by Chris Elrod

The Tampa show from "The Unforgettable Fire Tour" was one of the coolest nights of my life. Not only was it a great show, I had the privilege of meeting Bono afterward. He was incredibly generous with his time and signed several autographs. He also took the time to walk out the back of the stadium (to an audience of about 1000 people waiting to see the band exit the venue) and thank the crowd for coming.

I do have some objections to the set list - U2 did "Party Girl" about midway through the show in which Bono helped a woman from the audience on stage to dance with him. Also, "Knocking On Heaven's Door" was not an encore. This too was done somewhere near the middle of the concert. U2 got a guy from the audience to play The Edge's acoustic guitar on the song. It was pretty cool how they taught the guy the chords then let him play along with the band.

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