U2 - 1985-03-27 - Montreal, Canada (SBD)

U2
1985-03-27
The Forum
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

xx. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (missing)
xx. I Will Follow (missing)
xx. Seconds (missing)
01. Two Hearts Beat As One
02. MLK
03. The Unforgettable Fire
04. Wire
05. Sunday Bloody Sunday
06. The Cry > The Electric Co. > Amazing Grace (snippet)
07. A Sort Of Homecoming
08. Bad > I'm Waiting For The Man (snippet) /> Ruby Tuesday (snippet) > Sympathy For The Devil (snippet)
09. October
10. New Year's Day
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
13. Gloria
14. 40 > Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet)

U2 - 1985-03-27 - Montreal, Canada (SBD)

U2 1985 - Back to Back - #1: Live Aid on July 13, 1985 was a coming out party for U2. Their performance that day established them as a pre-eminent live group for the first time — something for which they would eventually become superstars. The band played a 14-minute rendition of "Bad", during which Bono jumped off the stage to join the crowd and dance with a girl. Twenty years later, in July 2005, the girl that he danced with revealed that he actually saved her life at the time. She was being crushed as the crowd pushed forwards. Bono saw her plight, and gestured at the ushers to help her. They didn't understand what he was saying, so he jumped down to help her himself. Bono, Edge and U2 have remained in the spotlight ever since that transcendent Live Aid performance. They continue to create amazing music and have taken active roles on political and social issues. Their post 9/11 concerts touched all of America. This soundboard recording, however, from March 27, 1985, 37 years ago today catches the band on the edge of stardom. It takes place less than 4 months before Live Aid, but you can hear the same electricity in their performance that the whole world would soon experience. Download this one, then come back tomorrow for part 2 of theis Back To Back entry.