We hardly know what hit us. Bono is going on about stealing The Edge from Wales and delivering him to a GAA stadium when we realise they are playing Out of Control. Night two is different, the ‘party night’, says Bono: ‘Watch those boys on the second date, girls…’
It’s community singing, fun and abandon. Bono, Edge and Adam crack up as they suddenly find themselves together on the left hand b-stage. Even Larry, taken the mickey out of in the local papers for his permanently surly demeanor, breaks out in a smile once or twice.
For Party Girl, it ‘pays to advertise’. Canadian fan Matt carrying a ‘I can play guitar’ sign is spotted by Bono early on in the show and he gets his 15 minutes (almost literally – Dallas can’t find a guitar for him that works and The Edge is very reluctant to give up his own) playing Party Girl with the band and this time Bono gets the words right. ‘Worst wedding band, best rock and roll band,’ he boasts. The 80,000 fans agree.
The big songs (Streets, Pride) bring the chills as the crowd jumps up and down from the front to the back to way up in the stands. ‘Don’t go, don’t go,’ Bono ad-libbed during the show — perhaps spotting a stray Hothouse Flower in the crowd.
If we have to point out faults this show and the first, it’s the rush towards the end — please Mr Mayor, extend that curfew and give the band and their audience the time they deserve.
Talking about extensions… and no, we’re so not going there, we’ve been told Paul McGuinness announced on RTE’s news bulletin that the band are considering taking this outdoor show to the States next year.
Shortly after last night’s show, Bono was seen signing autographs for screaming fans outside the Clarence Hotel where the band, no doubt, celebrated their second succesful conquest. On the streets of Temple Bar, the fans were left to wonder: what more can Monday night’s show bring?
Great concert.
I hope to post some pictures on my blog tomorrow.
Angelo
bottone.blogspot.com
Great concert.
I hope to post some pictures on my blog tomorrow.
Angelo
bottone.blogspot.com
I’m going on Monday, so I hope it brings much much more 🙂
The weather is supposed to be beautiful then… no doubt the crowd will be more up for it to send the boys on their way around Europe.
Also, Mondays gig went only on sale in Ireland (without notice) and wasnt on a presale. This may mean a larger Irish crowd than the two previous gigs.
Will be interesting… cant wait!
I’m going on Monday, so I hope it brings much much more 🙂
The weather is supposed to be beautiful then… no doubt the crowd will be more up for it to send the boys on their way around Europe.
Also, Mondays gig went only on sale in Ireland (without notice) and wasnt on a presale. This may mean a larger Irish crowd than the two previous gigs.
Will be interesting… cant wait!
Wow. Being at the front for something like that is bound to leave you speechless for a long time. So I’ll just repeat it again… Wow. :-]
Wow. Being at the front for something like that is bound to leave you speechless for a long time. So I’ll just repeat it again… Wow. :-]
Fantastic Show last night. Maybe the best so far on the tour.
Got to see it in the bomb shelter for myself.
Fans started queing outside the stadium for Monday nights show at about 3pm today.
Fantastic Show last night. Maybe the best so far on the tour.
Got to see it in the bomb shelter for myself.
Fans started queing outside the stadium for Monday nights show at about 3pm today.
I flew out from NY for Monday’s show and the other thing which points to a show aimed at locals (besides lack of pre-sales and whatnot) is the sheer fact that it’s on a Monday where most out of towners can’t really make it a weekend trip like Friday & Saturday. On a sidenote the acoustics were awful at Croke but the atmosphere made up for everything. If they did a stadium tour in the states it would be fantastic b/c most newer stadiums here are desighned with acoustics in mind…
I flew out from NY for Monday’s show and the other thing which points to a show aimed at locals (besides lack of pre-sales and whatnot) is the sheer fact that it’s on a Monday where most out of towners can’t really make it a weekend trip like Friday & Saturday. On a sidenote the acoustics were awful at Croke but the atmosphere made up for everything. If they did a stadium tour in the states it would be fantastic b/c most newer stadiums here are desighned with acoustics in mind…
I went to Friday’s and Saturday’s shows, and had two different experiences.
Friday’s show I was in the Hogan stands, section 726, and the sound was absolutely awful. The problem was the out of sync sound from the second set of speakers. It spoiled the gig for those in my section.
Saturday show I had standing tickets and was just a few feet from the B stage on Edge’s side. Sound was, as expected, terrific (as I am sure it was for those who were standing on Friday night).
There was already negative press coverage of the Friday night sound in the Irish Press.
Also Satuday night was recorded by Solo Too (Ned O’Hanlon) so hopefully this will be for a DVD release.
I went to Friday’s and Saturday’s shows, and had two different experiences.
Friday’s show I was in the Hogan stands, section 726, and the sound was absolutely awful. The problem was the out of sync sound from the second set of speakers. It spoiled the gig for those in my section.
Saturday show I had standing tickets and was just a few feet from the B stage on Edge’s side. Sound was, as expected, terrific (as I am sure it was for those who were standing on Friday night).
There was already negative press coverage of the Friday night sound in the Irish Press.
Also Satuday night was recorded by Solo Too (Ned O’Hanlon) so hopefully this will be for a DVD release.