U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland

U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland
Video by U2
Released 17 November 2003 (2003-11-17)
Recorded 1 September 2001 at Slane Castle in Slane, Ireland
Genre Rock
Length 132 minutes
Label Island / Interscope
Director Hamish Hamilton
Producer Ned O'Hanlon
U2 chronology
The Best of 1990–2000
(2002)		 U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
(2003)		 Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago
(2005)
U2 chronology
Zoo TV Live
(2006)		 U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
(2007)		 Live from Paris
(2008)

U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland is a concert video release by rock band U2 from the European leg of their Elevation Tour. Recorded on 1 September 2001 at Slane Castle on the band's featured stop in County Meath, Ireland, it was released on DVD in November 2003. Although Slane Concerts at Slane Castle are traditionally held once a year, U2 played two concerts. This was the final concert of the first European leg of the Elevation Tour. The film was the second of two concert releases from the tour, preceded by 2001's Elevation 2001: Live from Boston.

Background

The Elevation Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, launched in support of the group's 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind. The tour was designed by Willie Williams and Mark Fisher, designers of a number of U2's tours.[1][2]

The key feature was the stage, which included a large heart-shaped ramp which jutted halfway out onto the arena floor, creating a glorified catwalk. Some general admission ticket-holders were placed inside the heart, on which band members could walk, getting closer to the audience on both sides. Visual images were presented on scrims mounted high among the lighting rigs, sometimes in dynamic swirling fashion such as for "Kite", and even on the entire indoor surface.[3]

Williams would win Live Design magazine's 2001 EDDY Award for his work on the tour;[4] the award stated, "While U2's current Elevation tour is striking in its simplicity, Williams created an almost complete amalgamation of lighting and video by using the entire space of each arena as a projection surface."[3]

Filming

"It was twenty years since we'd played Slane. And it was thrilling to go back to our home town and play to that many people. But Bob's funeral really felt like the end of an era and it took the edge off a huge occasion. The second show, a week later, was completely different."

—Larry on U2 playing Slane Castle

Slane Clastle where U2 played the concert

The film features the band playing Slane to more than 180,000 people,[5] the second of two concerts played at Slane Castle on the Elevation Tour. The performances were the band's first at Slane since 1981 when they opened for Thin Lizzy. Bob Hewson, the father of lead singer Bono, died of cancer several days before the first concert.

U2's first night at Slane was on 24 August, a day after Bono's father was buried. He dedicated the song "Kite" to his father. U2 Go Home was filmed on Saturday, 1 September 2001 the same day the Republic of Ireland beat the Netherlands to secure a place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Intercontinental Play-off where Ireland would go on to defeat Iran. The match was shown to the crowd at Slane Castle prior to the concert, adding to the already festive air. During the bridge in "New Year's Day", Bono drapes himself in the Irish flag and tells the crowd "close your eyes and imagine, it's Jason McAteer", who scored the decisive goal during the match.

Release

The DVD includes a documentary of the making of the album The Unforgettable Fire (part of which was recorded in the castle's ballroom) and a bonus track, "Mysterious Ways" (left out of the setlist on the DVD). It was performed between "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "Pride (In the Name of Love)". All songs performed that night (except "Mysterious Ways") appear unabridged and in order. The DVD features the concert in the PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, and DTS 5.1 audio formats.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[7]
The Music Box[8]
PopMatters(very favourable)[9]
Rolling Stone[10]

Track listing

  1. "Elevation"
  2. "Beautiful Day"
  3. "Until the End of the World"
  4. "New Year's Day"
  5. "Out of Control"
  6. "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  7. "Wake Up Dead Man"
  8. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
  9. "Kite"
  10. "Angel of Harlem"
  11. "Desire"
  12. "Staring at the Sun"
  13. "All I Want Is You"
  14. "Where the Streets Have No Name"
  15. "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
  16. "Bullet the Blue Sky"
  17. "With or Without You"
  18. "One"
  19. "Walk On"
Bonus tracks
  1. "Mysterious Ways"
  2. The Making of The Unforgettable Fire

Charts and certifications

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Austrian Top 10 Music DVDs[11] 2
German Albums Chart[12] 42
Ireland Top 20 DVDs[13] 2
Netherlands Top 30 Music DVDs[14] 1
Spanish Top 20 Music DVDs[15] 2
Swiss Top 100 Albums[16] 25
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Top 40 Music DVDs[17] 1
Japanese DVDs Chart[18] 49
New Zealand Top 10 Music DVDs[19] 1
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Belgium (Flanders) Top 10 Music DVDs[20] 2
Belgium (Wallonia) Top 10 Music DVDs[21] 5
Danish Top 10 Music DVDs[22] 1
Italian Top 20 Music DVDs[23] 2
Norwegian Top 10 DVDs[24] 1
Portuguese Top 30 Music DVDs[25] 3
Swedish Top 20 DVDs[26] 2
Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[27] Platinum 8,000*
Australia (ARIA)[28] 7× Platinum 105,000^
Brazil (ABPD)[29] Diamond 100,000*
France (SNEP)[30] Gold 10,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[31] Platinum 20,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[32] 2× Platinum 10,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] Gold 10,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

Footnotes
  1. ↑ "Paul McGuinness on U2's World Tour". Hot Press. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Announcing the U2 360° Tour". U2.com. Live Nation. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  3. 1 2 Catherine McHugh (2001-12-01). "The 2001 EDDY Awards: Willie Williams". Live Design. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  4. ↑ Ellen Lampert-Gréaux (2001-11-21). "10th Anniversary EDDY Awards Presenters Announced". Live Design. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  5. ↑ McCormick (2006), p. 384
  6. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle [DVD] - U2". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Willman, Chris (21 November 2003). "U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle Ireland Review". Entertainment Weekly (738). Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  8. ↑ Metzger, John (February 2004). "U2 - Go Home: Live from Slane Castle / 2001 Elevation Tour (DVD Review)". The Music Box. 11 (2). Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  9. ↑ Beaumont, Michael (20 January 2004). "U2: Go Home: Live From Slane Castle, Ireland [DVD]". PopMatters.
  10. ↑ Hoard, Christian (7 January 2004). "U2 - Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland: Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009.
  11. ↑ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD Top 10" (ASP). Austrian Charts (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / U2 / Longplay". Music Line (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  13. ↑ "Top 20 DVD, Week Ending 27 November 2003" (JSP). GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  14. ↑ "GfK Dutch DVD Music Top 30" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  15. 1 2 "Top 20 DVD Musical: Semana 01, 2004" (PDF). Productores de Música de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  16. ↑ "U2 – Go Home – Live from Slane Castle (DVD)" (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  17. ↑ "The ARIA Report (Issue 734)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. p. 21. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  18. ↑ "Artist Ranking DVD". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  19. ↑ "Top 10 Music DVDs" (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  20. ↑ "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD" (ASP). Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  21. ↑ "Ultratop 10 Musicaux" (ASP). Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  22. ↑ "Musik DVD Top-10: Uge 30 – 2005" (ASP). Hitlisten (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  23. ↑ "Archivio: DVD Musicali: Settimana 29, 2005" [Archive: Music DVDs: Week 29, 2005] (PHP). Federation of the Italian Music Industry (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  24. ↑ "Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2005 – Uke 32". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  25. ↑ "Top 30 DVD's Musicais – Semana 34 De 2005" (PHP). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  26. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Search for U2 and click Sök.
  27. ↑ "Argentinian video certifications – U2 – Go Home - Live from Stane Castle". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  28. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  29. ↑ "Brazilian video certifications – U2 – Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos.
  30. ↑ "French video certifications – U2 – Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  31. ↑ "Certificaciones – U2" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.
  32. ↑ "New Zealand video certifications – U2 – Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland". Recorded Music NZ.
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