by Sara Guttman

I found some of the other messages posted on this site to be very inspiring and printed some of them. I'll probably put them with my pictures from the show.

I consider myself a big U2 fan, but different from some of the authors of other posted messages. I'm not as musically savvy or experienced with U2 as others, but on a measure of excitement and love for the band and music...no one can tell me I am not a big fan. There was no where else in the entire world I wanted to be on March 30, 2001 than at the U2 concert in Atlanta.

I drove with a friend 8 hours from Virginia to get there and rode the MARTA to the arena. We bought tickets off of EBAY from a person who had won them from Star 94, an Atlanta top 40 radio station apparantly.

I felt the band reaching out to the audience for the entire show. From all the catwalk action, to the stage dive, to the hand held spotlight (reminescent of Rattle & Hum). When the spotlight was pointed on me I felt like I literally had Bono's attention for a moment. Like he was saying hi to me or something. The intimacy offered by the four black and white screens was a great idea, for those not fortunate enough to be in "Bono's heart" seating. I also kept thinking of their choice to play smaller venues even though could sell out Giants stadium four times over at least. Everything was so emotional and wonderful.

I figured R.E.M. had to be in the house, even if Bono hadn't sang some of their lines. I wondered about the Indigo Girls and some other Atlanta natives being there too.

I was so impressed with the setlist (a nice combo) and the accuracy. The band had obviously practiced a lot, but it was far from a mechanical performance too. I definitely felt the getting back to roots vibe. There was such a combination of old school all-about-the-music and cutting edge special effects [leaving all happy, including the band hopefully]. Leave it to U2. They were all things to all people in that arena Friday night. I try not to think of Pop (and sorta Zooropa) as a stray, but a natural progression that happened for the band to reach where they are today. I love the new cd. Hell yeah they got the job! I hope they play "Bad" for my sisters seeing them in Denver tomorrow night.

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