Meanwhile in Cardiff…
Wales is having the good weather, but the crowd in the Millennium Stadium won’t be able to enjoy it once inside: the place has a roof.
The house lights go down for Starsailor at 4.45pm local time. They seem excited to be there and the singer claims he was ‘one of those sad ones who’d stand on his couch watching U2 videos pretending to be Bono.’ They are followed by The Killers at 6pm: singer Brandon Flowers is wearing his fetching pink jacket. (It’s Dior Homme by Hedi Slimane, we’re told.) Flowers and his band get a massive response from the crowd, everybody is singing along.
We are told U2′s performance is similar to their first Twickenham show. It seems less spontaneous than Dublin, but Bono brings in the funny with some quotes regarding The Edge and Wales: ‘Like Saint Patrick, The Edge was stolen from Wales and to rescue Ireland…’ Right. Bono only needs to sing the first two or three lines of Unchained Melody and the Welsh crowd takes it from there.
After the show, our team narrowly avoids a head on car collision with support act The Killers…
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Anyone see this show? Anyone see Starsailor? Love to know their set list!
Anyone see this show? Anyone see Starsailor? Love to know their set list!
Good thing the support act didn’t live up to their name.
Good thing the support act didn’t live up to their name.
Didn’t see Starsailor,
Killers got a magnificent reception
Flight out of Dublin was delayed but did get to see the U2 plane sitting on the tarmac in Dublin early in the afternoon.
Then saw the motorcade going into the stadium as I got there at about 6pm.
The band played a solid show with a few errors vocal (COBL and All I want) and bass (Streets) but hey – nobodies perfect.
What struck me was the impact of the stage playing in the dark under the roof.
Out of the 7 shows I’ve seen it was the best visually and seeing it all go off was amazing.
Also the food was gorgeous – Hampden Park could learn alot about catering from the Millenium Stadium
One funny moment for me was when Bono started singing a snippet from Here Comes the Sun and gave his arse a little spank.
No Bono – Delusions of granduer or not the Sun does Not shine out of your Arse but then, most of Cardiff last night thought it did
So this is your old friend Mr Jetlag signing off from the Vertigo tour for this leg.
I’m sure it will continue to go from strenght to strenght in the rest of Europe
As one fan told the Welsh papers this morning – ‘The Vertigo Tour is like a bottle of champagne full of bubbles and this bubble will never burst’
Slan agus Beannacht Libh
Didn’t see Starsailor,
Killers got a magnificent reception
Flight out of Dublin was delayed but did get to see the U2 plane sitting on the tarmac in Dublin early in the afternoon.
Then saw the motorcade going into the stadium as I got there at about 6pm.
The band played a solid show with a few errors vocal (COBL and All I want) and bass (Streets) but hey – nobodies perfect.
What struck me was the impact of the stage playing in the dark under the roof.
Out of the 7 shows I’ve seen it was the best visually and seeing it all go off was amazing.
Also the food was gorgeous – Hampden Park could learn alot about catering from the Millenium Stadium
One funny moment for me was when Bono started singing a snippet from Here Comes the Sun and gave his arse a little spank.
No Bono – Delusions of granduer or not the Sun does Not shine out of your Arse but then, most of Cardiff last night thought it did
So this is your old friend Mr Jetlag signing off from the Vertigo tour for this leg.
I’m sure it will continue to go from strenght to strenght in the rest of Europe
As one fan told the Welsh papers this morning – ‘The Vertigo Tour is like a bottle of champagne full of bubbles and this bubble will never burst’
Slan agus Beannacht Libh
U2 were awesome last night. A healthy mix of past hits (Streets, One, Bullet the Blue Sky, Pride etc) with about 7 from HTDAAB and 2 from ATYCLB. Starsailor were first support act (always a hard spot to fill) but played some good tunes including Four to the Floor, Silence is Easy, Daddy is an Alcoholic and (if I remember correctly) Music was Saved.
U2 were awesome last night. A healthy mix of past hits (Streets, One, Bullet the Blue Sky, Pride etc) with about 7 from HTDAAB and 2 from ATYCLB. Starsailor were first support act (always a hard spot to fill) but played some good tunes including Four to the Floor, Silence is Easy, Daddy is an Alcoholic and (if I remember correctly) Music was Saved.
the killers stole the show? u2 2nd Best
the killers stole the show? u2 2nd Best