U2 in LA – U2 Innocence & Experience – Night 5

Show #5
This is the last of a string of 5 LA Shows. The 4 shows prior were okay. I got off on the new material. A little skimpy on the rarities especially since I heard most of them already rehearsed in Vancouver, therefore, know what potentially works.
The songs that were rehearsed during soundcheck earlier today:
Ordinary Love
Volcano
No Line on the Horizon
A shout out to Sil, my favorite U2 fan club member from Brazil whose been to every show to date. I love hearing her talk and her genuine heart. She will be missed… until a few days. Her accent is intoxicating. She is really hot to! In Vancouver I shared my white rabbit candy with her.
They changed the intro song from Beat on The Brat by the Ramones to People Have The Power by Patti Smith, a punk icon that I had the pleasure of meeting this year.
The show started a bit late, therefore, for the first number U2 skipped the chorus sing along done by the GA fans. I personally liked this, therefore, was a bit disappointed that this was skipped. The first 2 songs were rushed to make up for lost time.
I was glad that they brought back Out On Control.
Between Sil and my singing I felt really sorry for my best friend. Two out of tune singers yelling in his ear, excited for Out of Control. The sad truth is that they should’ve played 11 O’Clock Tick Tock. They played this at the Roxy (secret club gig). I heard that show from the venue (bootleg that was uploaded) and it was done well enough that it could’ve and should’ve been played tonight.
There’s no teleprompter on the walkway, therefore, he messed up the lyrics to Raised by Wolves. He sang the same verse twice. Casual fans didn’t notice but I did a double take.
Over all Bono was very into the show and so was the audience. This was the best of all 5 LA Shows. The two days rest between show #4 and #5 helped his voice a lot. They were also well rested.
The curveball rarity song was Volcano. I NEVER heard this rehearsed in any of the 5 weeks in Vancouver. Bono was very nervous about performing this song. Most U2 fans remember the «Fast Cars» incident. The band rehearsed this song 5 times only today. It was a demanding performance from all of them. It was decently executed given the circumstance. Bono joked at the end of the song that they need to do a little more rehearsing on that number. Is Bono hinting that we may hear this in Denver?
The other curveball was Ordinary Love. I’ve never heard this song live. It was a really bad version. In general it’s a weak song. It sounded as though they only rehearsed it 5 times today. Thankfully it was a short song.
There was a technical difficulty on the B-​stage. The piano did not pop up, therefore, Bono had to do an impromptu stage banter segment to kill time. It was kinda cool to hear Bono unrehearsed with his stage banter. The band ended up performing Every Breaking Wave on the main stage on a different piano. Vocally Bono paced himself and took a lot of short cuts. Most notes were executed okay. In retrospect this was the best version of the LA run out of the 5.
Larry Mullen came in a bar early on Bullet The Blue Sky without warning Bono. Thankfully it flowed seamlessly.
U.S debut of Troubles was cool. Finally this song made a debut outside Canada.