We were about 10 rows back of the ellipse, and unfortunatley, there were three 18 year old girls, about half in the bag, doing everything they possibly could to get closer to the rail. Two different boyfriend - girlfriend couples had to put the stop to them, repeatedly having to ask them what part of "no" they did not understand; and we almost witnessed a good old fashion chick fight.
Blondie, leader of the three, kept telling everyone she was Irish - Catholic and Bono wanted her close to the stage. Wait, it gets better. Bono, being Bono talking up some world issues prior to Miss Sarajevo drew Blondie's most telling responses -- she'd give the most half assed "yeah" and "right on" as if she knew macro-economic theory and the solutions to world peace.
I'm sorry if this sounds judgemental, but all I could think of was that this girl could not spelll Sarajevo if you spotted her everything but the "o".
In sum, 99.99% of U2 fans are awesome, while Blondie and her friends put a temporary damper on the night for a handful of us.