Ahhhh, the South Bend show.
I remember like it was yesterday. I wish it was tomorrow!!!!!
The house lights were on when the band walked out, but then once they got into Beautiful Day, they faded down and then Beautiful Day looked like it did at every show.
Elevation was played with the house lights OFF. The stage was dark when the intro remix was played, then the spotlights came on when the band walked out. When they kicked into the song, the lights got really bright. My opinion was that this song didn't sit so comfortably at the end of the set. And it must've been there's too, because they opening every show after that with Elevation.
Angel of Harlem began with just Bono and the Edge, and they were actually standing behind Larry, playing to the people with rear view seats. Very generous of them. Adam and Larry came in on the 2nd verse, and they were not anywhere near the heart. Adam stayed perfectly still by his amp. But I remember Bono and Edge were running, jumping, skipping if you will, all over the stage and the heart. It was the energetic highpoint of the show.
Also....the venue was so small that the tip of the heart was like 10 feet from the sound booth. There was barely enough room for a small number of fans to stand at the tip of the heart. It was probably a 10,000 seater.....really small to see U2, but it was good to see them in such an intimate setting. The first time I saw them was at Ohio Stadium with 50,000+ others.
During walk on, when the firemen and police came onstage, Bono led them around the heart. The fireman shook hands with the people along the heart. At the end of the show, U2 left the stage and the firemen were still on the stage, and everyone stayed and applauded for probably 10 minutes to the firemen. After leaving the venue, we were all cheering the firemen so much that I almost forgot I had just seen U2.
Great show, my 3rd of Elevation. Liked it better than Indy, not as well as Columbus. I was miserably sick at Notre Dame show, and so was my buddy. I couldn't sing along, cause it hurt. So sad!