U2 is simply the best band of the last 40 years and the biggest live band of the last 35 years

This concert was held in Wembley stadium, London

This video is in the originally color, LOL. Color had been around about 25 years by that time. So many amazing U2 songs and live performances to react to. They are the best live rock band still performing today. Some options: "U2 - All I Want Is You / Where the Streets Have No Name" (Live version posted by "Larissa Ononfre" will never get blocked & is best) or you can do the Where the Streets version live from Slane Castle 2001; "U2 -Love is Blindness & I Can't Help Falling in Love" (Zoo TV Live From Syndey)"; and Bullet the Blue Sky live from the Rattle and Hum tour. So many more epic tracks, but that's a good start.

A few things to note: Back then, everything was still wired. There were no in-ear monitors yet. The stage was REALLY high. Look how he had to climb a ladder to get back up. When Bono jumps down from the stage 1) It is a long way down. 2) The band cannot see or hear what is happening. This was spontaneous, so they dont know if they should keep going or not. If you know that you are going to jam, you can be more free to let loose. In this moment the band is internally, in panic

Thank you Finally , a reaction to the 2 and best live performance at live Aid, 6 hours before Queen too the stage. 11 am, Wembley Stadium, from a band with a small following in Europe, and a very few people in the States.....after this performance U2 was Worldwide!

This is Live Aid, at Wembley Stadium in London, a charity concert for Africa Famine Relief. It was shot in color and broadcast live on MTV and several other channels in the US.

This was in Wembley Stadium, London, UK while simultaneously playing remotely to JFK stadium in Philly, PA, USA. This concert was in both locations on the same day. It was a huge event. You should check out some of the other performences. Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger AND Tina Turner, Bowie, Judas Priest, Madonna, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and of course, Queen. Oh, and Phil Collins played at Wembley and jumped on a plane to perform again the same day at JFK stadium at a untuned piano. What a concert! That's just off the top of my head.

This was a pivotal moment in U2’s career. They’d released 4 albums up to this point and were gaining in popularity, but this performance helped catapult them into stardom. They followed 2 years later with the 1987 album The Joshua Tree, which catapulted them into super-superstardom. They’ve arguably remained the biggest live act on the planet to this day.

I think your next U2 reaction should be "Love is Blindness" live from Sydney 1993 Ps. Dont get distracted by what Bono is wearing. He had an alter ego for that tour called Mister Macphisto. That is a WHOLE other story. Listen to the Guitar SoloS. Yes there are 2 guitar solos in this song and they are godly! Here is the link m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a89gi8R-v9Cdo40.html

If you had fun, you should also listen to the first profound song Sunday, Bloody Sunday, because each group had a 15 minute performance at this Live Aid/Wembley charity concert in 1985. But if you are interested in U2's roots, choose Sunday, Bloody Sunday by Red Rocks 1983, such a legendary concert in a Colorado amphitheater, so energetic, passionate+post-punk. P.S. Bono saw a girl who was almost crushed by the mass, which is why the security guards were called in. Years later, the lady thanked her again in the media. At the end there is a snipset of Rolling Stones songs and Luo Reed (at the beginning of the song Satellite OF Love + at the end of the song Walk On The Wide Side).

Bono jumped off the stage to save that girl. She was being crushed by the crowd. He pretty much saved her life.

The voice, the passion, best live band ever!

Always down for a U2 newbie and I love/hate the velcro cap strap. I mean I get how it's more customizable but it also is prone to be non-symmetric. I would say that this was U2's first big introduction to the world, given the venue and audience. They were however building up their rep on college and independent radio back when radio was a thing before streaming services. Queen won the day of course but this band got people loose and moving and you love to see it when 60k-100k people can be on the same page. The difference in their sound from their first couple of albums, which I would describe as stark and spartan yet still gorgeous, like a rock Gregorian chant, to War ("Surrender" is a standout production-wise), to all of Live at Red Rocks to much of the grandiosity of The Unforgettable Fire to the sea change Americana influence of The Joshua Tree to the live licks of Rattle and Hum (and accompanying film) to the absolute switch-up to Euro dance and techno influences in Achtung Baby and especially Zooropa (which is such a lush soundscape) is to me a surprising growth and development changeup for what would have been considered a beer bar four piece outfit in 1981. And then on to the Vegas Sphere. What I'm trying to say is that like David Bowie, they made the effort to keep changing with the times and I think it's very difficult to do even that, and doing it effectively is really worth people's attention.

Hey, great vid and welcome to U2-ville. The "U2- All I Want is You/Where the Streets Have No Name" live from Slane Castle is a great one to check out. This band has dozens of great hits. If you did one U2 per month, it would take you years to cover them all.

For me, the Rattle and Hum performance of BAD is the best.

3:38 LMAO 🤣 🤣 🤣

I remember when i first saw this, this was a problem to the others who was about to sing, sorry, but Bono steal the consert, some like Queen, and I like U2. (new channel so great!!)

I cannot say for sure about why the up-beat tune on a track with a sad back-story. My guess is that Bono is thinking about a conversation with his friend, and wanting to keep it up beat and up-lifting to celebrate his life rather than his death. In the early 90s, Bono has some interviews about intentionally masking the meaning of some songs. Generally, those are more political in nature, and I think that was more to just get out an enjoyable song for everyone, while still speaking to his heart in the song without being so in-your-face with a political message.

please turn up the music. it's much lower in volume than your voice.

Seriously

Is live aid a charity or something?

Suggest you do some research