U2: Elevation Tour
Slane Castle
Slane, Ireland
25 August 2001
(Editor's Comment: Pardon the sloppy condition of these notes. Documentation was lost during the travels and these notes are being rebuilt from scraps and memory.)
80,000-100,000 people on a field in Ireland!
Coldplay - turned down stadium shows with Aerosmith, couldn't turn this down Chris introduced Yellow by saying, "This is not a rebel song."
There was also a wedding proposal for a couple in the crowd - perfect introduction for their song Trouble
Red Hot Chili Peppers - dedicated Californication to lawn security guy out on a secured section of the lawn, standing all by himself. Encouraged everybody (boys and girls) to wave their shirts like a helicopter - a great effect from the top of the hill.
U2:
"Slippy" - Bono slides down catwalk with girl during mysterious ways, "Kind of fun, but…"
Bono - Yellow reference
Pride
Bad
A Sort of Homecoming
Bono at the tip of the heart in Slane - icon of icons
Beautiful Day, Walk On, One - references to Bob Hewson - on screens, pictures of Bob, scenes of him in the German One video. Then the screen freeze frames with the words "Bob Hewson, 19xx - 2001."
Heart stage looked smaller
Fireworks after 2:05 set wanted them to play more
Larry: Started the band and can end it any day
It felt like a primal gathering
Bono called for a statue for Philip Lynott of Thin Lizzy
Opening canned music: The Boys are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy! U2 opened for Thin Lizzy in Slane
Covered Thin Lizzy - Dublin, Dancing in the Moonlight "Thanks for being patient," Bono said. "It took 20 years for us to get here."
"We're not going away yet." "We played like crap," Bono recalls of Slane 20 years ago.
A special show - Bono the person, the human, the father's son
Kite / Wake up Dead Man - lighters / paper cups aflame like torches
Fireworks after 2:05 set; everybody, naturally, wanted them to play more
Slane: Where the streets have no lights
After: Camp out, techno music all night; football game horns blowing all night
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