Description
All That You Can’t Leave Behind was the tenth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released o the 30th of October 2000. The band did a lot of promotion for the album during September and October that year and they did several Radio and TV shows, including a number of U2 firsts such as appearances on MTV’s Total Request Live, USA Network’s Farmclub.com, and Saturday Night Live. Theband also did a short concert for about 600 people at the ManRay club in Paris, France, on 19 October 2000. This album features some of those appearances the band did during this All That You Can’t Leave Behind Promo Tour. First out we have the bands BBC Radio 1 session recorded at Maida Vale Studio on the 23rd of October, it is followed by the KROQ Session from Stage 42 at the Universal Studios on the 26th of October and The RTI Session at Clarence Hoteln in Dublin on the 27th of September. The album then ends with the bands complete performance at the Self Aid festival at the RDS Arena in Dublin on the 17th of May 1986. Self Aid was an unemployment benefit concert held by primarily Irish musicians, although Elvis Costello and Chris Rea, both Englishmen of Irish descent, were designated “honorary Irishmen” for the day. The purpose of the concert was to highlight the chronic unemployment problem in Ireland at the time, with nearly 250,000 people unemployed. The 14-hour concert was the largest that had ever been staged in Ireland. Tributes were also paid to Phil Lynott who had died just 4 months earlier, including a performance by a reformed Thin Lizzy with Gary Moore on lead vocals. U2 performed 5 tracks and among them we have a magnificent version of Bob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm.
Track list:
1. Elevation-BBC Session October 23rd 2000
2. New York-BBC Session October 23rd 2000
3. Stuck In A Moment I Can’t Get Out Of-BBC Session October 23rd 2000
4. Beautiful Day-BBC Session October 23rd 2000
5. Shes A Mystery To Me-BBC Session October 23rd 2000
6. Elevation-KROQ Session October 26th 2000
7. New York-KROQ Session October 26th 2000
8. Stuck In A Moment I Can’t Get Out Of-KROQ Session October 26th 2000
9. Beautiful Day-KROQ Session October 26th 2000
10. Elevation-RTI Session September 27th 2000
11. C’mon Everybody-Self Aid May 17th 1986
12. Pride (In The Name Of Love)-Self Aid May 17th 1986
13. Sunday Bloody Sunday-Self Aid May 17th 1986
14. Maggie’s Farm-Self Aid May 17th 1986
15. Bad / Candle In The Wind / Walk On The Wild Side-Self Aid May 17th 1986