02.07.2015
USA, Chicago, United Center
U2 - 2015-07-02 - Chicago - Wireless Matrix
exc. IEM / AUD

Disc 1: [1:16:45]
01. Intro (People Have The Power) [4:57]
02. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) [5:04]
03. Gloria [4:44]
04. Vertigo [3:32]
05. I Will Follow [7:31]
06. Iris (Hold Me Close) [6:25]
07. Cedarwood Road [4:40]
08. Song For Someone [4:09]
09. Sunday Bloody Sunday [5:33]
10. Raised By Wolves [4:28]
11. Until The End Of The World [5:45]
12. Intermission (The Wanderer) [4:35]
13. Invisible [4:24]
14. Even Better than the Real Thing [4:33]
15. Mysterious Ways [6:20]

Disc 2: [1:13:50]
01. California [5:40]
02. Ordinary Love [4:19]
03. Every Breaking Wave [4:31]
04. Bullet The Blue Sky [7:48]
05. Hands that Built America [1:21]
06. Pride [5:54]
07. Beautiful Day [4:50]
08. Bad [7:04]
09. With Or Without You [5:22]
10. Encore [3:18]
11. Hawkins Video [1:09]
12. City Of Blinding Lights [5:29]
13. Mother and Child [4:17]
14. Where The Streets Have No Name [6:40]
15. "40" [6:01]

Source 1:
3x Wireless Sources > Multitrack recorder
Taper: BigBen

Source 2:
HEB (DPA 4060) > batt box > Roland R09
Taper: TallTaper

Mixed, Produced, and Mastered by Sharebear/Hoserama 
Aligned in Adobe Audition 
Mixed in Nuendo 4, using extra waves, Ozone, Slate plug-ins 
Dithered using Izotope MBIT+ 
Flac'ed using Trader's Little Helper 
Mix version 10

Show Notes:
I wasn't there, but folks I know that were there said this show and perhaps Chi2 were the best of the Chicago stand. Certainly some funny band goof-ups, but powerful show on the American 2015 run. 

Recording Notes:
Bit of a crazy adventure in taping for this show. While one of the main crew members was off having fun with security, the rest of the crew had to pick up the slack. Talltaper pulling a good aud on the floor and BigBen running the wireless rig, using gear supplied by sharebear and datfly. So team effort all around, but lions share of the credit goes to the tapers. 

Mixing Notes:
I did a couple mixes of this tour with the intention of rivaling official releases. With that goal in mind and many many hours logged, I was able to complete four mixes over nine months. Feeling burned out, and with some friendly encouragement, I changed gears and decided to focus on making "Sharebear Scratch Mixes". I could spend a tenth of the time on a particular show, and get a mix that was about 85% of the quality. Shortcuts were taken, things may not be perfectly balanced, but they make a good solid mix. So within 4-5 months, I banged out something like 12 shows. It's a struggle fighting my inner perfectionist, but there's a middle ground somewhere. This recording is one of those scratch mixes. As far as a mix quality grade goes, I'd give it a solid B. I'd consider it an upgrade over the previous Bono IEM + AUD release, but to each their own.

I could point out the various glitches or oddball things in the mix that I hear everytime I listen, but what's the fun in that? I will say that I used the audio from the previous Bono/AUD mix for Hands that Built America since there was a glitch in the BigBen recording for that section. 

As always, encouraging people to get into taping and mixing. Just take the craft seriously and it will reward you many times over. IEM recordings are not for everyone. If not they're not your thing, either sonically or ethically, there's excellent alternative recording out there. Similarly, I'm mixing primarily for my ears. This is what sounds best to me. This may not sound best to you. That's a fair statement. I'm open to honest criticism (although you should have caught me when I was working on the mix!), but pointless complaining is unappreciated (naturally). Let's play nice.  

Please don't sell this recording in any way - no cash for blanks, 2:1s, or any other form of "getting paid for your time". Just share it freely. Please don't convert to mp3, then back to wave, and then trade it around. This stuff is too easy to find on torrents now. Please do not attempt to remaster/remix this recording and spread it around. This has been heavily processed, and if you want to do your own mix, go get the wireless recordings (good luck) and do it yourself from scratch. Also, please don't torrent on other sites without at least dropping me a line and asking. I may want to just torrent it there myself. Please ask (and wait for permission!) before putting it into any matrix + video. If you ask nicely, I will likely say “yes”. Enjoy y'all! - Hoserama/Sharebear

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