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U2 War Tour 1983 Leg I
Europe

02/26/1983 Caird Hall - Dundee, Scotland
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, New Year's Day, Out of Control, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Seconds, Fire, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow / Christmas Is Coming (snippet)
encores: Party Girl, Surrender, Like A Song, 40
comment: First performances of Two Hearts Beat As One, Seconds, Party Girl, and 40, and the last performance of Fire. Only time Like A Song is played. Amusingly, after Party Girl, Bono states that it was the song's "first, and probably last" performance - it has gone on to become U2's most performed b-side, with almost 200 performances to its name.

02/27/1983 Capitol Theater - Aberdeen, Scotland
Gloria, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co., October, Out of Control, I Will Follow, Party Girl, A Celebration
comment: Setlist is incomplete.

02/28/1983 Playhouse Theater - Edinburgh, Scotland
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Break On Through (snippet) / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Twilight, Out of Control, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow
encores: Party Girl, Surrender, A Celebration, 40

03/01/1983 Newcastle City Hall - Newcastle, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, A Celebration, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/02/1983 Lancaster University - Lancaster, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Two Hearts Beat as One, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, A Celebration, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40
comment: The show is broadcast on Radio Lancaster.

03/03/1983 Royal Court Theatre - Liverpool, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Two Hearts Beat as One, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Twilight / Too Shy (snippet), Out of Control
encores: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, Party Girl, A Celebration, 40

03/04/1983 Victoria Hall - Hanley, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Two Hearts Beat as One, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), An Cat Dubh (snippet) / I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Twilight / Too Shy (snippet), The Cutter (snippet) / Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40 / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet)
comment: Before I Fall Down, Edge is messing with his guitar and plays the opening notes of An Cat Dubh before a snippet of an unknown song.

03/06/1983 Guildhall - Portsmouth, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40 / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet)

03/07/1983 Colston Hall - Bristol, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40 / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet)
comment: An inmate escaped from Devon Remand Centre to attend the concert; he returned after the show was finished and was able to secure permission for all of the inmates to attend the following show in Exeter..

03/08/1983 University - Exeter, England
setlist not available
comment: After an inmate escaped a remand facility to attend the previous concert in Bristol, he is able to gain permission from the authorities for the other inmates to be able to see this one. U2 met with them after the show was completed.

03/09/1983 Arts Centre - Poole, England
setlist not available

03/10/1983 Odeon - Birmingham, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/11/1983 St. David's Hall - Cardiff, Wales
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40
comment: A Day Without Me is interrupted when Bono demands someone in the front row stop spitting. A female fan is brought on stage, and she leads the crowd in singing Land of My Fathers for Edge. As the band did not participate, we have not included it in the set.

03/13/1983 Top Rank Suite - Brighton, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Christmas Is Coming (snippet) / Send in the Clowns (snippet), Happy Birthday, Sunday Bloody Sunday, I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, Knockin' on Heaven's Door (with Mike Peters), 40
comment: Happy Birthday is sung for Adam, who was celebrating his 23rd birthday. It is sung by the audience a second time after Party Girl. The Alarm's Mike Peters and a saxophonist join U2 for Knockin' on Heaven's Door, which is the first of many times U2 cover the Bob Dylan song (though Bono himself had previously sung the song with The Alarm on 6 December 1982).

03/14/1983 Hammersmith Odeon - London, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight / Too Shy (snippet) / The Cutter (snippet), Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/15/1983 Gaumont Theatre - Ipswich, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/17/1983 City Hall - Sheffield, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, Gloria, A Celebration, 40
comment: It is Saint Patrick's Day and U2 play an enthusiastic concert to an equally enthusiastic audience. U2 repeat Gloria in the encore as a "thank you" to the crowd's enthusiasm. A Celebration is played for the first time in two weeks, and this is its last performance until late November 1983.

03/18/1983 Leeds University - Leeds, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Loch Lomond (snippet) / Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/19/1983 Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co., I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/20/1983 Assembly Rooms - Derby, England
setlist not available

03/21/1983 Hammersmith Palais - London, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday (with Steve Wickham), The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow (with Steve Wickham), Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40
comment: Steve Wickham plays violin during Sunday Bloody Sunday and Tomorrow.

03/22/1983 Hammersmith Palais - London, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday (with Steve Wickham), The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow (with Steve Wickham), Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40
comment: Like the previous night, Steve Wickham plays violin during Sunday Bloody Sunday and Tomorrow.

03/24/1983 Tiffany's - Glasgow, Scotland
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me / Loch Lomond (snippet), Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Twilight, Out of Control / Blaze Of Glory (snippet)
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40
comment: Most of the show is broadcast on local radio.

03/25/1983 Royal Court Theatre - Liverpool, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/26/1983 Newcastle City Hall - Newcastle, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co., I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/27/1983 Odeon - Birmingham, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co., I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40

03/28/1983 Royal Centre - Nottingham, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender, New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co., I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One, Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40
comment: Bono becomes frustrated with the excessively rough manner in which the security personnel treat the enthusiastic audience and halts the performances of Another Day and New Year's Day to voice his dissatisfaction towards them.

03/29/1983 Hammersmith Palais - London, England
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Twilight, Out of Control
encores: Party Girl, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, Knockin' on Heaven's Door (with Mike Peters, Stuart Adamson), 40 / Sunday Bloody Sunday (snippet)
comment: Mike Peters of The Alarm and Stuart Adamson of Big Country join U2 for Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

04/03/1983 Festival De Printemps - Bourges, France
Gloria, I Threw a Brick Through a Window, A Day Without Me, Seconds, Surrender / Billie Jean (snippet), New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet), I Fall Down, October, Tomorrow, Two Hearts Beat as One / Let's Twist Again (snippet), Twilight, Out of Control
encores: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow, 40


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