U2 in San Jose – Innocence & Experience

Bono for the MOST part sounded right on cue vocally, however, the sound of the venue sounded like shit which heavily compromised the full potential of the tour and the sound technology that the band went through all the effort to create with this tour.
The band were very tired and it showed in most parts of the performance. Bono was more comfortable in his own skin on this tour but there was a bit of an emotional disconnect. His vocals did crack at the most awkward of times like a pubescent boy. This was pretty obvious when the first song The Miracle busted out. There were moments in which he took the Morrissey short cut of «talking the lyrics» rather than singing them. This was pretty obvious at the last 30 minute mark.
They played Out of Control which I am suspecting is now going to be a semi permanent staple on this tour. I heard it enough times in Vancouver rehearsed. Bono was very into this performance. He even gave a shout out to the name of the band before they called themselves U2 (The Hype). Watching Bono perform this song, I forgot that he is old. I saw a 17 year old boy inside him as he energetically pranced on stage. The same can be said with The Edge. Truthfully this was a better performance of Out of Control than what we got on opening night in Vancouver.
The stage banter was more or less the same as opening day, especially during the introduction of the new songs.
My heart and soul melted during Song For Someone, my favorite track from the new album. The echoes in the audience was the best sound ever heard to a U2 fan.
This show made me appreciate Invisible a bit more both as a stand alone track from the new album and as how the song was presented live.
A better performance of Every Breaking Wave. Bono was very self conscious about ensuring that he hit every note. Another song from the new album that made me melt inside.
The only curveball songs of the evening was City of Blinding Lights. Pride I have heard on many tours, however, good to see it make a comeback even though it was an octave lower. Troubles was dropped from the set.
The cool thing about the show is that they did a small tribute to the track The Wanderer from Zooropa.