U2 WAR Tour Leg 2 US 1983 (Part 2: May-June)

To know about the existence of this book was a huge surprise when creating this entry in April 2012. I had seen a tour rider for the Unforgettable Fire tour (1984-85) but the oldest itineraries I had ever seen were the books issued for the Joshua Tree tour (1987). I did never expect to find a book for the early tours but here it is. After discovering this gem I also found an itinerary for the Unforgettable Fire tour and even one for the October tour.

This WAR book only covers the North American leg of the WAR tour (1983). This means that we  can expect different books issued for the rest of the legs of the WAR tour. So apart from this one I'm writing about,  4 more books might also exist. Thos books would cover Pre War Tour,  Europe Leg 1, Europe Summer Festivals Leg 3 and Japan Leg 4. Amazing,....isn't it?

Even though on the cover of this book we can read May-June 1983, when we take a look at the concerts list we see it is covering all the 2nd Leg of this tour so it also includes the dates U2 played in USA in April 1983 and not only May-June. In addition we can also find some information for some european summer festivals coming right after the american leg.













The book covers a total of 48 shows starting in Chapel Hill (North Carolina) on April 23rd 1983 and closing on June 29th 1983 at New York's Pier 84.

Comparing the list to the final shows U2 did play on that period of time, I see the match is 100% so no changes at all once the band was on the road.

Only two of those 48 shows were out of the United States: two canadian dates on May 17th and 25th in Toronto and Vancouver.

I'd like to mention also that during this leg U2 played the now famous show at Red Rocks Ampitheater on June 5th 1983. I'm showing a picture of the page for that specific show were among other information we can read "There will be oxygen available for band and crew".

After the leg ended on June 29th, the band was flying straight to Brussels on the 30th as they had a couple of festivals there in the beginning of July.

As mentioned before, the book includes all the information related to Torhout and Werchter Festivals.

It's nice to see that the tour personnel page is just listing a total of 18 people, including the 4 members of the band and Paul McGuinness. So apart from the 5 of them, only 13 more people were working with them on the tour. Big changes were still to come....

The book is also including a list of all the companies working on the tour (Travel Agents, Press and Promotion, PA, Lighting, Tracking,....), a list of contact information (Management, Promoter,...) and a detailed page for every day on the road with all the info on travelling, hotels, soundchecks,....

That's it. We'll see if I can find other itineraries from this tour that I can share with you . Enjoy ! 

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This book is missing in my collection so if you own it and want to sell, trade or just share some information with us please contact me at:  xbalart gmail com. 

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Thanks to AKI for his help !