Amazing night in Oakland!!!
Hubbie and I had Red Zone tickets.. but I was so excited I wanted to be there early, so we got to the Will Call at 1030am, picked up our Red Zone bands and tix, and found Gate A, where our "line" was. We found one other couple there in front of us! So we were second in line, and very happy about that.
We wanted to get the front most spot of the Red Zone...
It was surprising to me... that only a few more people showed up. We were maybe 8 people til about 3pm. When doors opened at 5pm, there were a total of about 30-40 people there. There was some chaos before entering... security came to tell us that GA would go in at 445pm and Red Zone at 5. Wouldnt really matter for us, since we wanted to stay in the Red Zone.. but for the couple in front of us that wanted to go into the Circle.. it was getting stressful. So I called someone over from U2 security, and we made our case...and he agreed that was stupid. So at 5, they let us all in and everyone rushed down to the floor.. again, security was being stupid... trying to stop us with Red Zone bands, saying they werent valid because they didnt have guitars on them (like regular GA!) We kept running, but it was a little intense. Anyways, worked out that my husband and I were first in our Red Zone... so we ran into the corner front spot that I wanted
We had awesome people all around us.... this father/son duo that were in back of us in line ended up next to us.. pretty cool to see a little 9 yr old at his first U2 show
I was glad we stuck with Red Zone, as we were debating to go into the circle. It looked so packed in there.. people were like sardines.. I like to be able to leave to go use the restroom if needed, and we were lucky in Red Zone people were cool with it, up until right after Lenny. Then it got a little sketchy to leave.
The show was awesome.. I dont get the people saying Bono was sick/hoarse... I thought he looked full of energy and in great spririts... he is either a really good faker or he was feelin alright! All of them looked like they were having a great time out there! Loved the new visuals.. Zooropa was a highlight for me! Amazing! It was great to be back at the venue where the whole U2 dream started for me.. way back on 11/15/1987.. JT Tour.. back at the Colliseum.
I am sad its over... so much antipation and then seems like 2 seconds, poof its over... but I have Anaheim to look forward to next Friday.. cant wait!!! Im wondering if we should even attempt to get into the circle with our GA tix... if its packed like Oakland, it didnt look very tempting.
Anyways, the night proved to me that U2 will forever be, the BEST band in the world. Thank you U2, for brightening up my life!