1981-05-02

Rathskeller, Gainesville, FL, USA

Set List of Show:

Known Main Set: (Incomplete)

  • "I Will Follow"
Known Encore: (Incomplete)

  • "I Will Follow"

Additional Music

Snippets of Other Songs Performed by U2:

Show Details:

U2 return to the USA after a few days in the Bahamas recording with Steve Lillywhite. Their first show after their break from the tour is in Gainesville, Florida at a venue called Rathskeller, which is at the University of Florida, inside Johnson Hall. The show is advertised as starting at 9pm, and tickets are $2. The show is promoted by The Florida Concerts and WGVL.

The opening act is The Invasion, a local Gainesville band. They are incorrectly identified in the press as “The Invaders” in some of the ads for this show.

Bono mentions that he’s appearing in his bare feet on stage because his luggage was lost on the way back from the Bahamas. The show is packed, and some suggest it was over capacity. There is no backstage area and the band get ready downstairs in the basement and walk through the crowd to get on stage.

Although little is known about the show, the band is said to have played “I Will Follow” twice on this evening.

The full set list of the show is unknown.

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