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A Conspiracy Of Hope Tour 1986
North America

06/04/1986 Cow Palace - Daly City, California, USA
C'mon Everybody, Pride (In the Name of Love), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie's Farm / Old McDonald Had A Farm (snippet) / Cold Turkey (snippet), Help, Bad / Candle In The Wind (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / Biko (snippet), Sun City (with Lou Reed)
encores: I Shall Be Released (with Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Sting)
comment: Amnesty International's 'Conspiracy Of Hope' Tour. Line Up: Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Sting, U2. Sun City is performed with Lou Reed. I Shall Be Released is the tour's theme song and is performed as an All-star Finale. This show is the only time C'mon Everybody is performed on the Conspiracy Of Hope Tour; it is also the only show at which MLK is not played.

06/06/1986 The Forum - Inglewood, California, USA
MLK, Pride (In the Name of Love), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie's Farm / Old McDonald Had A Farm (snippet) / Cold Turkey (snippet), Help, Bad / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / Norwegian Wood (snippet) / Biko (snippet) / If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free (snippet), Sun City (with Lou Reed)
encores: I Shall Be Released (with Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Sting)
comment: Amnesty International's 'Conspiracy Of Hope' Tour. Sun City is performed with Lou Reed. I Shall Be Released is performed as part of an All-star Finale. MLK replaces C'mon Everybody as the show opener and holds the spot for the remaining four dates of the tour.

06/08/1986 McNichols Sports Arena - Denver, Colorado, USA
MLK, New Year's Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie's Farm / Old McDonald Had A Farm (snippet) / Van Morrison's Gloria (snippet) / Cold Turkey (snippet), Help, Bad / Amazing Grace (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / Biko (snippet) / If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free (snippet), Sun City (with Lou Reed)
encores: Happy Birthday, I Shall Be Released (with Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Sting)
comment: Amnesty International's 'Conspiracy Of Hope' Tour. Sun City is performed with Lou Reed and I Shall Be Released is an All-star Finale. Before I Shall Be Released, Bono leads the crowd in singing Happy Birthday for long-time Amnesty International employee, Mary Daly.

06/11/1986 The Omni - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MLK, Pride (In the Name of Love), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie's Farm / Old McDonald Had A Farm (snippet) / Cold Turkey (snippet), Help, Bad / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / Biko (snippet) / If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free (snippet)
encores: Sun City / Vicious (snippet) (with Lou Reed, The Police), I Shall Be Released (with Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, The Police)
comment: Amnesty International 'Conspiracy Of Hope' Tour. At this show, Sting reformed The Police, so they headline rather than U2. U2's set accordingly ends with Bad, and Sun City, featuring Bono and Lou Reed, is played by The Police. I Shall Be Released is still played as an All-star Finale.

06/13/1986 Rosemont Horizon - Rosemont, Illinois, USA
MLK, Pride (In the Name of Love), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie's Farm / Cold Turkey (snippet) / Fire And Rain (snippet), Help, Norwegian Wood (snippet) / Bad / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) / Biko (snippet) / Candle In The Wind (snippet) / If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free (snippet) / Sexual Healing (snippet), Sun City (with Lou Reed)
encores: Invisible Sun (with The Police), I Shall Be Released (with Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, The Police)
comment: Amnesty International's 'Conspiracy Of Hope' Tour. After being played at the end of The Police's set at the previous show, Sun City (with Lou Reed) returns to the end of U2's set. Bono joins The Police for Invisible Sun. I Shall Be Released is played as an All-star Finale.

06/15/1986 Giants Stadium - East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
MLK, Pride (In the Name of Love), Bad, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Maggie's Farm / Cold Turkey (snippet), Help, Sun City (with Lou Reed)
encores: Invisible Sun (with The Police), I Shall Be Released (with Joan Baez, The Neville Brothers, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, The Police)
comment: Amnesty International's 'Conspiracy Of Hope' Tour. Lou Reed, Nona Hendrix, Little Steven, and Ruben Blades join U2 for Sun City. Bono joins The Police for Invisible Sun. I Shall Be Released is an All-star Finale. Only Conspiracy Of Hope show to not feature New Year's Day.


More detailed listings from this tour can be found here.

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