Hi everyone,
What a frigging weekend?!?! I’m back at work after leaving Thursday & returning yesterday from both shows ( & Disneyland).
Night 1 was great. Thought it was the most solid 360 show I saw so far (Chicago I, Houston, Vegas) on the tour. Though I miss hearing the NLOTH songs they just didn’t translate live but seeing U2 (especially Bono) performing at a high energy level again is great. And Zooropa live, not youtube, but live in person is a thing of beauty. Sounds so great!! Then finally hearing Stay live brought some tears to my face. So besides having to walk back to the hotel after the show (2.5 miles), Night 1 was great.
Going into Night 2 we were dead (me, wife, & 14 year nephew) from Night 1 & of course going to Disneyland for most the day. My nephew even ask me, “Do we have to go tonight”? YES !!! As we were in the GA tonight and from observing the floor from above during Night 1, we figured we’ll just stand on Adam’s side. Plenty of room and great viewing area.
Now I figured we would get Out Of Control, maybe a different acoustic song, and Ultraviolet. Then after Real Thing my head exploded. I literally turned to wife and screamed, YEAAHHHHH. She was laughing at me!! Great, rocking, surprised version of The Fly!! Then the AB setlist ensued & I just kept turning to my party, 3 AB songs in a row, 4 AB songs in a row, 5!! AB baby songs in a row. Then Bono started singing Amazing Grace, I turn to my wife, are they going to play Streets next?!??!?! And they did. Crowd went ape sh*t as I was looking at the stands and up above. It was a true magical moment. The rest of the set was great. This being, I think, the best U2 show I’ve ever seen. The U2 magic was in full force. And hearing Ultraviolet one last time was my closure for me on the 360 tour.
What is weird? I took my 14 year old nephew to his first U2 show and I saw U2 for the 1st time when I was 14 year old during Zoo TV. He even bought the U2 One shirt on sell now……that’s the same shirt I bought back in 1992. So hearing the heavy AB setlist was a weird twist in fate.
At the beginning of the tour me & my wife were 4 years married together. I went to Chicago, saw a great show in my home state of TX, and experienced U2 again (Popmart) in Vegas. We even went to Miami & Key West last year (had tickets to Miami). Anaheim brought an end to an amazing tour for us. We got back last night tired, blown away, and of wonder of the next tour. Then we put our 6 month old to bed who wasn’t even thought of at the start of the 360.
Baby baby baby, light my way