Hey Folks,
2 great Chicago shows, no doubt! Okay, in the grand scheme of things, my request seems quite trivial, but right now I'm still pimping out my concert story (that COULD have been SOOOO much greater) to my friends and and if someone happened to be filming Bono at the moment I will soon describe, I would LOVE to have a video file!!!!
Alrighty, we all know U2 has never played "Acrobat" live (only in soundcheck). For Wednesday's show (9/21/05) I knew I was going to have a pretty good position on the floor regardless of whether or not I got into the ellipse (which I did not), and so I came armed with a sign that read "ME + GUITAR + "ACROBAT" = FIRST TIME."
I was positioned outside the ellipse, on the right-half of the floor (FACING the stage) about 2-3 people off of the barricade, halfway between the middle of the ellipse/ramp and the barricade/wall of the floor area. Throughout the show, I would put up my sign when Bono was in the area, but every time, I could tell that Bono was looking more into the distance or nowhere near where I was standing. However..........at the end of "Where The Streets..." Bono and Adam were hanging out at the tip of the ellipse and Bono started walking in my direction and this time I could tell he was checking out the fans. I knew this was my best chance and put up my sign.
A wave of terror siezed me and I began to ask myself "WHAT ARE YOU DOING???? ARE YOU NUTS????," as I could tell Bono was reading the sign. Obviously I would have loved to go on stage to play with the band if I was so lucky as to do so, but during those 2 seconds (that seemed like an eternity) I was envisioning everything that COULD go wrong if Bono gave me the nod. All I was thinking was, "he has seen the sign; what's gonna happen now?" Then I start to freak out even more as Bono raises the microphone to his lips and says "That's a tricky one, eh" (said in an Irish "eh," not Canadian). Woo hoo! Bono read my sign and acknowledged it through the PA.........and then caused me to wonder the whole rest of the show......"will anything more happen with this????" As you all know, nothing did materialize, but that was my own personal "moment."
So, if anyone happens to have been recording Bono during this part (probably not, as he wasn't singing) could you please post it? I would love to be able to see that, as minor as it is.
Thanks. Ciao!
-Art
2 great Chicago shows, no doubt! Okay, in the grand scheme of things, my request seems quite trivial, but right now I'm still pimping out my concert story (that COULD have been SOOOO much greater) to my friends and and if someone happened to be filming Bono at the moment I will soon describe, I would LOVE to have a video file!!!!
Alrighty, we all know U2 has never played "Acrobat" live (only in soundcheck). For Wednesday's show (9/21/05) I knew I was going to have a pretty good position on the floor regardless of whether or not I got into the ellipse (which I did not), and so I came armed with a sign that read "ME + GUITAR + "ACROBAT" = FIRST TIME."
I was positioned outside the ellipse, on the right-half of the floor (FACING the stage) about 2-3 people off of the barricade, halfway between the middle of the ellipse/ramp and the barricade/wall of the floor area. Throughout the show, I would put up my sign when Bono was in the area, but every time, I could tell that Bono was looking more into the distance or nowhere near where I was standing. However..........at the end of "Where The Streets..." Bono and Adam were hanging out at the tip of the ellipse and Bono started walking in my direction and this time I could tell he was checking out the fans. I knew this was my best chance and put up my sign.
A wave of terror siezed me and I began to ask myself "WHAT ARE YOU DOING???? ARE YOU NUTS????," as I could tell Bono was reading the sign. Obviously I would have loved to go on stage to play with the band if I was so lucky as to do so, but during those 2 seconds (that seemed like an eternity) I was envisioning everything that COULD go wrong if Bono gave me the nod. All I was thinking was, "he has seen the sign; what's gonna happen now?" Then I start to freak out even more as Bono raises the microphone to his lips and says "That's a tricky one, eh" (said in an Irish "eh," not Canadian). Woo hoo! Bono read my sign and acknowledged it through the PA.........and then caused me to wonder the whole rest of the show......"will anything more happen with this????" As you all know, nothing did materialize, but that was my own personal "moment."
So, if anyone happens to have been recording Bono during this part (probably not, as he wasn't singing) could you please post it? I would love to be able to see that, as minor as it is.
Thanks. Ciao!
-Art
