« 05.09.05 Chicago | Main | 05.12.05 Chicago »
May 11, 2005
05.10.05 Chicago
City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo - Stories for Boys, Elevation, The Electric Co., An Cat Dubh - Into the Heart, Beautiful Day, New Year's Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky - When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Running to Stand Still, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore: Zoo Station, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, Party Girl, All Because of You, Original of the Species, Vertigo
Posted by Jonathan at May 11, 2005 03:14 PM
Comments
They also did "Hands that Built America" during the Bullet Blue Sky/When Johnny Comes Marching Home piece.
Posted by: KMD at May 11, 2005 04:02 PM
I am a long-time U2 fan, 15-20 years, but a first time concert goer. How can that be? Well, you could blame my poor financial state years ago, and now you can blame my slow action on "tickets go on sale days"...but regardless, I have now seen U2 in concert, and what a performance it was.
Bono was serenaded with birthday wishes, while a capacity crowd at Chicago's United Center was rocked for nearly 2 1/2 hours by the Irish powerhouse.
The band was filming for a DVD of the Vertigo tour and did not forget that fact for a moment.
Great renditions of Party Girl, Bullet the Blue Sky, All Because of You...and one I hear they haven't been doing on tour Original of the Species. They even did an encore of Vertigo.
Edge's guitar, keyboard and unbelievably clear vocals were awesome. Adam Clayton looked as though he was having the time of his life, and Larry Mullen never missed a beat --(don't miss Bono on tom-tom). What a show. To Tribune Critic Greg Kot - you've been tainted.
U2 still rules.
Posted by: Terry O'Sullivan at May 11, 2005 04:04 PM
A good show, but not a great one. During the encores, it was obvious that Bono was changing the songs. Why play Vertigo twice? Was there a technical glitch during the recording of the first? With their catalog of awesome songs, there is NO WAY U2 should repeat any song.
Posted by: Kevin Ahern at May 12, 2005 11:39 AM
This was the best concert of all time from the Best band in the world! Hands Down!
Posted by: Jonathan Dunbar at May 15, 2005 08:57 PM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)