Hi...I'm a newbie here, just got registered 3 days ago...I'm a mad NewOrder/JoyDivision fan ( ...and JD's the band that inspired Bono & co in the early days, hee-hee )
My last U2 concert was the Zooropa tour in Sydney Football Stadium - the night they played without Adam Clayton, I think that was Nov'93? 94?
Anyway I thought the Sydney First night was fantastic and sitting in A reserve just above the Corporate Boxes I could see a huge wave of fans responding very enthusiastically, I thought and I remembered saying to myself 'wow, the phalanx of the U2 army is def in Sydney tonite!'.....Seeing the spirit of the crowd I got many 'goose-pimple' moments during the concert - you see New Order fans may be as passionate but definitely lacking in the numbers department!
As usual 'streets' & 'pride' were the best moments but it was really good to hear 'walk on' , 'kite' and 'the fly'....I just couldn't understand why not many there showed interested in that song but I thought 'the fly' is one of the best U2 song - the energy-driven beat, pumping bass, soaring guitar, bono falsetto & great lyrics and in fact, together with 'zoo station' these 2 songs injected so much faith and interest back into the band for me after (....totally my personal opinion here....) the convulated, bloated and tired Americana-theme of Rattle & Hum.
Overall I really enjoyed it and now will make sure I would never miss any U2 from now on - I missed the last one - the Pop tour I think.
Tomorrow I'll be in GA for the third gig and I'm dreading the stomp - me being a not-very-tall and smallish person...duh!