Chicago 12.05.2001: 1st Night

United Center

Chicago (Illinois), USA.

12 - May - 2001.

Attendance: 19.569 (sellout) - Support: PJ Harvey

Disc 1 (72:26)

01. Elevation Influx Remix (PA) / Elevation

02. Beautiful Day

03. Until the End of the World

04. New Year's Day

05. Stuck in a Moment

06. Kite

07. Gone

08. New York

09. I Will Follow

10. Sunday Bloody Sunday

11. In a Little While

12. Desire

13. Stay (Faraway, so Close!)

Disc 2 (61:59)

01. Bad / "40"

02. Where the Streets Have No Name

03. Mysterious Ways

04. The Fly

05. Bullet the Blue Sky

06. With or Without You

07. Pride (In the Name of Love)

08. One

09. Wake Up Dead Man / Walk On

Recording Equipment - History

Sonic Studios DSM6s + Sony TCD-D8 > DAT Master > CDR > flac

Comments

This recording documents the first of four great nights in Chicago, at the United Center. The highlight of the show is a beautiful rendition of Stay with a fan called Johnattan onstage playing piano. He held a banner that captured the attention of both Bono and Edge, so they invited him onstage to play along.

The tape brings a very clear and nice sound. It starts off somewhat raw, but after a pair of songs it improves and keeps a very solid and bright sound to the end of the concert. Crowd noise is audible but just add live feeling.