"War" is played as a duet with Edwin Starr just as they did in 1988 in the same city – the only version on this tour. RIVER PLATE STADIUM, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA STADE FELIX HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY, ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST NATIONAL SPORTS STADIUM, HARARE, ZIMBABWE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM, NEW DELHI, INDIA OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM, OAKLAND, CA NATIONAL STADIUM, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE Amnesty International - Human Rights Now! tour.ESTADIO VICENTE CALDERON, MADRID, SPAIN RADRENNBAHN WEISSENSEE, EAST BERLIN, EAST GERMANY
OLYMPIA REITSTADION RIEM, MUNICH, WEST GERMANY STADION FEYENOORD, ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS HIPPODROME DE VINCENNES, PARIS, FRANCE
METROPOLITAN SPORTS CENTER, BLOOMINGTON, MN SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA FRANK ERWIN CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY SMITH STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER, CHAPEL HILL, NC The music video for the single was a straight concert filming of the same performance. "War" was chosen as the first single from the set, and it was again a big hit, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Springsteen taped the words of the song to his arm, prefaced the song with a spoken admonition not to blindly trust the government, leaders or anything else, and then he and the band performed a rock rendition. Springsteen released the Septemperformance as a part of his 1986 box set, Live/1975–85. A year earlier, he had suggested the same, as a loose protest against Reagan Administration foreign policy in Central America and elsewhere, but the band had been unable to come up with an effective arrangement. Springsteen and his manager Jon Landau were looking for a way to make these concluding shows, taking place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a little different and special, and Landau suggested playing "War". “There was nobody better on stage, and he was the nicest man you could ever wish to meet."War" was performed in concert by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in 1985, added to the set list for the final few shows of their lengthy Born in the U.S.A. Suzi Quatro, a ‘70s rock star who had known Starr since she was a teenager in Detroit, praised him Wednesday. In 1995, he was featured on a Walt Disney children’s workout album “Mousercise.” His next biggest hit on the Soul Singles chart was a follow-up to 'War', 'Stop The War Now', it peaked at 5. He participated in an award-winning British Broadcasting Corp. Starr moved to England in the 1980s and spent much of his time touring Europe on the oldies circuit. He left Motown in 1975, recording for small labels in Britain and the United States, and found success in disco with the hits “Contact” and “H.A.P.P.Y. Starr began working on film soundtracks, recording the music for “Hell Up in Harlem” in 1973. It just happened to coincide with the war in Vietnam.” “It was about the neighborhood wars and the racial wars that were going on inside America at the time. “The song was never about the Vietnam War,” he told the weekly British newspaper the Voice in 2001. Over the years, however, Starr said the real meaning of the song had been lost.
The song was later covered by Bruce Springsteen. The recording earned Starr a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. “War” entered Billboard’s Hot 100 on July 11, 1970, at No. According to the “Billboard Book of Number One Hits” by Fred Bronson, the song received huge support from college students around the country, encouraging its release as a single.Īccording to Bronson, Whitfield asked Starr if he wanted to record the song, and Starr said yes. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, the song first appeared on an album by the Temptations. 1 hit in 1970 during a time of unrest in America over the Vietnam War. His early hits included “Agent Double-O Soul” and “Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S).”īut Starr’s biggest success came with “War,” a No. After his discharge, he toured for two years with the Bill Doggett Combo before being offered a solo deal in 1965.
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