Bono - 2022-11-12 - San Francisco, CA (IEM/FLAC)

(IEM FLAC)

Bono

San Francisco

November 12, 2022

The Orpheum

Lineage:

1. Multiple IEM Receivers > Multitrack Recorder (24/44.1)

Taper: Sharebear/hoserama

2. Custom Omnis > Custom 12v battery box > M10 (24/4

Taper: Salem

* Note: Custom mics are very similiar to the DPA 4061

Mixed by sharebear/hoserama

Dithered using Izotope MBIT+

Flac'ed using Trader's Little Helper

Mix version 20221205C

01. Intro

02. City of Blinding Lights

03. Vertigo

04. (On Tour With Me Book)

05. With Or Without You

06. (Show Intro)

07. (I Was Born With an Eccentric Heart)

08. (My Father, The Tenor)

09. (My Mother, Iris)

10. (The Ramones)

11. Out of Control

12. (Geomoetry and Geography of the Irish Mind)

13. (Drummer Seeks Musician)

14. (Larry Mullen Jr.)

15. (The Edge)

16. (Adam Clayton)

17. Stories for Boys

18. (U2's Rehearsal Room)

19. I Will Follow

20. Iris

21. (Back in the Sorrento Lounge)

22. (Mt. Temple Comprehensive School)

23. (Paul McGuinness)

24. (Business of Pumped Up Personalities)

25. Sunday Bloody Sunday

26. (Two Tenors in Search of a Third)

27. Pride

28. (A Bigger Brain)

29. Where the Streets Have No Name

30. (After the Joshua Tree)

31. Desire

32. (Love Makes the World Go Around)

33. (Back in the Sorrento Lounge Again)

34. Beautiful Day

35. (Unscientific Theory)

36. Torna a Surriento

37. (Closing Remarks)

38. City of Blinding Lights

(Parentheses indicate spoken word sections and set pieces)

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Show Notes:

About the halfway point of Bono's book tour, second to last in the US. Bono's voice in good form, mind in good spirit, and a good and respectful crowd. Glad I went and saw it, although I think just one show is good enough for me.

Recording Notes:

The PA for this show was on the low side, and the dynamics were very wide. Bono goes from a whisper that you can't hear unless you're next to the speaker to a loud yell of a rock star. Then since the PA volume is low, crowd noise can overpower the music easily. Thankfully the wireless recordings help greatly in that regard, putting a direct line from Bono's microphone(s) to your ears. That said, the wireless cames with a bunch of extra sauce. All four folks on stage to a high level of click track and verbal cues during the musical sections of the show. In particular, several songs have a "one" cue on every downbeat of the song. Very annoying for the outside listener (can't blame them though--not meant for outside listening). I've spent a lot of time scrubbing those counts and clicks. Sometimes you'll hear a little left over, or some artifacts when the cue overlapped with a spoken word. Can't be perfect, but much better than the original source in my opinion.