U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
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| U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle | |
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| Directed by | Hamish Hamilton |
| Produced by | Ned O'Hanlon |
| Starring | Bono The Edge Adam Clayton Larry Mullen Jr. |
| Music by | U2 |
| Editing by | Brian McCue |
| Distributed by | Interscope / Island |
| Release date(s) | November 17, 2003 (Europe) November 18, 2003 (USA) |
| Running time | 132 mins |
| Country | UK / USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Elevation: Live from Boston (2001) |
| Followed by | Vertigo: Live from Chicago (2005) |
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U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle is a video release by rock band U2 from the European leg of their Elevation Tour. Recorded on September 1, 2001 at Slane Castle on the band's featured stop in County Meath, Ireland, it was released on DVD in November 2003. Although Slane Concerts at Slane Castle are traditionally held only once a year, U2 had sold so many tickets, they decided to hold a second concert. This was the final concert of the first European leg of the Elevation Tour.
The film was the second of two concert releases from the tour, following 2001's Elevation: Live From Boston.
[edit] Footage
The film features the band returning home to its native country of Ireland and playing a particularly memorable concert to more than 80,000 people. It was a difficult time for Bono, as his father, who he had been visiting even while on tour overseas, had just died after a bout with cancer weeks earlier. This is reflected in the band's performances, carrying more emotional weight and intensity than usual. The return to Slane Castle was also the band's first concert since playing there in 1981, when they were not a headline act.
U2 Go Home was filmed on Saturday September 1, 2001, just moments after Ireland secured its place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup with the only goal of the match, scored by Irishman Jason McAteer. The match was shown to the football-crazy Irish crowd at Slane Castle prior to the concert, adding to the already festive air. Bono mentions the goal during "Beautiful Day", singing 'Beautiful goal' at the songs closing. Later, he kicks a blown up ball off the stage symbolizing the historic kick. During "New Year's Day", Bono drapes himself in the Irish flag, something he has seldom done — preferring the white peace flag — asking the crowd to imagine he's Jason McAteer. Bono also added to the emotion of the song by removing his trademark sunglasses at the beginning of the first verse, a rare sight. The crowd was in a frenzy for most of the night, making this concert video one of the most compelling recordings of the band playing live.
The concert on August 25, one week earlier, was the day after Bono's father's funeral. Bono paid tribute to him on the film in a tearful version of "Kite". Prior to the song, he fondly remembers how his father and The Edge's used to get drunk together and walk through the streets late at night singing.
The band opens "Out Of Control" with Bono repeating an introduction to the song he gave 20 years earlier when the band was still unknown. Bono revisits a conversation with his father later in the song in which he requests a loan of £500 to start the band. He then thanks his father and the other band members' parents for their loans, as well as the £500 each audience member has likely given the band over the years.
The DVD includes a documentary of the making of the album The Unforgettable Fire (part of which was recorded in the castle's ballroom) and a bonus track, "Mysterious Ways" (left out of the setlist on the DVD because it didn't "fit in"). It was performed between "Where The Streets Have No Name" and "Pride (In the Name of Love)". All songs performed that night (except "Mysterious Ways") appear unabridged and in order.
Audio:
- PCM Stereo
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- DTS 5.1
[edit] Track listing
- "Elevation"
- "Beautiful Day"
- "Until the End of the World"
- "New Year's Day"
- "Out Of Control"
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
- "Wake Up Dead Man"
- "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
- "Kite"
- "Angel of Harlem"
- "Desire"
- "Staring At The Sun"
- "All I Want Is You"
- "Where the Streets Have No Name"
- "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
- "Bullet the Blue Sky"
- "With or Without You"
- "One"
- "Walk On"
[edit] Equipment
Guitars used:
- The Edge- Gibson SG, Gibson Explorer, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster, Rickenbacker 330-12, Taylor acoustic, Fernandes Native Pro Sustain.
- Bono- Gibson Hummingbird, Gretsch Irish Falcon, harmonica (on "Desire")
