<P> Although a promotional music video had not been produced for the original release , the band used footage from a 5 June 1983 live performance filmed for the concert film U2 Live at Red Rocks : Under a Blood Red Sky to promote the song . Directed by Gavin Taylor , the video displays Bono 's use of a white flag during performances of the song . The video highlights the intensity and emotion felt by many audience members during U2 's concerts , while the rainy , torch - lit setting in Colorado 's Red Rocks Amphitheatre further adds to the atmosphere . In 2004 , Rolling Stone cited the performance as one `` 50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock and Roll '' and noted that `` the sight of Bono singing the anti-violence anthem ' Sunday Bloody Sunday ' while waving a white flag through crimson mist ( created by a combination of wet weather , hot lights and the illumination of those crags ) became the defining image of U2 's warrior - rock spirit and -- shown in heavy rotation on MTV -- broke the band nationwide . '' </P>
<P> Although a promotional music video had not been produced for the original release , the band used footage from a 5 June 1983 live performance filmed for the concert film U2 Live at Red Rocks : Under a Blood Red Sky to promote the song . Directed by Gavin Taylor , the video displays Bono 's use of a white flag during performances of the song . The video highlights the intensity and emotion felt by many audience members during U2 's concerts , while the rainy , torch - lit setting in Colorado 's Red Rocks Amphitheatre further adds to the atmosphere . In 2004 , Rolling Stone cited the performance as one `` 50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock and Roll '' and noted that `` the sight of Bono singing the anti-violence anthem ' Sunday Bloody Sunday ' while waving a white flag through crimson mist ( created by a combination of wet weather , hot lights and the illumination of those crags ) became the defining image of U2 's warrior - rock spirit and -- shown in heavy rotation on MTV -- broke the band nationwide . '' </P>
where was u2 sunday bloody sunday video filmed
where was u2 sunday bloody sunday video filmed
in Colorado 's Red Rocks Amphitheatre
in Colorado 's Red Rocks Amphitheatre