U2 - 1985-02-05 - Bologna, Italy (SBD)

U2
1985-02-05
Teatro Tenda
Bologna, Italy
Soundboard Recording
128 Kbps
Artwork Included

01. Intro
02. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
03. I Will Follow
04. Seconds
05. MLK
06. The Unforgettable Fire
07. Wire
08. Sunday Bloody Sunday
09. The Electric Co.
10. A Sort Of Homecoming
11. Bad
12. October
13. New Year's Day
14. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
15. Party Girl / Gloria
16. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
17. 40

U2 - 1985-02-05 - Bologna, Italy (SBD)

1985 - Live Aid on July 13, 1985 was a coming out party for U2. Their performance that day established them as a preeminent 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.  This show, however, from February 5, 1985, 32 years ago this very day, catches the band on the edge of stardom. It takes place less than 5 months before Live Aid, but you can hear the same electricity in their performance that the whole world would soon experience.