 of [ the song ] , this audience was up , ecstatic and inflamed . " NME wrote that the song is one such occasion where " the power afforded their songs is scary " , noting that during the song 's opening , " the arena ERUPTS " . In other reviews , the song was called : " uplifting " , " exhilarating " , and " powerful " . Out of the 109 shows during The Joshua Tree Tour , " Streets " was played at all except 12 of the concerts . During the Lovetown Tour which took place in 1989 and the beginning of 1990 , " Streets " was only left out of the set list at one of the 47 concerts .   The song was performed at every show on the 1992 – 1993 Zoo TV Tour . Concerts from this tour were elaborate multimedia spectacles that Bono performed as a variety of characters , but for the end of the main set , the group reverted to playing classics , including " Where the Streets Have No Name " , straight . Some of these performances of the song were accompanied by footage of the group in the desert from The Joshua Tree 's photo shoot . The video was speeded up for humorous effect — NME described the effect as giving it a " silly , Charlie Chaplin quality " — and Bono often acknowledged his younger self on the video screens . This video would make a return during performances on the 2010 and 2011 legs of the U2 360 ° Tour . Some of the Zoo TV performances of the song had a more electronic dance music arrangement that bore a resemblance to the Pet Shop Boys ' synthpop cover of the song ( titled " Where the Streets Have No Name ( I Can 't Take My Eyes off You ) " ) . Bono parodied this by occasionally adopting the deadpan vocal style used in the Pet Shop Boys ' cover . Critics welcomed the song in the group 's setlist : The Independent said the song " induces instant euphoria , as U2 do what they 're best at , slipping into epic rock mode , playing music made for the arena " . In two other local newspaper reviews , critics praised the song 's inclusion in a sequence of greatest hits .   For the PopMart Tour of 1997 – 1998 , U2 returned to the electronic dance arrangement they occasionally played on the Zoo TV Tour . The set 's massive video screen displayed a video that Hot Press described as an " astonishing , 2001 @-@ style trip into the heart of a swirling , psychedelic tunnel that sucks the audience in towards a horizontal monolith " . Near the end of the song , peace doves were shown on the screen and bright beams of light flanking the set 's golden arch were projected upwards . Hot Press said the effect transformed the stadium into a " UFO landing site " .   Shortly before the third leg of the Elevation Tour , the September 11 attacks occurred in New York City and Washington D.C. During the band 's first show in New York City following the attacks , the band performed " Where the Streets Have No Name " , and when the stage lights illuminated the audience , the band saw tears streaming down the faces of many fans . The experience was one inspiration for the song " City of Blinding Lights " . The band paid tribute to the 9 / 11 victims during their performance of the song at the Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show on 3 February 2002 . The performance featured the names of the September 11 victims projected onto a large white banner behind the band . U2 's appearance was later ranked number 1 on Sports Illustrated 's list of " Top 10 Super Bowl Halftime Shows " .   For the Vertigo Tour , the group originally considered dropping the song from their setlists , but Mullen and Clayton successfully argued against this . All 131 of the Vertigo Tour concerts featured a performance of the song , which were accompanied by the stage 's LED video curtains displaying African flags . On the tour 's opening night , this reminded Bono that he had originally written the lyrics in an Ethiopian village . He thought this visual accompaniment made the song come full circle , saying , " And here it was , nearly twenty years later , coming back to Africa , all the stuff about parched lands and deserts making sense for the first time . " The song was also played at the preview screening of the band 's concert film U2 3D at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival . At the Glastonbury Festival 2010 , The Edge accompanied rock band Muse for a live cover version of the track , later playing it with U2 while headlining Glastonbury in 2011 .   Live performances of " Where the Streets Have No Name " appear in the concert video releases Rattle and Hum , Zoo TV : Live from Sydney , and PopMart : Live from Mexico City , as well as the respective audio releases of the latter two concerts , Zoo TV Live and Hasta la Vista Baby ! U2 Live from Mexico City . A second version from the PopMart Tour was featured on Please : PopHeart Live EP , and later on the U.S. " Please
Ġof Ġ[ Ġthe Ġsong Ġ] Ġ, Ġthis Ġaudience Ġwas Ġup Ġ, Ġecstatic Ġand Ġinfl amed Ġ. Ġ" ĠN ME Ġwrote Ġthat Ġthe Ġsong Ġis Ġone Ġsuch Ġoccasion Ġwhere Ġ" Ġthe Ġpower Ġafforded Ġtheir Ġsongs Ġis Ġscary Ġ" Ġ, Ġnoting Ġthat Ġduring Ġthe Ġsong Ġ' s Ġopening Ġ, Ġ" Ġthe Ġarena ĠER UP TS Ġ" Ġ. ĠIn Ġother Ġreviews Ġ, Ġthe Ġsong Ġwas Ġcalled Ġ: Ġ" Ġupl ifting Ġ" Ġ, Ġ" Ġexhilar ating Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġ" Ġpowerful Ġ" Ġ. ĠOut Ġof Ġthe Ġ109 Ġshows Ġduring ĠThe ĠJoshua ĠTree ĠTour Ġ, Ġ" ĠStreets Ġ" Ġwas Ġplayed Ġat Ġall Ġexcept Ġ12 Ġof Ġthe Ġconcerts Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe ĠLove town ĠTour Ġwhich Ġtook Ġplace Ġin Ġ1989 Ġand Ġthe Ġbeginning Ġof Ġ1990 Ġ, Ġ" ĠStreets Ġ" Ġwas Ġonly Ġleft Ġout Ġof Ġthe Ġset Ġlist Ġat Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġ47 Ġconcerts Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġsong Ġwas Ġperformed Ġat Ġevery Ġshow Ġon Ġthe Ġ1992 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1993 ĠZoo ĠTV ĠTour Ġ. ĠConcert s Ġfrom Ġthis Ġtour Ġwere Ġelaborate Ġmultimedia Ġspect acles Ġthat ĠBon o Ġperformed Ġas Ġa Ġvariety Ġof Ġcharacters Ġ, Ġbut Ġfor Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġmain Ġset Ġ, Ġthe Ġgroup Ġreverted Ġto Ġplaying Ġclassics Ġ, Ġincluding Ġ" ĠWhere Ġthe ĠStreets ĠHave ĠNo ĠName Ġ" Ġ, Ġstraight Ġ. ĠSome Ġof Ġthese Ġperformances Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġwere Ġaccompanied Ġby Ġfootage Ġof Ġthe Ġgroup Ġin Ġthe Ġdesert Ġfrom ĠThe ĠJoshua ĠTree Ġ' s Ġphoto Ġshoot Ġ. ĠThe Ġvideo Ġwas Ġspeed ed Ġup Ġfor Ġhumorous Ġeffect ĠâĢĶ ĠN ME Ġdescribed Ġthe Ġeffect Ġas Ġgiving Ġit Ġa Ġ" Ġsilly Ġ, ĠCharlie ĠCha plin Ġquality Ġ" ĠâĢĶ Ġand ĠBon o Ġoften Ġacknowledged Ġhis Ġyounger Ġself Ġon Ġthe Ġvideo Ġscreens Ġ. ĠThis Ġvideo Ġwould Ġmake Ġa Ġreturn Ġduring Ġperformances Ġon Ġthe Ġ2010 Ġand Ġ2011 Ġlegs Ġof Ġthe ĠU 2 Ġ360 ĠÂ° ĠTour Ġ. ĠSome Ġof Ġthe ĠZoo ĠTV Ġperformances Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġhad Ġa Ġmore Ġelectronic Ġdance Ġmusic Ġarrangement Ġthat Ġbore Ġa Ġresemblance Ġto Ġthe ĠPet ĠShop ĠBoys Ġ' Ġsynth pop Ġcover Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġ( Ġtitled Ġ" ĠWhere Ġthe ĠStreets ĠHave ĠNo ĠName Ġ( ĠI ĠCan Ġ' t ĠTake ĠMy ĠEyes Ġoff ĠYou Ġ) Ġ" Ġ) Ġ. ĠBon o Ġpar odied Ġthis Ġby Ġoccasionally Ġadopting Ġthe Ġdead pan Ġvocal Ġstyle Ġused Ġin Ġthe ĠPet ĠShop ĠBoys Ġ' Ġcover Ġ. ĠCritics Ġwelcomed Ġthe Ġsong Ġin Ġthe Ġgroup Ġ' s Ġset list Ġ: ĠThe ĠIndependent Ġsaid Ġthe Ġsong Ġ" Ġinduces Ġinstant Ġeuph oria Ġ, Ġas ĠU 2 Ġdo Ġwhat Ġthey Ġ' re Ġbest Ġat Ġ, Ġslipping Ġinto Ġepic Ġrock Ġmode Ġ, Ġplaying Ġmusic Ġmade Ġfor Ġthe Ġarena Ġ" Ġ. ĠIn Ġtwo Ġother Ġlocal Ġnewspaper Ġreviews Ġ, Ġcritics Ġpraised Ġthe Ġsong Ġ' s Ġinclusion Ġin Ġa Ġsequence Ġof Ġgreatest Ġhits Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠFor Ġthe ĠPop Mart ĠTour Ġof Ġ1997 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1998 Ġ, ĠU 2 Ġreturned Ġto Ġthe Ġelectronic Ġdance Ġarrangement Ġthey Ġoccasionally Ġplayed Ġon Ġthe ĠZoo ĠTV ĠTour Ġ. ĠThe Ġset Ġ' s Ġmassive Ġvideo Ġscreen Ġdisplayed Ġa Ġvideo Ġthat ĠHot ĠPress Ġdescribed Ġas Ġan Ġ" Ġastonishing Ġ, Ġ2001 Ġ@ - @ Ġstyle Ġtrip Ġinto Ġthe Ġheart Ġof Ġa Ġswirling Ġ, Ġpsychedelic Ġtunnel Ġthat Ġsucks Ġthe Ġaudience Ġin Ġtowards Ġa Ġhorizontal Ġmon olith Ġ" Ġ. ĠNear Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġ, Ġpeace Ġdo ves Ġwere Ġshown Ġon Ġthe Ġscreen Ġand Ġbright Ġbeams Ġof Ġlight Ġfl anking Ġthe Ġset Ġ' s Ġgolden Ġarch Ġwere Ġprojected Ġupwards Ġ. ĠHot ĠPress Ġsaid Ġthe Ġeffect Ġtransformed Ġthe Ġstadium Ġinto Ġa Ġ" ĠUFO Ġlanding Ġsite Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠShortly Ġbefore Ġthe Ġthird Ġleg Ġof Ġthe ĠElev ation ĠTour Ġ, Ġthe ĠSeptember Ġ11 Ġattacks Ġoccurred Ġin ĠNew ĠYork ĠCity Ġand ĠWashington ĠD . C . ĠDuring Ġthe Ġband Ġ' s Ġfirst Ġshow Ġin ĠNew ĠYork ĠCity Ġfollowing Ġthe Ġattacks Ġ, Ġthe Ġband Ġperformed Ġ" ĠWhere Ġthe ĠStreets ĠHave ĠNo ĠName Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġwhen Ġthe Ġstage Ġlights Ġilluminated Ġthe Ġaudience Ġ, Ġthe Ġband Ġsaw Ġtears Ġstreaming Ġdown Ġthe Ġfaces Ġof Ġmany Ġfans Ġ. ĠThe Ġexperience Ġwas Ġone Ġinspiration Ġfor Ġthe Ġsong Ġ" ĠCity Ġof ĠBl inding ĠLights Ġ" Ġ. ĠThe Ġband Ġpaid Ġtribute Ġto Ġthe Ġ9 Ġ/ Ġ11 Ġvictims Ġduring Ġtheir Ġperformance Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġat Ġthe ĠSuper ĠBowl ĠXXX VI Ġhalftime Ġshow Ġon Ġ3 ĠFebruary Ġ2002 Ġ. ĠThe Ġperformance Ġfeatured Ġthe Ġnames Ġof Ġthe ĠSeptember Ġ11 Ġvictims Ġprojected Ġonto Ġa Ġlarge Ġwhite Ġbanner Ġbehind Ġthe Ġband Ġ. ĠU 2 Ġ' s Ġappearance Ġwas Ġlater Ġranked Ġnumber Ġ1 Ġon ĠSports ĠIllustrated Ġ' s Ġlist Ġof Ġ" ĠTop Ġ10 ĠSuper ĠBowl ĠHal ftime ĠShows Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠFor Ġthe ĠVert igo ĠTour Ġ, Ġthe Ġgroup Ġoriginally Ġconsidered Ġdropping Ġthe Ġsong Ġfrom Ġtheir Ġset lists Ġ, Ġbut ĠMull en Ġand ĠClayton Ġsuccessfully Ġargued Ġagainst Ġthis Ġ. ĠAll Ġ131 Ġof Ġthe ĠVert igo ĠTour Ġconcerts Ġfeatured Ġa Ġperformance Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġ, Ġwhich Ġwere Ġaccompanied Ġby Ġthe Ġstage Ġ' s ĠLED Ġvideo Ġcurtains Ġdisplaying ĠAfrican Ġflags Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe Ġtour Ġ' s Ġopening Ġnight Ġ, Ġthis Ġreminded ĠBon o Ġthat Ġhe Ġhad Ġoriginally Ġwritten Ġthe Ġlyrics Ġin Ġan ĠEthiopian Ġvillage Ġ. ĠHe Ġthought Ġthis Ġvisual Ġaccompan iment Ġmade Ġthe Ġsong Ġcome Ġfull Ġcircle Ġ, Ġsaying Ġ, Ġ" ĠAnd Ġhere Ġit Ġwas Ġ, Ġnearly Ġtwenty Ġyears Ġlater Ġ, Ġcoming Ġback Ġto ĠAfrica Ġ, Ġall Ġthe Ġstuff Ġabout Ġpar ched Ġlands Ġand Ġdeserts Ġmaking Ġsense Ġfor Ġthe Ġfirst Ġtime Ġ. Ġ" ĠThe Ġsong Ġwas Ġalso Ġplayed Ġat Ġthe Ġpreview Ġscreening Ġof Ġthe Ġband Ġ' s Ġconcert Ġfilm ĠU 2 Ġ3 D Ġat Ġthe Ġ2007 ĠCannes ĠFilm ĠFestival Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe ĠGl aston bury ĠFestival Ġ2010 Ġ, ĠThe ĠEdge Ġaccompanied Ġrock Ġband ĠMuse Ġfor Ġa Ġlive Ġcover Ġversion Ġof Ġthe Ġtrack Ġ, Ġlater Ġplaying Ġit Ġwith ĠU 2 Ġwhile Ġhead lining ĠGl aston bury Ġin Ġ2011 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠLive Ġperformances Ġof Ġ" ĠWhere Ġthe ĠStreets ĠHave ĠNo ĠName Ġ" Ġappear Ġin Ġthe Ġconcert Ġvideo Ġreleases ĠR attle Ġand ĠHum Ġ, ĠZoo ĠTV Ġ: ĠLive Ġfrom ĠSydney Ġ, Ġand ĠPop Mart Ġ: ĠLive Ġfrom ĠMexico ĠCity Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġthe Ġrespective Ġaudio Ġreleases Ġof Ġthe Ġlatter Ġtwo Ġconcerts Ġ, ĠZoo ĠTV ĠLive Ġand ĠHast a Ġla ĠVista ĠBaby Ġ! ĠU 2 ĠLive Ġfrom ĠMexico ĠCity Ġ. ĠA Ġsecond Ġversion Ġfrom Ġthe ĠPop Mart ĠTour Ġwas Ġfeatured Ġon ĠPlease Ġ: ĠPop Heart ĠLive ĠEP Ġ, Ġand Ġlater Ġon Ġthe ĠU . S . Ġ" ĠPlease