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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 35. Chapters: Elevation 2001: Live from Boston, Exclusive (EP), Live from Paris (U2 album), Live from the Point Depot, Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge, Please: PopHeart Live EP, PopMart: Live from Mexico City, Rattle and Hum, The Complete U2, U2.COMmunication, U218 Singles, U2 360 at the Rose Bowl, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland, U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago, Wide Awake in America, Wide Awake in Europe, Zoo TV: Live from Sydney, Zoo TV Live. Excerpt: U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky (also known simply as U2 Live at Red Rocks or Under a Blood Red Sky) is a concert film by Irish rock band U2. It was recorded on 5 June 1983 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, United States on the group's War Tour. Originally released in 1984 on videocassette, U2 Live at Red Rocks was the band's first video release. It accompanied a 1983 live album entitled Under a Blood Red Sky, on which two tracks from the film appear. The video was directed by Gavin Taylor and produced by Rick Wurpel and Doug Stewart. The film was arranged by U2 management to showcase the band's live act and promote them to American audiences. It depicts the band's performance at Red Rocks on a rain-soaked evening. The weather threatened to cancel the concert, but the band had invested in the filming with Island Records and concert promoter Barry Fey and wished to proceed with the gig. The rain and the torch-lit natural beauty of the surroundings combined to dramatise U2's performance. Segments of U2 Live at Red Rocks were shown in regular rotation on MTV, in addition to broadcasts on other television networks. Critics praised the concert and the video, and it subsequently became a best-seller. The video, along with Under a Blood Red Sky, helped establish...