by Phil Growden

The preamble ....I'd not seen the band since '87 and had been looking forward to it for months .The tickets had been sold out but I'd posted a 'wanted ad. at Yahoo auctions and someone e mailed to say that the NEC had released some more...they had thank you!!We got there at about 7pm and loads of people were having a beer on the grass outside.It was a hot summers night and perfect.There were loads of
scalpers around ..A beer was £2.40.Luke warm.
Poor.Hot Dogs £2.50 very tasty!No one seemed to be watching the support band we were all soaking it up.There was a great age range there.The GreenPeace stand was very quiet.

The show...Bono was in black with corporal stripes!!.The Edge wore '2' ,Adam had a 'Yes' T shirt,Larry a purple shirt..we had
good seats but I envied those in the 'heart'
they had a great view.The band were supremely tight and seemed to be enjoying it,the crowd were rocking and the intro to 'Streets' was something that I'll never forget!!Low point...'New York' (perhaps a toilet break next time!!)

Afterwards...loads of smiling faces we know we'd seen a very good show..and outside loads of lads selling great U2 posters for a quid...magic!!

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