Human Rights Now!,
Wembley Stadium,
London, England

1988-06-11

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Peter Gabriel

01. Applause
02. Of These, Hope
03. Games Without Frontiers
04. Family Snapshot
05. Shock the Monkey
06. Don't Give Up
07. Sledgehammer
08. Band Introductions
09. In Your Eyes
10. Biko

Peter Gabriel – Vocals
David Sancious – Keyboards
David Rhodes – Guitars
Shankar – Violin
Manu Katche – Drums

Sting

01. King of Pain
02. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
03. One World (Not Three)
04. Fragile
05. They Dance Alone
06. Fortress Around Your Heart
07. Bring On the Night
08. When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
09. Peter Gabriel Introduces Jack Healey
10. Jack Healey on the Declaration Of Human Rights

Sting: bass, vocals, guitar
Mino Cinelu: percussions
Branford Marsalis: saxophones
Kenny Kirkland: keyboards
James Taylor Lewis: drums
Dollette McDonald: backing vocals
Jeff Lee Campbell: guitar


Tracy Chapman

01. Why?
02. Across the Lines
03. Behind The Wall
04. Fast Car
05. Freedom Now
06. Mountains O' Things
07. Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution
08. Born To Fight



Notes:
I attended this concert although I cannot claim any credit for recording this historic day's performance. This was the first show of "Human Rights Now!", a worldwide tour to raise awareness of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the work of Amnesty International. The concerts featured Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Youssou N'Dour and Bruce Springsteen plus guest performers from each of the countries where the concerts were held (except here in London where there were no guests).

The day's proceedings began at around 4pm with Youssou N'Dour (who is not included with these recordings), then Peter Gabriel, then Tracey Chapman, then Sting and finally Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen and the E Street Band played a 15-song set, featuring the first (and only) "Spare Parts" without the horns and the familiar piano/spoken introduction. "Light Of Day" includes "Land Of 1000 Dances", and "Born To Run" is the full band version, as it will be throughout the tour. "Chimes Of Freedom" and a full-band "Get Up, Stand Up" close the show. Only known tour performances for "Spare Parts", "She's The One", and "Light Of Day".

As it was the first show of the tour, the collaborations between the performers which became a feature of later shows did not happen here, save for Youssou N'Dour contributing to Peter Gabriel's performance.

I was particularly excited for this show as it would be my first time seeing Springsteen. However, I can remember virtually nothing of his performance (not that there was any problem with it as this recording shows). The standouts for me were Tracey Chapman and Peter Gabriel. Everybody except Springsteen had performed at Wembley less than three months earlier at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (which I also attended) but there only performed short slots. Here we got decent length sets from everybody (30 mins from Tracey Chapman, 50 mins from Sting, 65 mins from Peter Gabriel and 70 mins from Bruce Springsteen)

The recording is not bad for an audience recording in a large stadium, though there are some fluctuations in volume and quality with occasional interference.

I have included scans of my ticket and the leaflet and minature copy of the Declaration of Human Rights handed out on the day.