1987-07-15 - Madrid, Spain - Estadio Santiago Bernabeu


setlist

Performance notes: Although U2 had extensively toured Europe in the past, this was their first Spanish gig. It appropriately featured the first ever performance of Spanish Eyes.
Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.

songs per album

  1. The Joshua Tree (7)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (4)
  3. War (3)
  4. Boy (2)
  5. October (1)

best song performances

  1. Spanish Eyes (5 votes)

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Spain
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review by djrlewis

15 years ago

Performance

Very good. It's JT tour, so you know this and some songs go on to be done better (Bullet for me was not so good on this tour), some not so well ever again.

I picked out Streets, Electric Co. The UF, Spanish Eyes and "40" as standout performances. Not that the other songs were bad; they're all top-drawer, but these were especially good.

The band all feed off the energy of the huge crowd that others have mentioned. Bono especially, and he's in fine voice.


Sound

Decent audience recording with an outstanding crowd make this a 3-star in my book. Some bits are better than others but it's very listenable, especially given the performance...
Recording: "Bandera Blanca" - 3 stars

Audience

This part is only rated, not commented on

Overall

A worthy addition to any bootleg collection, there are better JT boots that combine better sound quality with equal performance (see Gerard's review for ones from this leg; there's the Denver's of this world too also), but it was the biggest crowd ever for U2 at the time and that gives a little something to it.
It will stay on my iTunes and, for a while, my iPod too.


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