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ONE love, blood, life
Night of pop, rock and politics
By DANIELLE O'DONOHUE, MUSIC WRITER
WALKING out onstage with an Australian flag draped around his neck, U2's Bono kicked off a show Adelaide has been waiting to see since March.
For the 60,000 people packed inside AAMI Stadium last night to see the world's biggest rock band, the sound and light spectacular was worth the wait.
With a massive screen behind projecting dynamic visuals and images of the band, the four Irishmen ran through a set that showed the old songs to be just as vital and relevant as their latest material.
It's a sound that many have tried to replicate or at least used for inspiration in recent years, from The Killers to Franz Ferdinand, but few have managed to successfully capture the urgency of the rhythm section of Larry Mullen Jnr on drums, Adam Clayton on bass and The Edge's fearsome guitar.
As the crowd inside the stadium rocked, more fans crowded outside hoping to at least take in the sound, if not the sight.
Acknowledging the tour postponement caused by the illness of a family member on top of the 13-year wait Adelaide fans have had since U2 last performed here, Bono said: "Thank you for your patience, your understanding. If we've learnt anything in this time it's probably this song," and he sang Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own.
Throughout the show, Bono dropped plenty of pop culture references adding lines by everyone from George Harrison to Kylie into songs.
Bono appeared onstage with Kylie at one of her shows in Sydney last weekend and last night, after singing a few of bars of Kylie's I Should Be So Lucky during Angel of Harlem, said: "That one's for the Angel of Sydney."
The ever-political Bono turned Sunday Bloody Sunday, originally written about the troubles in Northern Ireland, into a prayer, saying "Don't become a monster in order to defeat a monster" while behind him on the big screen the word "co-exist" was written, incorporating Muslim and Jewish symbols.
He then pulled a young boy out of the crowd to sit on the stage and chant "no more".
When Bono lit a flare during the scorching Bullet the Blue Sky it reinforced that this show was about much more than just rock'n'roll.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20772652-5006301,00.html
By DANIELLE O'DONOHUE, MUSIC WRITER
WALKING out onstage with an Australian flag draped around his neck, U2's Bono kicked off a show Adelaide has been waiting to see since March.
For the 60,000 people packed inside AAMI Stadium last night to see the world's biggest rock band, the sound and light spectacular was worth the wait.
With a massive screen behind projecting dynamic visuals and images of the band, the four Irishmen ran through a set that showed the old songs to be just as vital and relevant as their latest material.
It's a sound that many have tried to replicate or at least used for inspiration in recent years, from The Killers to Franz Ferdinand, but few have managed to successfully capture the urgency of the rhythm section of Larry Mullen Jnr on drums, Adam Clayton on bass and The Edge's fearsome guitar.
As the crowd inside the stadium rocked, more fans crowded outside hoping to at least take in the sound, if not the sight.
Acknowledging the tour postponement caused by the illness of a family member on top of the 13-year wait Adelaide fans have had since U2 last performed here, Bono said: "Thank you for your patience, your understanding. If we've learnt anything in this time it's probably this song," and he sang Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own.
Throughout the show, Bono dropped plenty of pop culture references adding lines by everyone from George Harrison to Kylie into songs.
Bono appeared onstage with Kylie at one of her shows in Sydney last weekend and last night, after singing a few of bars of Kylie's I Should Be So Lucky during Angel of Harlem, said: "That one's for the Angel of Sydney."
The ever-political Bono turned Sunday Bloody Sunday, originally written about the troubles in Northern Ireland, into a prayer, saying "Don't become a monster in order to defeat a monster" while behind him on the big screen the word "co-exist" was written, incorporating Muslim and Jewish symbols.
He then pulled a young boy out of the crowd to sit on the stage and chant "no more".
When Bono lit a flare during the scorching Bullet the Blue Sky it reinforced that this show was about much more than just rock'n'roll.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20772652-5006301,00.html
