Saturday, Dec 19, 1987

U2

The Joshua Tree

With B.B. King

Date
Saturday, Dec 19, 1987
Show time
7:00 PM
Venue
Sun Devil Stadium
City
Tempe, AZ
Seating
East Stands
Promoter
Fey Concerts / ASU
Sold by
Ticketmaster

Ticket reads "TKT IMPLIES FILM WAIVER" — this is the Joshua Tree tour date filmed for Rattle and Hum. B.B. King opened, per John; u2tours.com lists him as the opening act for this night. The last leg of the Joshua Tree tour — both Sun Devil nights were filmed for Rattle and Hum. King and U2 would record 'When Love Comes to Town' the following year.

What they played

  1. Where the Streets Have No Name
  2. I Will Follow
  3. Trip Through Your Wires
  4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For with "Exodus" snippet
  5. Out of Control Not on the printed setlist
  6. MLK
  7. One Tree Hill
  8. Gloria
  9. Exit with "Riders on the Storm" and Van Morrison's "Gloria" snippet
  10. In God's Country
  11. Bad with "Ruby Tuesday" and "Sympathy for the Devil" snippets
  12. The Star-Spangled Banner John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key cover Jimi Hendrix version
  13. Bullet the Blue Sky
  14. Running to Stand Still
  15. Sunday Bloody Sunday "Self Aid" arrangement
  16. New Year's Day
  17. Pride (In the Name of Love)

Encore

  1. With or Without You with "Shine Like Stars" coda
  2. Mothers of the Disappeared with "El Pueblo Vencera" and "Isaiah 40" snippets
  3. People Get Ready The Impressions cover
  4. "40"

21 songs, from setlist.fm. Contributed by whoever was standing there taking notes.

The moment

The Joshua Tree had made U2 the biggest band in the world that year — Time put them on the cover as 'Rock's Hottest Ticket' — and the tour ended here: two December nights at Sun Devil Stadium, staged and filmed as the concert climax of Rattle and Hum. The ticket itself says so ('TKT IMPLIES FILM WAIVER'). B.B. King opened, mid-collaboration with the band. When the movie hit theaters the next year, the color stadium footage was these nights — John's crowd is in the picture.

From the time

The stub

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