U2 - 1989-10-27 - Adelaide, Australia (SBD)

U2

1989-10-27

Memorial Drive Park

Adelaide, Australia

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Where The Streets Have No Name

02. I Will Follow

03. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Exodus (snippet)

04. MLK

05. The Unforgettable Fire

06. God Part II

07. Desire

08. All Along The Watchtower

09. All I Want Is You

10. People Get Ready

11. Bad > Norwegian Wood (snippet) > You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (snippet) > Walk On The Wild Side (snippet)

12. Van Diemen's Land

13. New Year's Day

14. Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Encore:

15. Angel Of Harlem

16. When Love Comes To Town > In The Midnight Hour (snippet)

17. Love Rescue Me

18. With Or Without You > Shine Like Stars (snippet)

19. '40'

U2 - 1989-10-27 - Adelaide, Australia (SBD)

AUSTRALIA -  The years 1987 to 1989 were a whirlwind for U2, as the former new wavers became “rock’s hottest ticket” in the words of Time, which made the band just the 4th rock act to be featured on the magazine’s cover. The Joshua Tree, released in March 1987, topped the Billboard charts for 9 weeks, and won 2 Grammys for the band. Two singles from the disc, With or Without You and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, both went to number 1. Great success, however, usually does not come without a price. U2 began to pay the piper about a year later, with the release of the documentary Rattle and Hum, which featured footage from the Joshua Tree tour. The movie, and the accompanying double album soundtrack of the same name, received mixed reviews from film and record critics, a far cry from the outpouring of praise for The Joshua Tree. Backlash in the US was the strongest, with the band often being called pretentious, grandiose, over-earnest, self righteous and self indulgent. U2 felt the sting from the critics, and to some degree, may have agreed. When they launched their 1989 Love Town tour, they intentionally avoided the US. Instaed, they played 47 dates in Asia and Europe.  This soundboard recording cpatures them during tha tour, in Australia on October 27, 1989, 31 years ago today. By the way, at a show in Dublin, as the tour neared its end, Bono announced “This is just the end of something for U2. And that's why we're playing these concerts – we're throwing a party for ourselves and you. It's no big deal, it's just – we have to go away and dream it all up again." And that they did, returing in 1991 with the landmark album Actung Baby.