Tonight was the best U2 concert I have ever been to! I can't even really put into words just how amazing it was.
This was my 10th U2 concert, and this just might have been the best. I'm still smiling. As good as last night's show was, tonight was just perfect.
This weekend was truly a 'born again' experience as far as my U2 fandom goes.
Our secction 441, 30 dollar seats were absolutely incredible.
How great was tonight's show: The setlist, the fan energy, the ferocious performance by the band, and finally, how magically the band really worked the stadium vibe, something nearly impossible that U2 make seem effortless.
How great is this tour?
Will try to say more after some sleep.
Your Blue Room was absolutely mesmerising, beautifully lulling the stadium into a quiet trance. There were no cheers or applause at the end of it, but not because it didn't work, probably because it had such a calming effect (and many probably didn't know it).
This was my first U2 show. I have waited probably ten years until I could afford tickets.
I decided not to camp out, because I didn't want my girlfriend to endure that. We showed up around 6 PM. There wasn't much a queue...just a long mob of fans. I heard no bitching from people. Everyone seemed to accept that we were the last in line and that we would be in the back. HA! We were wrong.
I even took a piss and I had a fantastic spot of the view...just a few rows back from the outer rail.
We only had to wait an hour for Snow Patrol to rock Chicago! They were unbelievably fantastic. I hope they go on to do very well! After Snow Patrol, it was like an hour to before U2 came on. It was noticeably a long wait, but I watched the stage crew do their thing. Some beach balls kept us GA occupied xD
The stadium was close to a sell-out. It must have been 99.9% sold out because I could only spot just maybe a few seats left open...very hard to pick out.
Kingdom opened up and then I saw Larry in his White T...and then I didn't give a fuck about anything anymore. The opening chords of Breathe saw my feet leave the ground. From the opening song I could tell that the band was going to sound perfect...and believe me they did.
Breathe, No Line on the Horizon, Get On Your Boots, and Magnificent. What a power-house of songs. Especially Boots!!! I was going nuts! No holding back. Boots sounds great in a car stereo....it owned the night in the stadium! God....what a fantastic live song!
Beautiful Day had the beautiful intro. ISHFWILF....Bono let us sing the first few verses. The energy was in the air. Bono was impressed. Elevation rocked the stadium....Everyone got off their feets.
YOUR BLUE ROOM! It sounded perfect. I can't describe any other words. There was not a single hiccup. They rehearsed it well. It felt like it was a part of the setlist for years...except it was special of course because it wasnt!
Unknown Caller was fantastic. The Edge's solo got a long cheer!
Until The End of the World....one of my favorite songs. I am so happy I heard it live. Another great song...Bono took off sprinting around the outer circle lol...If anything is evident at the concert..it's that U2 is full of fucking energy. I was toast by the first encore. BONO WAS STILL ROCKING OUT! My girlfriend was impressed by this 50 year old irish flatfoot!
They played Stay. Someone dumbass girls just pushed my gf out of the way during the song. They kept talking to each other really loud and texting...not even paying attention to the show. I planned revenge.
UF....what a light show!!! Bono's falsetto is gold. The drums are kickass. I danced my way into the girls...bumpin my butt against their hips so they felt a little harassed and moved away....props to me.
COBL, Vertigo, Crazy Tonight, SBS....WOW. The stadium was berserk...at least I was.
I was dead by the first encore. I'm so glad they started playing some slower songs...because I left all my energy in the first set of songs. They changed up the Bishop Tutu speech for One. One sounded great. I danced.
Amazing Grace was very special...I couldn't sing a long. Bono was playing in a high key....and my voice was gone. It went into Streets...and I could have sworn Soldier Field looked exactly the Slane DVD....We were flying!
Ultraviolet....its really fucking LOUD. The Edge makes the ground shake when he slides up and down the frets.
With or Without You. Well, a lot of people have opinions about how the band plays it without any energy....Yeah.....whatever. This song made the women cry and the crowd OHing impressed Bono. It was just fantastic.
MOS was the closer. Bono doesn't sing it with a weird voice. I don't care. It was beautiful. The lyrics...the passion...this is my favorite song on the new album.
PS. It was my first concert...but I think it was a special one too. Bono said he would never forget this night...maybe he says that all the time...who knows...but I know many won't. The band performed almost to perfect. We got YBR. The audience was very enthused to be there. It was just perfect!
Thank you, U2.
FANTASTIC SHOW Tonight from start to finish
Amazing Grace before Streets was very very moving for me I can remember seeing U2 for the first time on 12/10/05 Vertigo Cleveland Ohio just seeing them LIVE for the first time brought tears to my eyes as well as the intro to Streets that night & tonight was no different don't ask me why but that intro still gets to me
This was my first U2 show. I have waited probably ten years until I could afford tickets.
I decided not to camp out, because I didn't want my girlfriend to endure that. We showed up around 6 PM. There wasn't much a queue...just a long mob of fans. I heard no bitching from people. Everyone seemed to accept that we were the last in line and that we would be in the back. HA! We were wrong.
I even took a piss and I had a fantastic spot of the view...just a few rows back from the outer rail.
We only had to wait an hour for Snow Patrol to rock Chicago! They were unbelievably fantastic. I hope they go on to do very well! After Snow Patrol, it was like an hour to before U2 came on. It was noticeably a long wait, but I watched the stage crew do their thing. Some beach balls kept us GA occupied xD
The stadium was close to a sell-out. It must have been 99.9% sold out because I could only spot just maybe a few seats left open...very hard to pick out.
Kingdom opened up and then I saw Larry in his White T...and then I didn't give a fuck about anything anymore. The opening chords of Breathe saw my feet leave the ground. From the opening song I could tell that the band was going to sound perfect...and believe me they did.
Breathe, No Line on the Horizon, Get On Your Boots, and Magnificent. What a power-house of songs. Especially Boots!!! I was going nuts! No holding back. Boots sounds great in a car stereo....it owned the night in the stadium! God....what a fantastic live song!
Beautiful Day had the beautiful intro. ISHFWILF....Bono let us sing the first few verses. The energy was in the air. Bono was impressed. Elevation rocked the stadium....Everyone got off their feets.
YOUR BLUE ROOM! It sounded perfect. I can't describe any other words. There was not a single hiccup. They rehearsed it well. It felt like it was a part of the setlist for years...except it was special of course because it wasnt!
Unknown Caller was fantastic. The Edge's solo got a long cheer!
Until The End of the World....one of my favorite songs. I am so happy I heard it live. Another great song...Bono took off sprinting around the outer circle lol...If anything is evident at the concert..it's that U2 is full of fucking energy. I was toast by the first encore. BONO WAS STILL ROCKING OUT! My girlfriend was impressed by this 50 year old irish flatfoot!
They played Stay. Someone dumbass girls just pushed my gf out of the way during the song. They kept talking to each other really loud and texting...not even paying attention to the show. I planned revenge.
UF....what a light show!!! Bono's falsetto is gold. The drums are kickass. I danced my way into the girls...bumpin my butt against their hips so they felt a little harassed and moved away....props to me.
COBL, Vertigo, Crazy Tonight, SBS....WOW. The stadium was berserk...at least I was.
I was dead by the first encore. I'm so glad they started playing some slower songs...because I left all my energy in the first set of songs. They changed up the Bishop Tutu speech for One. One sounded great. I danced.
Amazing Grace was very special...I couldn't sing a long. Bono was playing in a high key....and my voice was gone. It went into Streets...and I could have sworn Soldier Field looked exactly the Slane DVD....We were flying!
Ultraviolet....its really fucking LOUD. The Edge makes the ground shake when he slides up and down the frets.
With or Without You. Well, a lot of people have opinions about how the band plays it without any energy....Yeah.....whatever. This song made the women cry and the crowd OHing impressed Bono. It was just fantastic.
MOS was the closer. Bono doesn't sing it with a weird voice. I don't care. It was beautiful. The lyrics...the passion...this is my favorite song on the new album.
PS. It was my first concert...but I think it was a special one too. Bono said he would never forget this night...maybe he says that all the time...who knows...but I know many won't. The band performed almost to perfect. We got YBR. The audience was very enthused to be there. It was just perfect!
Thank you, U2.
PS. It was my first concert...but I think it was a special one too. Bono said he would never forget this night...maybe he says that all the time...who knows...but I know many won't. The band performed almost to perfect. We got YBR. The audience was very enthused to be there. It was just perfect!
Thank you, U2.
Twittered this last night:
"Searing, towering concert in Chicago tonight, much better sound, much better atmosphere and a setlist to cream your pants to. Lift off USA!"
An amazing concert. The atmosphere and volume from the crowd towards the end was deafening. Bono was really fired up for this gig, got the crowd going from before NLOTH with a little speech about having old songs, new songs, songs we haven't played before and asking "are you with us?"
There were a gazillion references to Chicago, how they could have opened in New York but chose Chicago, it's ok to kiss Chicago's ass etc ... All lapped up by the crowd.
The outer stage was used a lot more by all the band but especially Bono, he did a couple of sprints of the whole ring, collapsing exhausted at the end of UTEOTW, but still managing to sing Stay very passionately from his back. He brought a young boy onto the stage from the pit for a little jog around the stage during CoBL, what an experience for a young kid!
Your Blue Room was absolutely mesmerising, beautifully lulling the stadium into a quiet trance. There were no cheers or applause at the end of it, but not because it didn't work, probably because it had such a calming effect (and many probably didn't know it). It was followed by Unknown Caller and these two worked gorgeously well together.
Amazing Grace was beautiful, although Bono did bottle trying to hit the REALLY high note in the middle, and the segue into Streets was perfect. I didn't miss Pride.
I wasn't very impressed with Saturday's gig, thinking it was one of the worst I've seen on the tour. Last night's was one of the best. Lift off USA!
Yes. The songs before it just about tore the house down. Very calming and beautiful....I haven't listened to that song in a while!