hand0lotion
War Child
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Additional thoughts...
Still getting over the fact they pulled out OTH at the end. Definitely feeling blessed to have been there for that.
As a previous poster mentioned, I could definitely smell marijuana at one point in the pit. Not sure if I thought I was the only one, but that was definitely a first at a U2 show for me.
Regarding the GA experience, I can't really leave with any complaints from this one. I signed up in the line the night before at around #193 and still managed to get a front row spot just to the left of Edge. Would it have been nice to have been closer to the center like the last show I was at? Sure, no question. But I still got a good show out of it and met some nice people, so not all was lost. I just go with the flow on how the crowd handles the line police, honestly (for lack of a better term, haha). At Chicago 1 in 2009, the security basically told everyone first come, first serve, and that was the end of that. This time around, they didn't seem to fight it too much, and me and lot of other people still got a pretty good spot (and some time inside Soldier Field out of the sun).
So while it could've been worse, I don't really have any complaints about how the night turned out for me. Every venue is going to handle those people differently, and there's not much I can do about it until I see what they're doing and I'll just go from there.
Wow, you must have been some speed-walker, then! When push comes to shove, it's all about how you make the walk into the stadium that can give you a big advantage, regardless of line number.
In Soldier Field, should have entered the pit from Edge's side, since the entry onto the field was closer to Edge's side.