Disc 1:
1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Elevation
4. The Electric Co.
5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
6. Beautiful Day
7. Miracle Drug
8. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
9. Love And Peace Or Else
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday
11. Bullet The Blue Sky
12. Miss Sarajevo

Disc 2:
1. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. One
4. Until The End Of The World
5. Mysterious Ways
6. With Or Without You
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart
8. All Because Of You
9. Yahweh
10. 40

Source: SP-CMC-8 (AT933/C) > Sp-SPSB-1 (bass roll-off at 60HZ) > MicroTrack 24/96 (24-bit/48KHZ)
Location: Level Rouge, Section 110, Row N, Seat 3 (side stage - Adam's side)
Transfered: usb 2.0 > ecasound > shntool > flac
Remastered (by taper): resampled, eq to bring up mid-bass and lower upper-mids, raised levels 3db with peak limiter
Taper: Freaked
 

NOTE: The music on this recording comes is quite clear, with Larry’s cymbals sounding particularly crisp.  The overall instrumental mix is pleasing, with The Edge’s lead guitar and Adam’s bass receiving equal billing.  Bono’s vocals are clear, but a bit distant compared to most other recordings from the third leg of the Vertigo Tour.

During “Elevation” Bono starts to sing “Love, lift me up out of these blues…”, but only manages to get the first word out before coughing.  After ten seconds or so he says “Sorry, but I think Montreal just bit me back…in the neck.”

Bono’s voice is a bit shaky during the first few songs, so The Edge covers some of the higher notes for him.  However, after about twenty minutes, Bono’s voice magically kicks in and he is very strong throughout the rest of the concert, including belting out some powerful notes during “Love and Peace or Else” and especially the opera bit at the end of “Miss Sarajevo”.

Bono speaks to the crowd at length in French before “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”.

As The Edge plays the opening notes of “Miracle Drug”, Bono spins a tale about his band mate being from the future:

“Edge is actually from the future.  Not just the future, he’s from a different planet in the future.  So it was doubly difficult for him to travel back in time to the north side of Dublin in the ‘70s.  But he did.  He came to us.  And his time machine is like a spaceship.  It was actually playing that tune.  That was the sound the spaceship made.  That very tune.  The spaceship landed on the north side of Dublin.  The door opened.  The Edge got out and walked down the steps.  Myself, Larry Mullen, and Adam Clayton were standing there.  I walked up to him and said ‘Who are you?’  He said ‘I am The Edge.’  Then Larry said ‘Where are you from?’  He said ‘I am from the future.’  Adam asked him then, ‘What is the future like?’  And The Edge said ‘It’s better.  It’s much better.’”

Bono then dedicates “Miracle Drug” to Children’s Hospital of Montreal.

Before “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own”, Bono tells the familiar story of his father Bob being “a working class man who loved the opera.  A very tough guy.  And I still miss him.”  Bono then dedicates the song to Francesco, “who would have been a friend of his, I’m sure.”  I have no clue who Francesco is.

At the beginning of “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, Bono tells the crowd ‘This is your song now, North America!”  His “coexist” speech in the middle of the song is short, but sweet.  “This gets harder and harder, this idea of coexist.  We have to stand up, not just for our rights, but for the rights of others who cannot stand up for themselves.”  He then brings a little girl on stage to help him with the “No More!” chant near the end of the song.