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...U2 concert, by definition, should be a musically inspiring and emotionally overwhelming experience...
Intensity, passion and glorious exhaustion form the essence of U2 live, as captured on film and on record with the 1988 release of Rattle...
Unfortunately, the musical direction and live performance style of this Irish super-group has dramatically changed in the four years since Rattle and Hum, and the band's Zoo TV production March 13 at the Worcester Centrum had neither the look or feel of a U2 concert...
Opening with eight songs from Achtung Baby and virtually ignoring their existence before The Joshua Tree ("Pride (In the Name of Love)" was the notable exception), U2 intentionally divorced themselves from their past and thus alienated and disappointed many in the crowd who prefer the simple passion of U2 past to the bizarre high-tech production of U2 present...
Even when U2 deigned to give the crowd such beloved relics as "With or Without You" and "Running to Stand Still," the hollowness of their performance and the almost begrudging acknowledgement of their history weighed heavy in the darkness surrounding Bono's spotlight...