U2 - Human Rights Day

(Soundboard)

21 March 1998 - Johannesburg Stadium - Johannesburg, South Africa


U2 ended their PopMart tour with the best concert of the tour, of that I'm sure! I saw the show in Cape Town, and if that is what a standard show is like, the Johannesburg show was in a totally different league. The crowd seemed to be a bit sleepy, with Bono not getting the participation he hoped for, but U2 made up for whatever the crowd lacked. In his speech before I still have not found, Bono thanked us, the crew, he thanked U2 for letting him be in their band and he a also thanked God. Where the streets have no name, was done at its ultimate best, with Bono shouting at the end over and over again - "I can die now!" When the lemon opened it was full of balloons and streamers with the band all drinking champagne - what a sight! And then of course there was the final song, something which I will never forget. At the end of One, I waited for MLK or Can't help falling in love to start, but then Edge started playing a beautiful sequence on the guitar, at first I did not know what it was because I was not expecting it at all, but when Bono started with the first verse I realised that they were actually playing "40." It was a sight I will never forget, with Adam and Larry standing on the front of the stage, Bono singing and Edge playing!
-Izak Burger
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Saturday night i was rather deaf and got in bed @ 2am - but sooooooo excited. A dream came true. There's this ultra marathon in South Africa - 90 kilometres (60 miles?). Once the winner commented looking @ the crowd still finishing in the heat 7 hours after him, that they experience the true spirit of the event. So was the U2 concert. 35 metres from the front or was it 50? Seeing the screen beautifully, but having to stretch to see the stars we wanted to thrill kiss, hold, &kill :-). Afterwards smelling from beer, nicotine, marijuana and dripping from sweat, but happy after a truly spiritual experience. It was the best worship of God I ever had (even better than church where I lead it) when we pleaded with God in 40 and throughout.
The event was broadcast semi-live over national television. Semi because the show started 9:30 and on tv @ 10 so they could squeze commercials in - so popmartish :-). Looking 2 the show afterwards on tv I got the best of both worlds. Live the vibe and crowd.....tv the quality and some moments you missed in the crowd. I taped it from my VCR to tape - great listen in the car. Anybody wanna trade? I need Achtung baby & Zooropa on CD. What a mess afterwards. Interesting - selling beer in plastic bottles - good thing :-). Were there from 5:00. Tickets (ours) cost 170 rand each for me and my youngest brother - I made him the U2 fan year's ago, so he bought the tickets. We sang "how long to sing this song probably for 5 minutes and heard some music and went wild!!! But that wasn't them. Just a cd. Then: looking for baby Jesus under the trash. U2 - thanx for blessing us. We'll pray for you guys. Peace to you and fans all around the world.
- Francois Mulder

Disc 1
01. Pop Muzik (PA)
02. Mofo
03. I Will Follow
04. Gone
05. Even Better than the Real Thing
06. Last Night on Earth
07. Until the End of the World
08. New Year's Day
09. Pride (In the Name of Love)
10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11. Stand By Me
12. All I Want is You
13. Staring at the Sun
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday

Disc 2
01. Bullet the Blue Sky
02. Please
03. Where the Streets Have No Name
04. - Lemon Intermission (PA) -
05. Discothèque
06. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
07. With or Without You
08. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
09. Mysterious Ways
10. One
11. "40"

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