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October 25, 2005
BY MARTIN BANDYKE
FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER
4 out of 4 Stars
Playing the first of two shows at the Palace of Auburn Hills, U2 delivered a triumphant, career-ranging show Monday. While it lacked some of the complicated staging effects of the band's previous tours, it still easily won over the sold-out crowd of 20,000 plus.
Taking the stage beneath fluttering confetti and strings of LED lights resembling huge beaded curtains, the Irish quartet began with a sleek, confident version of "City of Blinding Lights" from its latest album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." But the joint really exploded when U2 next launched into "Vertigo" from the same CD.
From there, the band whipped out some of its best-known songs. "I Will Follow," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Pride (In the Name of Love)" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" were among those getting the biggest receptions.
Bono, in basic black, prowled the stage's oval catwalk, engaging fans with the riveting presence that gets the attention of world leaders from President George W. Bush on down.
Longtime fans gush over return of U2
Rock show feels like a family reunion
October 25, 2005
BY KIM SILARSKI
FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER
It's been a long-distance love affair since 2001, the last time U2 and their ardent local fans got together for a sold-out show at the Palace of Auburn Hills. But the flame burned just as brightly as ever Monday, as evidenced by the concert's family-reunion feel, the sing-alongs that began with the very first tune and the audience's palpable, passionate reaction to Bono's every kick and clap.
Near the end of the show, the charismatic front man -- who has been in the news lately for his poverty relief efforts -- even got most of the attendees to hold up their cell phones to "turn this place into the Milky Way," as he put it.
He then urged them to text-message their names to the number 86483, the home of his group, One: The Campaign to Make Poverty History.
Here's what some of what those concertgoers had to say about U2 on Monday:
Jen Nason, 38, Rochester Hills: "I've been a fan since I sat in the fourth row at the Fox in the mid-'80s. I love some of their older, edgier stuff. But for the most part, they have remained true to themselves. They're a little less college rock, a little more mainstream, but the quality of their music is consistent."
John Hoyle, 46, Sheffield, England: "I've never been much of a fan, but this is fantastic. Bono's presence is awesome."
Michael Doyle, 44, Grosse Ile: "We saw U2 on our honeymoon in Ireland in 1987, totally by accident. This band is one of the best ever. Within three chords, you know it's a U2 song. Anyone can relate to this band."
Kevin Conrad, 34, Lansing: "You can take it for granted, but U2 has one of the more impressive careers in rock 'n' roll. Unlike the Rolling Stones, people are still interested in their new music."
Sinan Atmaca, 33, Detroit: "This is the most memorable show, because it's my first one. I have been a fan for 20 years, and I have sympathy for the Irish people. This music is gorgeous, beautiful.
"And my son is here, 18 months old, the youngest U2 fan."
Ted Simpkins, 44, Holland: "Bono is a real wordsmith. When he speaks, you don't know what he's talking about. So you listen 10 times more closely. Then you realize he's mostly talking about God. Either that, or an 18-year-old girl. Maybe they're the same thing."
Casey Weiher, 26, Toledo: "Even thought their style is pretty much the same, they are still making good music. I started watching them on MTV when I was 12 or 13."
Stephanie Linehan, 25, Toledo: "Their humanitarian efforts really impress me. They are so genuine."
Thom Gulock, 46, Royal Oak: "I've been a fan since 1978. And my wife is a U2 groupie. I love the intensity of their live shows. I've seen them probably six times."
Sam Frontiera, 22, Grand Rapids: "This is the best show I've ever seen. U2 has been my favorite band since seventh grade."
BY MARTIN BANDYKE
FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER
4 out of 4 Stars
Playing the first of two shows at the Palace of Auburn Hills, U2 delivered a triumphant, career-ranging show Monday. While it lacked some of the complicated staging effects of the band's previous tours, it still easily won over the sold-out crowd of 20,000 plus.
Taking the stage beneath fluttering confetti and strings of LED lights resembling huge beaded curtains, the Irish quartet began with a sleek, confident version of "City of Blinding Lights" from its latest album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." But the joint really exploded when U2 next launched into "Vertigo" from the same CD.
From there, the band whipped out some of its best-known songs. "I Will Follow," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Pride (In the Name of Love)" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" were among those getting the biggest receptions.
Bono, in basic black, prowled the stage's oval catwalk, engaging fans with the riveting presence that gets the attention of world leaders from President George W. Bush on down.
Longtime fans gush over return of U2
Rock show feels like a family reunion
October 25, 2005
BY KIM SILARSKI
FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER
It's been a long-distance love affair since 2001, the last time U2 and their ardent local fans got together for a sold-out show at the Palace of Auburn Hills. But the flame burned just as brightly as ever Monday, as evidenced by the concert's family-reunion feel, the sing-alongs that began with the very first tune and the audience's palpable, passionate reaction to Bono's every kick and clap.
Near the end of the show, the charismatic front man -- who has been in the news lately for his poverty relief efforts -- even got most of the attendees to hold up their cell phones to "turn this place into the Milky Way," as he put it.
He then urged them to text-message their names to the number 86483, the home of his group, One: The Campaign to Make Poverty History.
Here's what some of what those concertgoers had to say about U2 on Monday:
Jen Nason, 38, Rochester Hills: "I've been a fan since I sat in the fourth row at the Fox in the mid-'80s. I love some of their older, edgier stuff. But for the most part, they have remained true to themselves. They're a little less college rock, a little more mainstream, but the quality of their music is consistent."
John Hoyle, 46, Sheffield, England: "I've never been much of a fan, but this is fantastic. Bono's presence is awesome."
Michael Doyle, 44, Grosse Ile: "We saw U2 on our honeymoon in Ireland in 1987, totally by accident. This band is one of the best ever. Within three chords, you know it's a U2 song. Anyone can relate to this band."
Kevin Conrad, 34, Lansing: "You can take it for granted, but U2 has one of the more impressive careers in rock 'n' roll. Unlike the Rolling Stones, people are still interested in their new music."
Sinan Atmaca, 33, Detroit: "This is the most memorable show, because it's my first one. I have been a fan for 20 years, and I have sympathy for the Irish people. This music is gorgeous, beautiful.
"And my son is here, 18 months old, the youngest U2 fan."
Ted Simpkins, 44, Holland: "Bono is a real wordsmith. When he speaks, you don't know what he's talking about. So you listen 10 times more closely. Then you realize he's mostly talking about God. Either that, or an 18-year-old girl. Maybe they're the same thing."
Casey Weiher, 26, Toledo: "Even thought their style is pretty much the same, they are still making good music. I started watching them on MTV when I was 12 or 13."
Stephanie Linehan, 25, Toledo: "Their humanitarian efforts really impress me. They are so genuine."
Thom Gulock, 46, Royal Oak: "I've been a fan since 1978. And my wife is a U2 groupie. I love the intensity of their live shows. I've seen them probably six times."
Sam Frontiera, 22, Grand Rapids: "This is the best show I've ever seen. U2 has been my favorite band since seventh grade."
A U2 Virgin No More...
Monday night was my first major concert--I've seen B.B. King and Loggins and Messina (the latter I worked at), but that was up at the casino in Mount Pleasant, and doesn't truly qualify, in my book. I'd been aching to see these guys live for years, and I finally got that chance this time around.
I waited up all night back in March, just to be able to snag some tix. It was well worth it--I grabbed two in the upper deck on the right side of the stage, first row. On our way down for the show, my girlfriend hit upon the idea of stopping on the way and creating a sign to commemorate United Nations Day. I thought there'd be scores of signs throughout the arena, and thought no big thing of it. It delayed us a tad, forcing us to miss half of Gavin Stefani. I was really glum. Really. Anyhow, it turned out that there weren't many signs, and only a few Irish flags here and there. We flashed ours, neatly fashioned out of a destroyed pillow case, over the side, only to be admonished by an usher. We pulled it up, but the people around us urged us to throw it back over. A really cool, easygoing bunch, U2 fans. From navigating through the corridors before the show, I found them all to be easy-going and friendly. We're a community, really.
A word about the show: Fantastic. In ways, it makes me regretful that I missed out on the great tours, such as ZOO TV and the Joshua Tree tour, but I was far beyond satisfied with this one. I damn near cried my heart out when The Arcade Fire hit, and the boys came strolling out. Oh, and the new songs are excellent live, as well as Bono's stab at the Pavarotti lyrics on "Miss Sarajevo". It was easily one of the greatest moments in my life thus far.
My highlights? A lady down in section 103, row three came up to 203 and gave us her two tix to watch the encores, and wanted nothing for them. She had to leave, and for reasons unknown, she chose us. Pretty sweet of her. And The Edge acknowledged our sign, giving us the ol' thumbs up.
Monday night was my first major concert--I've seen B.B. King and Loggins and Messina (the latter I worked at), but that was up at the casino in Mount Pleasant, and doesn't truly qualify, in my book. I'd been aching to see these guys live for years, and I finally got that chance this time around.
I waited up all night back in March, just to be able to snag some tix. It was well worth it--I grabbed two in the upper deck on the right side of the stage, first row. On our way down for the show, my girlfriend hit upon the idea of stopping on the way and creating a sign to commemorate United Nations Day. I thought there'd be scores of signs throughout the arena, and thought no big thing of it. It delayed us a tad, forcing us to miss half of Gavin Stefani. I was really glum. Really. Anyhow, it turned out that there weren't many signs, and only a few Irish flags here and there. We flashed ours, neatly fashioned out of a destroyed pillow case, over the side, only to be admonished by an usher. We pulled it up, but the people around us urged us to throw it back over. A really cool, easygoing bunch, U2 fans. From navigating through the corridors before the show, I found them all to be easy-going and friendly. We're a community, really.
A word about the show: Fantastic. In ways, it makes me regretful that I missed out on the great tours, such as ZOO TV and the Joshua Tree tour, but I was far beyond satisfied with this one. I damn near cried my heart out when The Arcade Fire hit, and the boys came strolling out. Oh, and the new songs are excellent live, as well as Bono's stab at the Pavarotti lyrics on "Miss Sarajevo". It was easily one of the greatest moments in my life thus far.
My highlights? A lady down in section 103, row three came up to 203 and gave us her two tix to watch the encores, and wanted nothing for them. She had to leave, and for reasons unknown, she chose us. Pretty sweet of her. And The Edge acknowledged our sign, giving us the ol' thumbs up.
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Monday October 24th Show.
Purchased 2 GA's at the Palace ticket booth 10-min before U2 went on stage. My 2nd U2 concert and first GA experience.
Light's come down, it's black, you hear the distinctive twang of Edge’s guitar, the crowd goes wild. City of Blinding Lights starts while the lights come up and Bono is at the tip of the ellipse. Confetti rains on the GA crowd while Bono looks around sizing up the crowd. They hit us with three strong songs to get the crowd pumped "City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation". Bono seems to be a great form nailing the Vertigo lyric “ Because you give me something…..I can FEELl!!!!!!!!!”
You are then transported back in time for “I Will Follow, The Electric Co., The Ocean, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” (as Bono comments on I Will Follow), “when we sang that song first were 17,18 and 19 year old Irish boys. Well one of the boys kind of spoke with an English accent”. I assume one of them must have been born in the UK and moved to Ireland???
We were then propelled “back to the future” with (In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own,). When they started Miracle Drug, Bono went on some tangent about The Edge being from the future and coming down out of a space ship. He talked about those 3 notes and how they are special (Edge keeps repeating them over and over again). It was rather amusing. Bono mentions he father before “Some Times” and seemed to get caught up in the song. Just before the concert I read the Bono interview in Rolling Stone magazine. He mentions that sometime when he sings the mood will be just right and the crowd disappears, the song takes on a life of its own. That’s what happened when he sang “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”.
The next transition of songs was more of the deep dark gutsy Rock N Roll feel that I have come to admire about U2 (Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky). During “Love and Pease” Edge broke out of his shell and went ballistic with the guitar solo. He made his way around the ellipse jerking and swaying like his guitar had taken on a life if it’s own. The crowd was eating it up. My wife and I just looked at each other not saying a word but thinking the same thing “The Edge is ON FIRE tonight”. The transition from “Sunday” to “Bullet” was really amazing as well. If you were there you know what I mean.
Finishing out the set was (Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River). Now it’s soap box time. Again it reminded me of the Rolling Stones interview when the interviewer asks Bono questions about his “Preaching”. At one point Bono says, “I’m Bono, and even I get sick of hearing Bono speak”. I have not problems with his causes. You have to act on your convictions and I admire that about Bono. But the guy next to me on the floor was not as… well….how should I put this…..hmmmm, open to what Bono had to say. Paraphrasing what he was shouting in my ear, “shut the F_ _ K up and just play music”.
I came to the conclusion that he had one too may “adult beverages”
Encore was excellent: (Walk On (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40) Every women around me was jealous because they didn’t get picked to come up on stage with Bono for “With or Without You” (including my wife).
In all the energy in the Palace was very high. Bono at times would get pumped up, which would pump up the crowds even more. You could see him shouting at people to put their hands up and just LET GO. He did comment a few times that, “ is this really Monday night in Detroit? It feels more like Saturday night then Monday. It feels a little like Sunday morning as well”. I think the Detroit crowd can take that as a great complement. I would agree. I’m 36, married, 4 kids, but that that night on the floor of the palace with my wife made me feel 18 again. It gives me hope that I haven’t “lost it” and still have the ability to let it all go and just Rock OUT! Thanks to Bono, The Edge, Larry and Adam.
Purchased 2 GA's at the Palace ticket booth 10-min before U2 went on stage. My 2nd U2 concert and first GA experience.
Light's come down, it's black, you hear the distinctive twang of Edge’s guitar, the crowd goes wild. City of Blinding Lights starts while the lights come up and Bono is at the tip of the ellipse. Confetti rains on the GA crowd while Bono looks around sizing up the crowd. They hit us with three strong songs to get the crowd pumped "City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation". Bono seems to be a great form nailing the Vertigo lyric “ Because you give me something…..I can FEELl!!!!!!!!!”
You are then transported back in time for “I Will Follow, The Electric Co., The Ocean, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” (as Bono comments on I Will Follow), “when we sang that song first were 17,18 and 19 year old Irish boys. Well one of the boys kind of spoke with an English accent”. I assume one of them must have been born in the UK and moved to Ireland???
We were then propelled “back to the future” with (In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own,). When they started Miracle Drug, Bono went on some tangent about The Edge being from the future and coming down out of a space ship. He talked about those 3 notes and how they are special (Edge keeps repeating them over and over again). It was rather amusing. Bono mentions he father before “Some Times” and seemed to get caught up in the song. Just before the concert I read the Bono interview in Rolling Stone magazine. He mentions that sometime when he sings the mood will be just right and the crowd disappears, the song takes on a life of its own. That’s what happened when he sang “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”.
The next transition of songs was more of the deep dark gutsy Rock N Roll feel that I have come to admire about U2 (Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky). During “Love and Pease” Edge broke out of his shell and went ballistic with the guitar solo. He made his way around the ellipse jerking and swaying like his guitar had taken on a life if it’s own. The crowd was eating it up. My wife and I just looked at each other not saying a word but thinking the same thing “The Edge is ON FIRE tonight”. The transition from “Sunday” to “Bullet” was really amazing as well. If you were there you know what I mean.
Finishing out the set was (Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River). Now it’s soap box time. Again it reminded me of the Rolling Stones interview when the interviewer asks Bono questions about his “Preaching”. At one point Bono says, “I’m Bono, and even I get sick of hearing Bono speak”. I have not problems with his causes. You have to act on your convictions and I admire that about Bono. But the guy next to me on the floor was not as… well….how should I put this…..hmmmm, open to what Bono had to say. Paraphrasing what he was shouting in my ear, “shut the F_ _ K up and just play music”.
I came to the conclusion that he had one too may “adult beverages”
Encore was excellent: (Walk On (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40) Every women around me was jealous because they didn’t get picked to come up on stage with Bono for “With or Without You” (including my wife).
In all the energy in the Palace was very high. Bono at times would get pumped up, which would pump up the crowds even more. You could see him shouting at people to put their hands up and just LET GO. He did comment a few times that, “ is this really Monday night in Detroit? It feels more like Saturday night then Monday. It feels a little like Sunday morning as well”. I think the Detroit crowd can take that as a great complement. I would agree. I’m 36, married, 4 kids, but that that night on the floor of the palace with my wife made me feel 18 again. It gives me hope that I haven’t “lost it” and still have the ability to let it all go and just Rock OUT! Thanks to Bono, The Edge, Larry and Adam.
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