Conspiracy Of Hope
The Concerts For Amnesty International
1986-06-04
Cow Palace
Daly City, CA
The Neville Brothers:
Hey Pockey Way
Wake Up
Joan Baez:
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Shout
True Love
Imagine > Let It Be
Lou Reed:
I Love You, Suzanne
New Sensations
Tell It To Your Heart
No Money Down
Walk On The Wild Side
Video Violence
Jackson Browne:
For Everyman
Lives In The Balance
I Am A Patriot
Peter Gabriel:
Red Rain
Sledgehammer
San Jacinto
Shock The Monkey
Family Snapshot
Biko
Bryan Adams:
Run To You
It's Only Love
The Best Was Yet To Come
Straight From The Heart
Summer Of '69
Somebody
Sting:
Fortress Around Your Heart
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Bring On The Night > When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
Russians
Message In A Bottle
U2:
C'mon Everybody
Pride
New Year's Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Maggie's Farm
Help!
Bad
Sun City
Finale:
I Shall Be Released
The Neville Brothers back Joan Baez
Lou Reed guest vocals on Sun City
Entire Ensamble for the Finale
So I get a ticket as a high school graduation gift. Had seen U2 three times on the Unforgettable Fire tour and was more than ready for another U2 performance!
I brought in some cookies to the show. When I was being checked by security, a woman asked me for a cookie. I shared with her and the other security guards.
My seat was kind of at the back of the venue and I enjoyed the first acts but knew I was going to have to try to get closer to the stage for The Police (we thought we were getting a Police set until Sting and his Blue Turtle Band hit the stage) and U2.
After Peter Gabriel's incredible set (I think it might have been the first ever live performance of Red Rain and Sledgehammer since the So album had been released only a couple of week prior) I made my way to some friend's seats closer to the stage and kind of squeezed in with them.
After the Bryan Adams set they started setting up the stage and I could tell it was not going to be the Police. My disappointment quickly faded because Sting and his band gave us a scorching set! Amazing music that was going to be hard to top.
While they were setting up for U2, I noticed the security guard who I gave cookies was right at the side of the stage (Edge's side). So I mad emy way down to her and made up a fib that my knees were sore from sitting it tight quarters and asked her if I could stand where she was. She told me to go back to my seat and stand in the aisle. I reminded her that I shared cookies with her and her friends and she relented and let me stand right off the side of the stage!
U2 hits the stage and I could tell right away that times were changing! Bono had grown the mullet out and Edge was growing a ponytail. Larry and Adam looked the same to me.
They told the media that they would open with "C'mon Everybody" but nobody believed it. Sure enough, they open with the Eddie Cochran classic rocker!
Pride and New Year's Day followed and the whole building was hopping! If Sting's set burned the house down, U2 was bringing it back up like a Phoenix!
Then we get a slow version of Sunday Bloody Sunday which was very cool! This was a band about to hit its zenith and unafraid to try new things!
A couple of cool covers with Maggie's Farm and Help!. Maggie's Farm brought Larry out to the front of the stage with a single drum (common place these days) and during a jam in the you might recognize some licks that would become Bullet The Blue Sky.
U2 tries to leave the stage like they were out of time but Bill Graham (the late, great Bill Graham!) signaled them to continue playing. I was thinking to myself that they could leave without playing Bad!
A beautiful version of Bad gave way to Sun City with some vocal help from Lou Reed! Amazing stuff!
All the performers joined U2 on the stage for the Bob Dylan finale of I Shall Be Released.
23 years later and this still ranks as one of the greatest concert experiences of my life. I really did believe that rock and roll could make a difference back then (I'm a little more cynical now in my 40s! lol).
We didn't know where this would lead U2, but we found out less than a year later when The Joshua Tree was released and U2 became the biggest band on the planet.
A Conspiracy of Hope was kind of the end of innocence for U2. It was the bridge from Unforgettable Fire to Joshua Tree. No movie screens or light shows were necessary, just U2 and its fans made a U2 show so special.
I'm very lucky that I caught the opener of this important tour. The Police would reform and play sets later in the tour and the Giants Stadium closing show was broadcast on radio and TV.
After the Cow Palace, the tour moved on to Los Angeles...
The Concerts For Amnesty International
1986-06-04
Cow Palace
Daly City, CA
The Neville Brothers:
Hey Pockey Way
Wake Up
Joan Baez:
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Shout
True Love
Imagine > Let It Be
Lou Reed:
I Love You, Suzanne
New Sensations
Tell It To Your Heart
No Money Down
Walk On The Wild Side
Video Violence
Jackson Browne:
For Everyman
Lives In The Balance
I Am A Patriot
Peter Gabriel:
Red Rain
Sledgehammer
San Jacinto
Shock The Monkey
Family Snapshot
Biko
Bryan Adams:
Run To You
It's Only Love
The Best Was Yet To Come
Straight From The Heart
Summer Of '69
Somebody
Sting:
Fortress Around Your Heart
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Bring On The Night > When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
Russians
Message In A Bottle
U2:
C'mon Everybody
Pride
New Year's Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Maggie's Farm
Help!
Bad
Sun City
Finale:
I Shall Be Released
The Neville Brothers back Joan Baez
Lou Reed guest vocals on Sun City
Entire Ensamble for the Finale
So I get a ticket as a high school graduation gift. Had seen U2 three times on the Unforgettable Fire tour and was more than ready for another U2 performance!
I brought in some cookies to the show. When I was being checked by security, a woman asked me for a cookie. I shared with her and the other security guards.
My seat was kind of at the back of the venue and I enjoyed the first acts but knew I was going to have to try to get closer to the stage for The Police (we thought we were getting a Police set until Sting and his Blue Turtle Band hit the stage) and U2.
After Peter Gabriel's incredible set (I think it might have been the first ever live performance of Red Rain and Sledgehammer since the So album had been released only a couple of week prior) I made my way to some friend's seats closer to the stage and kind of squeezed in with them.
After the Bryan Adams set they started setting up the stage and I could tell it was not going to be the Police. My disappointment quickly faded because Sting and his band gave us a scorching set! Amazing music that was going to be hard to top.
While they were setting up for U2, I noticed the security guard who I gave cookies was right at the side of the stage (Edge's side). So I mad emy way down to her and made up a fib that my knees were sore from sitting it tight quarters and asked her if I could stand where she was. She told me to go back to my seat and stand in the aisle. I reminded her that I shared cookies with her and her friends and she relented and let me stand right off the side of the stage!
U2 hits the stage and I could tell right away that times were changing! Bono had grown the mullet out and Edge was growing a ponytail. Larry and Adam looked the same to me.
They told the media that they would open with "C'mon Everybody" but nobody believed it. Sure enough, they open with the Eddie Cochran classic rocker!
Pride and New Year's Day followed and the whole building was hopping! If Sting's set burned the house down, U2 was bringing it back up like a Phoenix!
Then we get a slow version of Sunday Bloody Sunday which was very cool! This was a band about to hit its zenith and unafraid to try new things!
A couple of cool covers with Maggie's Farm and Help!. Maggie's Farm brought Larry out to the front of the stage with a single drum (common place these days) and during a jam in the you might recognize some licks that would become Bullet The Blue Sky.
U2 tries to leave the stage like they were out of time but Bill Graham (the late, great Bill Graham!) signaled them to continue playing. I was thinking to myself that they could leave without playing Bad!
A beautiful version of Bad gave way to Sun City with some vocal help from Lou Reed! Amazing stuff!
All the performers joined U2 on the stage for the Bob Dylan finale of I Shall Be Released.
23 years later and this still ranks as one of the greatest concert experiences of my life. I really did believe that rock and roll could make a difference back then (I'm a little more cynical now in my 40s! lol).
We didn't know where this would lead U2, but we found out less than a year later when The Joshua Tree was released and U2 became the biggest band on the planet.
A Conspiracy of Hope was kind of the end of innocence for U2. It was the bridge from Unforgettable Fire to Joshua Tree. No movie screens or light shows were necessary, just U2 and its fans made a U2 show so special.
I'm very lucky that I caught the opener of this important tour. The Police would reform and play sets later in the tour and the Giants Stadium closing show was broadcast on radio and TV.
After the Cow Palace, the tour moved on to Los Angeles...
