by Greg Shapps

This was my 38 U2 show going all the way back to the first time I saw them during the 2nd leg of the October tour back on December 6 of 1981 when I was 11 and my oldest sister took me to see the show at the Park West. Seen them multiple times on every tours since then as well as the first Amnesty International Tour of Hope .

This show was excellent of course - and a great line up to boot. Its not everyday that you see any emotion out of Adam let alone a HUGE smile on his face as he kinda looked most uncomfortable and shocked with himself that he actually moved and walked around the elipse 4 times - he almost didnt want to actually come back to the stage - just kept smiling at the fans.

By the way - it was a United Nations flag that a female (wearing a purple top) threw up on stage - I actually met and talked with her between Kings of Leon and U2's set while I was hanging out in the stands right behind the stage - it was kinda funny that when I saw her waving the draped flag all show long from the first row behind the stage I knew it would be long before Bono wanted it.

The best part about the show was watching all the idiots through out the UC look confused when the started playing An Cat Dubh - cause they had no clue what the song was as they have never heard it before. All the people around me dancing and then all of the sudden the just stopped and stood there not knowing what to do - and I loved it! To me, this was a super rare treat cause it brought back sweet memories of the first show I was at 24 years ago - its been a long ride and hopefully my 8 month old son can get to enjoy his first U2 show in a few years time as well.

Keanu was in the house as well as Coldplay and Gwyneth

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