by Scott Herbst

I am a regular reader and a first time poster on this forum. This was my 5th elevation tour show and 8th u2 concert overall. I live in Indiana and all of my other shows up till the Las Vegas show have been in Indiana or Illinois. I had quite an adventure getting to the concert. I was supposed to fly out of chicago the night before at 10:00 PM on a red eye flight. On my way to the airport I noticed that fog was consuming the city of Chicago. I continued on to the airport hoping against hope that my flight would still depart. I got checked in, and a little more than an hour later, the flight indeed was cancelled. The airline put me up in a hotel and said to try again in the morning, there was a 10:45 leaving arriving in L.V at approximately 12:30. I thought great still gives me plenty of time to meet up with ETS, as this is who I booked the trip through, at the Hard Rock Cafe. The first flight in the AM got cancelled also. Now it is looking not so good for the concert, I called ETS at the collect number in hopes of getting a hold of someone. They got right back with me and we made arrangements for them to leave the ticket at the will call band window at the Thomas & Mack Center (Thanks ETS !!!!!!!)I ended up leaving Chicago at 5:30 P.M. I managed to get to the hotel and walk over to the Thomas and Mack center in time for about 1/2 of No Doubt's set. I actually made it in time. The U2 concert was the best I have yet to see. The set list was a little different with Sunday Bloody Sunday moved up a little, and the pleasant addition of Wild Honey as well as the snippet of Who's gonna ride your wild horses right before streets. The Thomas and Mack Center is certainly a great place to see a concert. I hope that American Airlines Arena in Miami is just as good as that will be my 6th and final elevation show. Thank you U2 for making my fall. Bravo!!!!!

Scott Herbst

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