U2 @ Madison Square Garden

U2
@ Madison Square Garden
New York, NY - July 8, 2018

Before the show, only have an inkling of what the most recent album sounds like, and based more on recent comments in the news made by Bono, I told my showmate "I wished they were angrier". The subsequent show proved yes, they could stand to be a bit angrier considering what they pride themselves on. They challenged my challenge with a disturbingly lengthy set of clips of Neo-Nazis at Charlottesville (followed by a much shorter clip of Martin Luther King and other civil rights icons - shouldn't the length of time been reversed? I said get angry not commit psychological terrorism). Avoiding The Joshua Tree (silly), the band treated fans to I Will Follow, Sunday Bloody Sunday, One and Elevation in addition to the somber and self-reflective Catholic guilt over their own success that is their current record on promotion.