U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland

U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland
Video by U2
Released 17 November 2003 (2003-11-17)
Recorded 1 September 2001 at Slane Castle in Slane, Ireland
Genre Rock
Length 132 minutes
Label Island / Interscope
Director Hamish Hamilton
Producer Ned O'Hanlon
U2 video chronology
The Best of 1990–2000
(2002)		 U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
(2003)		 Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago
(2005)
U2 live chronology
Zoo TV Live
(2006)		 U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
(2007)		 Live from Paris
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[2]
The Music Box [3]
PopMatters (very favourable)[4]
Rolling Stone [5]

U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland is a concert video release by rock band U2 from the European leg of their Elevation Tour. Recorded on 1 September 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 once a year, U2 played two concerts. 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, preceded by 2001's Elevation 2001: Live from Boston.

The film features the band playing Slane to more than 80,000 people, the second of two concerts played at Slane Castle on the Elevation Tour. The performances were the band's first at Slane since 1981 when they opened for Thin Lizzy. Bono had lost his father to cancer several days before the concert. Their first night at Slane was a day after his father was buried. Bono also dedicates "Kite" his father. U2 Go Home was filmed on Saturday, 1 September 2001 the same day Ireland secured a place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The match was shown to the football-crazy Irish crowd at Slane Castle prior to the concert, adding to the already festive air.

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.

The DVD features the concert in the PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, and DTS 5.1 audio formats.

Track listing

  1. "Elevation"
  2. "Beautiful Day"
  3. "Until the End of the World"
  4. "New Year's Day"
  5. "Out of Control"
  6. "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  7. "Wake Up Dead Man"
  8. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
  9. "Kite"
  10. "Angel of Harlem"
  11. "Desire"
  12. "Staring at the Sun"
  13. "All I Want Is You"
  14. "Where the Streets Have No Name"
  15. "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
  16. "Bullet the Blue Sky"
  17. "With or Without You"
  18. "One"
  19. "Walk On"
Bonus tracks
  1. "Mysterious Ways"

Charts and certifications

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Austrian Top 10 Music DVDs[6] 2
German Albums Chart[7] 42
Ireland Top 20 DVDs[8] 2
Netherlands Top 30 Music DVDs[9] 1
Spanish Top 20 Music DVDs[10] 2
Swiss Top 100 Albums[11] 25
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Top 40 Music DVDs[12] 1
Japanese DVDs Chart[13] 49
New Zealand Top 10 Music DVDs[14] 1
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Belgium (Flanders) Top 10 Music DVDs[15] 2
Belgium (Wallonia) Top 10 Music DVDs[16] 5
Danish Top 10 Music DVDs[17] 1
Italian Top 20 Music DVDs[18] 2
Norwegian Top 10 DVDs[19] 1
Portuguese Top 30 Music DVDs[20] 3
Swedish Top 20 DVDs[21] 2
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[22] Platinum 8,000x
Australia (ARIA)[23] 7× Platinum 105,000^
Brazil (ABPD)[24] Diamond 100,000*
France (SNEP)[25] Gold 10,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[26] Platinum 20,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[27] 2× Platinum 10,000x
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[10] Gold 10,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  2. ^ Willman, Chris (21 November 2003). "U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle Ireland Review". Entertainment Weekly (738). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,543131,00.html. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Metzger, John (February 2004). "U2 - Go Home: Live from Slane Castle / 2001 Elevation Tour (DVD Review)". The Music Box 11 (2). http://www.musicbox-online.com/u2-slane.html. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
  4. ^ Beaumont, Michael (20 January 2004). "U2: Go Home: Live From Slane Castle, Ireland [DVD]". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/u2-gohome/. 
  5. ^ Hoard, Christian (7 January 2004). "U2 - Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland: Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090226195128/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/dvd/15323542/review/6039334/u2_go_home. 
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  7. ^ "Chartverfolgung / U2 / Longplay" (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/U2/?type=longplay. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  8. ^ "Top 20 DVD, Week Ending 27 November 2003" (JSP). GfK Chart-Track. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fvideo%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=250002&arch=t&lyr=2003&year=2003&week=48. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  9. ^ "GfK Dutch DVD Music Top 30" (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2003&date=20031129. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
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  11. ^ "U2 – Go Home – Live from Slane Castle (DVD)" (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=U2&titel=Go+Home+%2D+Live+From+Slane+Castle+%5BDVD%5D&cat=a. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
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  13. ^ "Artist Ranking DVD" (in Japanese). Oricon Style. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/25234/ranking/dvd/. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
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  15. ^ "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD" (in Dutch) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2005&date=20050702. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
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  18. ^ "Archivio: DVD Musicali: Settimana 29, 2005 [Archive: Music DVDs: Week 29, 2005]" (in Italian) (PHP). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_dvd.php?anno=2005&mese=07&id=160. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  19. ^ "Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2005 – Uke 32" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. http://lista.vg.no/liste/dvd-audio/10/dato/2005/uke/32. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  20. ^ "Top 30 DVD's Musicais – Semana 34 De 2005" (in Portuguese) (PHP). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. http://www.afp.org.pt/top.php?top=topdvd&qano=2005&sem=34. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  21. ^ "Sverigetopplistan" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/.  Search for U2 and click Sök.
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  25. ^ "French video certifications – U2 – Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=2003&type=16. 
  26. ^ "Mexican video certifications – U2 – Go Home-Live from Slane Ca" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=U2&titulo=Go+Home-Live+from+Slane+Ca&categoria=MUSIC+VIDEO&contenido=buscar. 
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