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Refugee
For those of you who have seen U2 live before, is there a specific moment (during any show) that you will remember forever? Like a specific time when you felt everything was coming together, when you thought 'Wow, this is IT!' I'd love to hear your stories... it's going to put us in the mood for the tour!
I was just going through some reviews I had written for Wire during Elevation, and I found what I wrote about one specific moment during the second show in Toronto (May 25th). This moment was not only the ultimate U2 live moment for me, but probably the most intense 1 minute of my entire life.
Context: second night in Toronto, I'm on the floor and the show is beyond amazing already. U2 is supposed to go straight to Much Music after the show to do a 1 hour live interview and a lot of people are planning to go there too, although it seems unclear if they will let anyone inside the studio.
This is what I wrote right after that night.
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It's the end of All I Want Is You, everybody is still singing the "YOUOUOUOU" and I know Streets is coming. I'm in near the tip of the heart, where there is a lot a space and you can see all around, the best spot to fully enjoy this song. The organ starts, I'm freaking out, so is everybody around and, I mean, the show is already beyond perfect and now here comes the ultimate moment. I know it's not very original, but I still think nothing can beat the beginning of Streets live... I mean, this moment is better than anything, this is exactly when 20 000 people agree on something, this is...better than anything that life can offer... So right when the drum starts and the lights are just about to go up, my friend comes up to me ( he had stayed at the front),gives me a wristband and tells me that it is the ticket to get INSIDE the studio at Much Music right after the show! How completly amazing is that? Talk about timing! The whole crowd is erupting, all the lights are up, people are jumping up and down and screaming around us, we're hysterical, sreaming and hugging each other, we see this guy behind us that we don't know but is also hysterical because he got a MuchMusic wristband too, we hug him too, my all time favourite band is playing Where the Streets Have No Name right in front of me, I know that I'll get to see them from very close just after the show, Bono is running around us singing "I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside..."
This was, hands down, the greatest moment of my whole life.
And I'm not someone who says that every time something exciting happens to me. I actually had a pretty exciting life so far for a 21 year old girl but this... I've never felt so overwhelmed by happiness. I had trouble breathing through the rest of the song, I was crying and shaking... (and this is very unlike me, I'm very calm and rationnal).Wow. I still can't believe how perfect this moment was...
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People from U2's managment had come into the heart to give wristbands for fans to get inside the studio with the band after the show. My friend had gotten the last one, but he asked the woman to please try to find another one because he wanted his friend (me) to go with him. She went backstage, found one last wristband and gave it to him. Then he came to look for me to tell me the good news just as Streets was starting...
I was just going through some reviews I had written for Wire during Elevation, and I found what I wrote about one specific moment during the second show in Toronto (May 25th). This moment was not only the ultimate U2 live moment for me, but probably the most intense 1 minute of my entire life.
Context: second night in Toronto, I'm on the floor and the show is beyond amazing already. U2 is supposed to go straight to Much Music after the show to do a 1 hour live interview and a lot of people are planning to go there too, although it seems unclear if they will let anyone inside the studio.
This is what I wrote right after that night.
****
It's the end of All I Want Is You, everybody is still singing the "YOUOUOUOU" and I know Streets is coming. I'm in near the tip of the heart, where there is a lot a space and you can see all around, the best spot to fully enjoy this song. The organ starts, I'm freaking out, so is everybody around and, I mean, the show is already beyond perfect and now here comes the ultimate moment. I know it's not very original, but I still think nothing can beat the beginning of Streets live... I mean, this moment is better than anything, this is exactly when 20 000 people agree on something, this is...better than anything that life can offer... So right when the drum starts and the lights are just about to go up, my friend comes up to me ( he had stayed at the front),gives me a wristband and tells me that it is the ticket to get INSIDE the studio at Much Music right after the show! How completly amazing is that? Talk about timing! The whole crowd is erupting, all the lights are up, people are jumping up and down and screaming around us, we're hysterical, sreaming and hugging each other, we see this guy behind us that we don't know but is also hysterical because he got a MuchMusic wristband too, we hug him too, my all time favourite band is playing Where the Streets Have No Name right in front of me, I know that I'll get to see them from very close just after the show, Bono is running around us singing "I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside..."
This was, hands down, the greatest moment of my whole life.
And I'm not someone who says that every time something exciting happens to me. I actually had a pretty exciting life so far for a 21 year old girl but this... I've never felt so overwhelmed by happiness. I had trouble breathing through the rest of the song, I was crying and shaking... (and this is very unlike me, I'm very calm and rationnal).Wow. I still can't believe how perfect this moment was...
***
People from U2's managment had come into the heart to give wristbands for fans to get inside the studio with the band after the show. My friend had gotten the last one, but he asked the woman to please try to find another one because he wanted his friend (me) to go with him. She went backstage, found one last wristband and gave it to him. Then he came to look for me to tell me the good news just as Streets was starting...