2006-11-07 - Brisbane, Australia - Queensland Sports And Athletics Centre


setlist

  1. City Of Blinding Lights
  2. Vertigo
  3. Elevation / Streets Of Your Town (snippet)
  4. Until The End Of The World
  5. New Year's Day
  6. Beautiful Day
  7. Yahweh
  8. Walk On
  9. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / The Black Hills of Dakota (snippet)
  10. Love And Peace Or Else
  11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
  12. Bullet The Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet)
  13. Miss Sarajevo
  14. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
  15. Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
  16. One

  17. encore(s):
  18. Zoo Station
  19. The Fly
  20. With Or Without You / Streets Of Your Town (snippet)
  21. The Saints Are Coming
  22. Angel Of Harlem / Young Americans (snippet)
  23. Kite
Performance notes: Originally scheduled for 21 March 2006. In Angel Of Harlem, Bono sung "Young Australians" to the tune of Young Americans. Walk On is performed in full electric form for the first time since 27 February 2002 (the previous Vertigo Tour versions had been acoustic). Kite is played for the first time since 2 December 2001 and features a guest appearance by Tim Moriarty on didgeridoo - Moriarty joins the band during Kite at the other Australian concerts too. Angel Of Harlem receives its first pre-planned performance since 1 December 2001; its previous Vertigo appearance on 29 October 2005 occurred after a fan was pulled on stage to play guitar. This is U2's first appearance in Australia since February 1998.
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songs per album

  1. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (5)
  2. All That You Can't Leave Behind (4)
  3. Achtung Baby (4)
  4. The Joshua Tree (3)
  5. War (2)
  6. Passengers (1)
  7. The Unforgettable Fire (1)
  8. Rattle and Hum (1)

best song performances

  1. Kite (7 votes)

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review by ayr861

15 years ago

Performance

U2 kicked off their six-show Australian tour for 2006 firstly in Brisbane, Queensland, rescheduled from March 2006 as we know - the first U2 performance since February 1998 on POPmart - as we missed out on Elevation. I still can't believe that the greatest band in the world was here almost two years ago, yet it feels like yesterday - I can still remember listening to the very first rehearsals that I was sent a day after they took place, and seeing all the photos.

I don't think any of the songs here were really performed badly (unlike the late 2005 stuff in North America), but have a go of the vocals during Beautiful Day. Bono held his notes beautifully here, and for the first show of the last leg, Miss Sarajevo was performed greatly. So the Australian performances got what they missed all those years ago with plenty of ATYCLB - Beautiful Day, Walk On and Kite were just great.

I've said that I'm not a huge fan of One and never have been (it's just missing something) but for some reason on all of the final 2006 shows, I found it to be a real beautiful song and I actually enjoyed it. I don't know why. As aussiemofo has said, there were some brilliant Australian moments (Streets of Your Town, Young Americans (changed to Young Australians) and Bono's plea for David Hicks to face a fair trial). I'm sure many people would know his treatment was a sick joke.

And that performance of Kite was something to behold. Throughout the entire Australian set, every night this got the justice it deserved back on the Elevation Tour, because it is a beautiful song, and the crowd getting into The Saints Are Coming was nothing short of brilliant. This is gonna take off on the next tour, if it is indeed played ever again.


Sound

Certainly not the best Australian Vertigo show I've heard related to sound - I'd say some of the Sydney shows (and even the Melbourne ones) sounded way better. It seemed like the taper was just too far away from the speaker stacks, and probably more towards the back - I've heard better, but it was there.

The good thing was that I could pick up Larry's drumming, Adam's bass and Edge's guitar, particularly during the first hour. For a recording supposedly not one of the best Australian ones going around, I could certainly pick them up. Did anyone else think the recording made the show sound like the audience was hardly there?

Recording: Audience microphone - 3 stars

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Overall

All in all, a wonderful show and I would have loved to have been there.

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