U2 - Conspiracy Of Hope

(Broadcast)

16 June 1986 - The Meadowlands - East Rutherford, New Jersey



A Conspiracy of Hope was a short tour of six benefit concerts on behalf of Amnesty International that took place in the United States during June 1986. Held not to raise funds but to increase awareness of Amnesty on the 25th anniversary of its work for human rights, the shows were headlined by U2 and Sting. The last three shows featured a reunion of The Police. The tour was conceived by the Executive Director of Amnesty International's U.S. section, Jack Healey, and producer Martin Lewis, who had first recruited musicians to work with Amnesty several years before for The Secret Policeman's Balls series of benefit shows in England (1976-1981). The tour was run by famed rock promotor Bill Graham. Tickets for some of the shows were sold by mail-order lottery, a method popular in the 1970s for high-demand shows but here used for pretty much the last time, with computerized services such as Ticketron rapidly taking over. The concert in Denver was the worst attended show, even with all of the top names on the bill. The local promoter blamed the title of the concert for radio stations believing there truly was a conspiracy, hence the concert was not sold out . Lineup included: John Eddie, Third World, The Hooters, Peter Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Ruben Blades, Neville Brothers, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Yoko Ono, Little Steven, Bob Geldof, Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, The Police.

01 MLK
02 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
03 Bad
04 Sunday Bloody Sunday
05 Maggie's Farm / Cold Turkey (snippet)
06 Help
07 Sun City
08 Invisible Sun
09 I Shall Be Released

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