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U2 War Tour 1983 Leg III
European Summer Festivals

07/02/1983 Festival Grounds - Torhout, Belgium
Out of Control, Twilight, An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart, New Year's Day, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Seconds, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Gloria
encores: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

07/03/1983 Festival Grounds - Werchter, Belgium
Out of Control, Twilight, An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart, Surrender, Two Hearts Beat as One / Be-Bop-A-Lula (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Gloria
encores: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / Sweet Dreams (snippet) / Someone Somewhere In Summertime (snippet) (with Jim Kerr), Happy Birthday, I Will Follow, 40 (with Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart)
comment: Jim Kerr of Simple Minds joins U2 on stage during 11 O'Clock Tick Tock. Happy Birthday is sung for drum technician Tom Mullally. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics come on stage during the latter portion of 40.

08/14/1983 Phoenix Park - Dublin, Ireland
Out of Control, Twilight, An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart, Surrender, Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Seconds, Sunday Bloody Sunday (with Steve Wickham), The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet) (with Steve Wickham), I Fall Down, October, New Year's Day, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Gloria
encores: Happy Birthday, Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / Give Peace a Chance (snippet), I Will Follow, 40 (with Annie Lennox)
comment: U2 headline "A Day at the Races" at the Phoenix Park racecourse. Steve Wickham joins U2 for Sunday Bloody Sunday and The Electric Co. Annie Lennox of Eurythmics joins U2 for 40. Happy Birthday is sung for a confused Edge, whose birthday was a week earlier. Party Girl is dedicated to Aisling O'Sullivan, who married Edge between their last concert and this one.

08/20/1983 Loreley Amphitheater - St. Goarshausen, Germany
Out of Control, Twilight, An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart, Surrender / Congratulations (snippet) / A Little Peace (snippet) / In the Midnight Hour (snippet), Two Hearts Beat as One, Seconds, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / America (West Side Story) (snippet) / Send in the Clowns (snippet)
encores: Gloria, New Year's Day, I Will Follow, 40
comment: U2 perform at the Loreley Festival. Broadcast on TV and radio. The success of the performance directly led to the release of 40 as a single in Germany, as 40 (How Long). From this concert Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Electric Co., New Year's Day, I Will Follow, and 40 are released on the EP Under a Blood Red Sky.

08/21/1983 Kalvoya Festival - Oslo, Norway
Out of Control, Twilight, An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart, Surrender / In the Midnight Hour (snippet), Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Seconds, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet)
encores: Gloria, New Year's Day, I Will Follow, 40
comment: U2 perform at the Kalvoya Festival. At a press conference after their set, the band talks about needing to reinvent themselves in a manner similar to the infamous "Dream it up again" speech at the end of the decade.


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