stream the concert combined with the release of “How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb”

As announced on these pages in recent days, U2 have today released the new edition of their album “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb”, released twenty years ago, in 2004. “How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb”, which the Irish band defines a “shadow album”, a “shadow record”, released in different formats exactly twenty years after “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb”, launched on November 22, 2004 and winner of eight Grammys.
The reissue of the album is accompanied by a collection of outtakes from the sessions of the time. To celebrate the release, U2 today livestream the concert they held in May 2005 at the United Center in Chicago during the Vertigo Tour. Below is the full video of “U2 – Vertigo: Live From Chicago, 2005 (Full Concert) “.

“We were inspired to revisit our early musical influences – explained The Edge in a long interview commenting on the U2 project – and it was a moment of deep personal introspection for Bono who was trying to process – 'dismantle' – the death of his father. To create this celebratory edition of the album I went into my personal archive to find unreleased gems, we chose ten. Although they were left aside at the time, with hindsight we recognize that our instincts initials about whether they could be part of the album were forward-thinking, we were on the right track.”
The guitarist of the Irish band was also asked to comment on the joke of Noel Gallagher of Oasis, who, after having listened to the preview of the additional tracks of “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, said: “I want my money back. I made a lot of fuss at the time because you said those were the best songs you had and now it turns out you were hiding this stuff from us.”
Some songs included in what the band calls the “shadow album” (i.e. “Picture Of You”, “Luckiest Man In The World”, “I Don't Wanna See You Smile”, “Are You Gonna Wait Forever”) were already heard in definitive or raw form. Others (“Evidence Of Life”, “Treason”, “Country Mile”, “Happiness”, “Theme From Batman”) have remained locked in the drawer for the last 20 years.
According to The Edge, the whole operation linked to the twentieth anniversary of “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb” is essentially an opportunity to revisit a period that the guitarist describes as “happily messed up”.