*breathes in relief*
I was quite baffled with people's strong reactions to GA in this thread (and the other one). Things do get quite heated on the floor, but I thought that's always the case. I started queuing at 6.30 am. I ended up against the rail inside the pit with 2 other Interference members, way out on the Edge's side. When we started we were in between the two front claws. Just before the Intro to Breathe started, we found out we had been pushed out so we were to the left of the left claw, closer to the bridge. Apparently people pushed us out, and as I found out throughout the night, if you're against the rail, chances are you'll be pushed out from the center. However, if you're in second row, you'll actually be pushed in, more towards the center.
It's the law of physics I guess... The guy next to me didn't speak English, but even so, I know he was angry at being pushed out from the center. I just tried to explain that we were all being pushed out in the same direction, and that it wasn't because I had grown bigger or stretched out more than when we had started.
This show was my first GA experience. It's a great experience, and the crowd was so energetic. I could barely move by the time they did the encore, and that's the only thing I regretted about the show. I should have tried to smuggle in more food and drinks into the pit. They didn't even check our bags! Hearing Unknown Caller live for the first time was amazing!! And Bono and The Edge did In A Little While dedicated to one of the astronauts whose family was in the audience. I love that song!! But the best part of the night still belongs to Ultraviolet. To see Bono sing that up close, with the laserlight jacket and smokes and embracing the wheel mike was just out of this world. I taped the entire song I think, but it ended up being quite choppy as my setting was on 1080p, not 720p. I'll try to post that on Youtube and share it here.
I met a few wonderful people from this forum, and I love sharing the experiences with other U2 fans. There's nothing else like being in the concert, whether it's the pit, the pitch, the seats, and have your neighbors jump around and get into the songs as much as you do!
What I love the most about the shows in Croke Park, aside from the audience participation, is Bono seemed to do a lot more snippets. I don't know if he'd been doing that in the previous shows, but we got soooo many snippets, my heart could burst!! Here Comes the Sun, Stand By Me, Rock the Casbah, Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, and the list goes on... I try to get these snippets on video, but it was hard to time them!
After the show, we went for dinner at the abrakebabra shop in Drumcondra, and I had the best donner kebab ever!! Probably because I was starving at that point. Monday night I went to the same place after the concert, and got their garlic cheese fries. Yummy!