by TS

I'm posting this review late--Hey, I had to drive across two state lines and cross into a different time zone to get home! This was my second show of this tour and I made it into the heart this time. While I was waiting in line, I met some really nice people who love U2 as much as I do. We had a view down the side of the arena and saw the black Towncars arrive with the band in mid-afternoon. Bono actually came up to where we were and waved! He said "Thanks for coming out" softly, but didn't get close enough to shake hands or sign autographs (probably a wise move on his part). I hope the picture of him that I took turns out!

(Before I forget, to answer the question which Dan posted about this concert: During "One" Bono sang "Have you come here to play Jesus? I did.")

Some brief observations: During "The Fly" the monitors behind the stage had the words Believe and Lie merge into and out of each other (similar to video footage from a previous tour). Bono was walking along one side of the heart, first like an ape, then upright like a man. This seems to hearken back to the video footage during Popmart which showed the evolution of man from an ape to a man to a man pushing a shopping cart. The really interesting thing that he did next was attack the monitors which were showing the Lie/Believe words. Is this some sort of attack against the theory of evolution, or am I imagining things?

It was really hard to hear parts of some songs. I knew that the song had started, from the Edge/Adam/Larry, but I couldn't hear Bono singing until the second verse. Just bad acoustics, I guess.

Being inside the heart was so cool, because I could see the eyes of each band member. It was exactly like watching concert videos, when you can see them in close-up, except this time I could make eye contact, and see them smile at me or people around me.

When Bono took the girl in the pink dress on stage, I thought she was going to have a stroke, she was trembling so much from the excitement.

I'm really surprised that they're playing Sunday Bloody Sunday. I thought they had retired it because "people won't understand how we feel onstage about the bombing". It is a great song, a great crowd-pleaser, and everyone sings along with gusto (including me). I guess I'll have to trust their judgement.

What a guitar player! What a night! What a show! GO TO IT!!

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