I left No Doubt 2 songs early to avoid traffic. But then again, that was No Doubt.
yesVegas, under the stars in October with U2 (360)
Met everyone from here it seems. Camped out all night - and yes, elfa, I do get laid! Partied. Great show! Am not lining up again today, have a different plan of action. The show was great. I was in the first row of the inner pit maybe 3 people to the left of Bono (Edge's side) and I was not dead, au contraire.
Mark got on City and I got on CBC. Went down to the Hideout after to finish a great birthday off with singing Stay and In God's Country with Brady from Elevation. He did other stuff too not just U2, he was very energetic entertaining and a great time
The Overdraught sucks. The company I had there ie Mia, Julie, Kaffy, Bmac - great people. But the place sucks now, imo. No food after 11? You're off the tour. I think everyone now knows that I have an eating disorder: I NEED TO EAT ALL THE TIME.
Let's find somewhere else for tonight. I'm posting from Tony's room at the Dome hotel. Don't tell him.
I honestly can not understand why people leave early just to not be "caught" in traffic. I mean, these concerts only happen every 4 or 5 years and they last about 2 hours. Why bother??? Seriously.
I dont think anyone should be lynched for wanting to leave a song or two early to avoid the mess. It's their prerogative. Some of these venues are so poorly constructed that it can literally take hours to get out of there if you leave when everyone else is leaving.
Let me know how long it takes you to get out of the Rose Bowl Carlos.
oh, how was the security on bag searching ? I am going to be bringing my SLR camera, but don't want to be stopped. From what I read non professional cameras are allowed, but then I read some people are asked to stop taking pictures, what gives ?
I dont think anyone should be lynched for wanting to leave a song or two early to avoid the mess. It's their prerogative. Some of these venues are so poorly constructed that it can literally take hours to get out of there if you leave when everyone else is leaving.
Let me know how long it takes you to get out of the Rose Bowl Carlos.
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I promised the kids we will go the Montreal if they play !!!
Amazing pics, btw! Mine suck. I agree with you on the crowd, in my section (114) it wasn't quite so bad but still people were sitting down too much and practically nobody besides me was singing. I saw them in Montreal in 2005 and the crowd was much better (although I was in the GA right in front along the rail, so maybe my perspective is skewed )Here's my honest review. Arrived at 7:15 with my wife, 18 year daughter and 21 year old son. I had promised the kids a U2 concert since the Vertigo tour. Walked in to the dome and WOW!!! The set is impressive when seeing it in person. We were in section 537, not as high up as I was worried about but really an excellent view. Mostly parallel with the outer circle and a great view of the CN Tower. Snow Patrol was playing and were quite good. Really interacted with the crowd. The roof was open and it was a really nice night. First thing we noticed is how great the sound was. Anyone that has been to the dome with the roof closed knows how bad it could be. The acoustics were excellent all night. Sun when down and we started to notice how many empty seats there were. Shocking so. The GA was only 3/4 full and half way back it was nicely spread out. Major Tom started about 8:40 and U2 took the stage. This is when I my mouth dropped open. No one except my daughter, the chick an aisle over and I stood up to the opening. After Breathe we sat down. WOW was this a bummer. After the first four songs my daughter said can we stand up. So for the rest of the concert we stood and slowly more and more people stood. Especially during the City of Blinding light, Vertigo part of the concert. The Toronto crowd was very reserved in the 500 section and it appeared that the GA was similar. Maybe someone in the GA could comment better than me on this. The inner circle was really rocking though. the band was absolutely assume. Bono's voice was really on all night. The set list was excellent, my wife was hoping for Stuck in a moment rather than Stay but really loved your Blue room. They didn't play Pride which surprised me. I'm not sure if this is one of there songs that rotates. Really loved Ultraviolet and Bono sang With or Without you, more to the normal version. Love moment of surrender but maybe not as a closer. Still thing Breathe should not open the show either. I really think that they should open with magnificent. that song could really be slowly ramped up until they take the stage and be extra special. All in all a great night. Dome was as good as it could be, Band was really excellent. Crowd a definite D as U2 concerts go. We saw them in Ottawa an no one sat. Soooo, I promised the kids we will go the Montreal if they play !!!
This made me sorry... At just about every hockey game I've been to people do the wave; I went to the curling championship last year and people were doing the wave... anyway, I wouldn't consider it 'rare' and 'from the past'!During the interlude, the fans in the upper deck started a rare thing from the past called the wave.
I'll have some reviews later, but just had to post this picture.
that's an awesome pic, with the CN tower in the background too