Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, A Sort Of Homecoming, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, In God’s Country, Trip Through Your Wires, C’mon Everybody, Bad, October, Springhill Mining […]
Read MoreTHE RISE OF U2
The astounding popularity of the rock group U2 raises this question: How has an Irish band that sings of the strife in Northern Ireland (“Sunday Bloody Sunday”) and the horrors of heroin addiction (“Running to Stand Still”) been able to achieve the same iconlike status enjoyed by Bruce Springsteen? Evidence of the group’s dominance is […]
Read MoreMay 9, 1987 – Hartford, Connecticut, USA – Civic Center
Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Stand By Me, Pride (In The Name Of Love), MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, In God’s Country, Trip Through Your Wires, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, The Electric Co., October, New Year’s Day, Gloria, Bad. Encore(s): […]
Read MoreMay 8, 1987 – Hartford, Connecticut, USA – Civic Center
Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, A Sort Of Homecoming, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, In God’s Country, Trip Through Your Wires, C’mon Everybody, Bad, October, Springhill Mining […]
Read MoreMay 7, 1987 – Hartford, Connecticut, USA – Civic Center
Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, People Get Ready, Trip Through Your Wires, MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, Exit, In God’s Country, C’mon Everybody, Bad, October, Springhill Mining Disaster, Sunday Bloody Sunday, […]
Read MoreMay 4, 1987 – Worcester, Massachusetts, USA – The Centrum
Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Stand By Me, Pride (In The Name Of Love), MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, In God’s Country, Trip Through Your Wires, The Electric Co., October, New Year’s Day, Gloria, Bad. Encore(s): Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will […]
Read MoreU2: The Joshua Tree
It’s a little unsettling how implacably serious these four young Dubliners have become in a relatively short period of time. The darkness of their costumes, the grimness of their faces and the bleak majesty of the desert terrain in which they are photographed on the cover of their new album announce a mood that is […]
Read MoreMay 3, 1987 – Worcester, Massachusetts, USA – The Centrum
Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, A Sort Of Homecoming, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, In God’s Country, Trip Through Your Wires, C’mon Everybody, Bad, October, New Year’s […]
Read MoreMay 2, 1987 – Worcester, Massachusetts, USA – The Centrum
Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, Trip Through Your Wires, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, Exit, In God’s Country, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bad, October, Springhill Mining Disaster, New Year’s Day, Pride (In […]
Read MoreApril 30, 1987 – Pontiac, Michigan, USA – Pontiac Silverdome
Opening Act(s): Lone Justice Setlist: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, MLK, The Unforgettable Fire, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, A Sort Of Homecoming, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, In God’s Country, Bad, October, New Year’s Day, Pride (In The Name Of […]
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