Gone, Staring at the Sun or even the classic Pride. The band did a full-band version of Staring at the Sun, and messed up on Until the End of the World. Note If You Wear That Velvet Dress wasn't played that night.