From the 2002 'U2 - Go Home' video ... Live at Slane Castle in Ireland ...
This video is from the last show on what I believe was a >1.5 year long, sold-out World Tour ... one in which they gave that unbelievable Super Bowl Halftime performance shortly after 9/11 ...
So, they returned back to Dublin to close out the HUGELY successful tour (a bit of a comeback at the time, really), and gave this show in front of 250,000+ screaming fans on the Polo Grounds at Slane Castle ... but, tragically ... Bono got home to Ireland just in time to say goodbye to his father ... who passed away only days before this concert.
Here they play their first-ever single 'Out Of Control' from 1980's 'Boy', pretending at first to be the 'opening band' in the show, and at the 3:00 mark give tribute to their collective families who helped them get their start, as well as their 'tribe' from Dublin ... nobody but Bono can own a crowd like this ... it's breathtaking, and makes tears well up for me every time I watch it.
Of course, it probably helps I've owned 'Boy' on vinyl since around 1981 ... maybe the 7th or 8th record I ever bought w/my own cash ...
I recommend putting it on full screen, get the headphones on, and crank it the hell up ...
If you're a U2 fan and you've never watched this whole show ... I HIGHLY recommend it. It's a tour-de-force, start to finish. The version of Kite (more tribute to his dad), and All I Want Is You/Where the Streets Have No Name are other huge highlights ...
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