U2 review: Live at Soldier Field
(Read article summary)U2 did what they do best at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 5, filled a stadium and put on a great show with striking visual elements and a stage design that was inclusive of its audience.
A disco ball perched atop the four-legged stage apparatus that housed U2; when it illuminated, lights shot heavenward.
That about sums up the dual nature of this Irish band that long ago conquered America with its Christian-oriented rock anthems that, in latter-day incarnations, comfortably fit inside clubland.
At its current juncture, U2 seems to have nothing to prove other than it can continue to fill sports venues and become the favorite mascot of every city it visits. In Chicago at Soldier Field Tuesday, that goal was met easily enough, thanks to striking visual elements and a stage design that was inclusive of its audience at the same time making sure people knew who the big stars were.
Tickets for this current tour throughout North America have been available for two years; last summer the band idled its 16-date summer tour following emergency spine surgery performed on Bono following an injury he sustained during May rehearsals in Munich.
The year-long delay allowed the band to update references and for its lead singer to take it easy from the usual nonstop stage stalking he’s known for in the past.
