Okay so here goes the probably really long story lol.
I got there at about 5am, and I met up with BonosBaby12. She was around 70 something in line, and I was 83...at 5am. WTF? People were there at like 5pm the day before...that's rough haha. But I met her, and another interferencer who doesn't post on here much, but she was from Canada, and very excited about the Poetic Social Mission that night
They moved us closer to the stadium around 6:30 and we were in line for quite a while. I met some other cool people (not sure if they have accounts here) but they were all chill, and they all discouraged people to cut in line by giving em mean looks and talking crap about em
Uh...time in line was awesome. I spent it talking to people, we got wristbands around 10am so I went to check out the front of the stadium and take pics in front of it with the Claw in the background.
So hot. UGH! It was terrible, even at 10am. I went to the bathroom around noon and it was even worse. I was sweating bullets.
About 1pm they started telling us to be back here and have our stuff up by around 2:30, but I spoke with a security guard and he said to really be there by 4. At around 2 or so, they moved us closer together. BAD MOVE. Everyone was jam packed, hot, sticky etc, and it sucked. And a lot of people were bringing stuff back so they may have missed out. At around 2:30 or so they moved us closer to gate A of the stadium, with no shade at all. Damn. Horrible horrible heat I must emphasize again, luckily the staff had lots of water for us
Everyone cheered when clouds covered the sun, too lol
At around 3:30 or so they decided to move our first group INTO gate A, in the shade. It was still humid in there tho :/ Gates were supposed to open at 5 but I guess since the band was late they let us in at 5:30. They eventually moved us near port-o-potties and they gave us water so it wasn't all bad. We heard them soundcheck Elevation and everyone was singing along
Then they did Breathe intro and bits of Vertigo. It was cool.
We got in around 5:30 and I rushed to the inner circle in front of Adam. Being a bass player he is my inspiration and it was nice to finally see him up close. I had a sign that said "Me + Bass New Year's Day" to try and get on stage but it wasn't on the setlist so no luck :/
At about 6:30 I needed water and they had a bunch of water jugs with cups for the people up front. Good call on the staff. Muse came on around 7, and I tried getting the people around me into them. It worked
They noticed my big enthusiasm with my singing along and headbanging to the songs
I was near exhausted after Muse, but it was worth it.
When they were tearing down and U2 was setting up, I saw Stuart and I called out his name, telling him he rocked. I held up my sign and he saw it and gave it a smirk. More on that later. When U2 finally came on, I got goosebumps and was sooooo excited. I saw them on Vertigo Tour in Miami but it was bad seats, and now they were so close to me. I held up my sign during every song and it caught Adam's attention and he smiled at me a few times and acknowledged me.
To take things further, around the 8th song, I decided to use my friend's sharpie market to write on the back "You're my bass idol," thinking it would get his attention more. As soon as he saw it he gave me a big grin. Throughout the course of the night, he stayed in front of me a lot (it's his side, obviously, but in front of me directly a lot), and even winked at me once. He was smiling a lot anytime he was near and was interacting with me a lot, even though it was through body language. And he put a big smile on my face throughout the night.
After Moment of Surrender was finished, I held up the sign again, and I will never forget what happened: he looked down at me, gave me a full blown smile and pointed right at the sign. I almost lost it. He actually acknowledged it and knew how big of a fan I was. I was watching him the whole night, trying to see his technique and whatnot, and he noticed. I felt like I could die lol.
So after they get off the stage and the crew is tearing down, I see Stuart again and try to get his attention. I had another blank sign and used the sharpie again, writing "Stuart, Setlist Please?" on it. I held it up, and after about 2 minutes, he saw it. He was in the back by the drums, and put down what he had in his hands, went over to the keyboard or drum set (I wasn't sure) and tore tape off a paper. He brought it over, folded it up, and called a security guard over. By that time, 10 fans or so had seen it, trying to ask him for it. He told the guard "Give it to that gentleman right there. He's a great fan" and he pointed directly to me.
I told him thank you and I nearly freaked out. It was the one thing I wanted most from the concert to always remember it. And it was one of the on stage ones too, making it even sweeter. I left the concert that night..and I felt as if it was the greatest night of my life, and I think it will be that way for a long time.
Oh, and Stuart is awesome. When he was soundchecking Adam's purple Fender, around the catwalk, he totally played Muse's Uprising. I was like..in awe.
Hope you guys enjoy!