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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

U2 played their first Boston show here on 13 December 1980 - as the opener - and most of the crowd walked out before the headliner because nothing could follow it. The Paradise Rock Club at 967 Commonwealth Avenue, on the edge of Boston University's campus, has been the city's essential rock room since 22 September 1977. The founder was Don Law, the BU-grad-turned-promoter who came to control Boston concert life, opening the Paradise Theater in a former car dealership on the old Auto Mile; Bost...