U2 MLK Trading Page - Final Dress Rehearsals

Final Dress Rehearsals
March 22, 2001
Miami, FL
Miami Arena.

Disc 1: (60:28)
Disc 2: (59:43)

Disc 1:
1. Pre-Intro Music [0:57]
2. Intro [1:33]
3. Elevation [3:43]
4. Beautiful Day [4:33]
5. Until The End Of The World [4:55]
6. New Year's Day [4:50]
7. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of [4:43]
8. Gone [4:35]
9. Discothèque [5:11]
10. Staring At The Sun [1:40]
11. New York [6:17]
12. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (aborted) [0:22]
13. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock [4:17]
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday [3:25]
15. Sweetest Thing [4:10]
16. In A Little While [3:50]
17. Talking In the Background [1:27]

Disc 2:
1. The Ground Beneath Her Feet [2:57]
2. Bad [7:15]
3. Where The Streets Have No Name [5:55]
4. Mysterious Ways [5:49]
5. The Fly [5:47]
6. Talking In the Background [2:20]
7. Bullet The Blue Sky [6:06]
8. With Or Without You [5:16]
9. One [5:39]
10. Walk On [6:06]
11. Conversations / Prayer [6:33]

Comments [Justinscdrtrading.com]: This is an awesome bootleg...it is a virtually flawless earpiece recording of the final dress rehearsal before the Elevation Tour began. Sound quality is astounding...everything is perfectly clear. Remember, this isn't a true concert - Bono doesn't have the crowd's energy to push him along - but what it lacks in emotion is made up for by the "behind the scenes" feeling that this recording gives the listener. Ever wondered what the band goes through in the final stages of preparation for a tour? Listening to this bootleg will give you an excellent idea.
I received this bootleg from Dan Morales (thanks a lot, Dan!). Here are his comments:

This is what I call the 'Final Dress Rehearsal'...it's a full run-through of the concert - from 'Just can't get enough' to 'Walk On'. They play '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' and play 'New York' only to flub 1/5th the way into it and they have to start over. During 'Where The Streets Have No Name', Bono begins to sing the song, but loses motivation and only speaks the words (it's rather funny)...the 'ohhhh...oh, oh, oh' is also funny to hear. During 'Mysterious Ways', Bono doesn't really sing at all...but the rest of the band is going and The Edge still has to sing his part. I am pretty sure this was recorded at the old Miami Arena because Bono mentions the bums outside and buying them Kentucky Fried Chicken. After the actual rehearsal, Bono talks for a while and then brings Jack Easlip (sp) a pastor and asks that if anyone wants a blessing, they should come up to the front. There is 6:33 of talk at the very end...first Bono, and then the Pastor (who delivers a Psalm which is may be where Bono got the idea for the saying he goes into before 'Streets') It's from an earpiece and it is quite good...although obviously there is no actual concert energy because it's not an actual concert.

There are other songs during which Bono doesn't sing along the entire time..."With Or Without You" for one. Again, this bootleg is not like any others. It some ways that is a good thing, in some ways that is a bad thing. However, there is no doubt that it is a truly unique recording.

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