BrownEyedBoy said:
Edge appeared on stage and after several minutes of watching technicians come and go on that very same stage I wasn´t quite sure if it was him. I asked the guy beside me "Is that Edge?!?!" and he said with a huge grin on his face "Who else?"
I had a similar experience in Auckland. I was like "is that the Edge?" And then me and my 2 friends started jumping and screaming like school girls, I remember saying "I can see the Edge, I can see the Edge!" over and over and shaking my friend. Written word can't describe the state of my voice when I was saying that, I was so excitied my vocal chords went all closed up or something and I could barely get the words out.
It was my first time seeing them, it's kind of the unbelief that you are actually there and are going to see them in the flesh and they are going to play all these great songs that have been in your life forever...
Because of he delay in the 5th leg, it was nearly a year between queueing for tickets the concert. A lot had changed for me in that time, it's hard to explain without going into detail, but I guess i was having a faith crisis and was going down a self destructive track, getting into an old scene that was doing me no good. That scene generally is full of U2 haters and particularly Bono haters. After defending him for ages and the band it kind of insidiously crept into my mind that they do indeed suck and Bono more so. I was going to sell my ticket and not go to the concert at all. I was very close to walking away from my relationship with God also at this point.
My U2 loving friends convinced me to go to the concert anyway, I had already paid for it a year ago, and besides it's going to be an awesome experience no matter what.
Even the trip up to Auckland was great, just being with people who are a fun time and they don't even drink! then the concert, OMG seriously I couldn't have been in a darker place internally, and then suddenly it was like BAM the lights went on. I had a major spiritual experience at the show... it wasn't just the music, the excitement, I could really feel the Holy Spirit, it was intense. I was like, "what have I been doing? what was I thinking of walking away for?" I spent alot of the concert with my arms raised worshipping God, (I don't think it was Bono...) in fact I had to keep reminding myself to open my eyes because it's not everyday you see Bono or this spectacle.
Anyway after that weekend I completely stopped hanging out in the bad scene, deleted all the phone numbers off my phone, stopped visiting an internet forum that was my main link to that scene and didn't go out to any shows associated with that scene.
I believe U2 saved me from making the hugest mistake of my life.
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I still get shivers and smile when I listen to the CDs from the show.
, and getting to see Bono perform it just so closeby, i thought I was levitating with happiness.
