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What time is it in the world?; It's showtime
Topic Started: Jul 27 2011, 06:24 AM (240 Views)
RosemaryTwo
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Husband and I made a last-minute decision to go to the U2 concert last night with the boys.

So much fun.

The stage was a technological feat.

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The band members have so much energy and talent.

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We crawled into bed at 1am, which is insanely late for us.


Anyone else catch this show?
"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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Mikhailoh
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Sounds like it was great fun!!! Rock on, R2 family. We're thinking about going to Paul McCartney in August.

What did the boys think?
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RosemaryTwo
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A review:

U2 pulls off the rarest of feats at Heinz

By Rege Behe, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

What I just saw over the past two-and-a-half hours has left me stunned, breathless and drained. U2 pulled off the rarest of feats Tuesday evening by making Heinz Field feel small, intimate and personal.

Dare I say they are the only band on the planet capable of this? I do. This stop on the 360 Degree Tour, the penultimate date of a two-year journey, was everything it was promised to be.

The band took the stage at 9:12 p.m. to the strains of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" then tore into "Even Better Than the Real Thing." "The Fly," "Mysterious Ways," "Until the End of the World," "I Will Follow" and "Get Your Boots On" followed in rapid succession, the band barely coming up for air.

It was only then that Bono addressed the crowd, saying "This is great, really great." He tipped his cap to the opening act, Interpol, paid tribute to Dan Rooney, the Steelers emeritus chairman , U.S. ambassador to Ireland and "our neighbor in Dublin" and remarked how it's been 30 years since the band first played Pittsburgh.

He had to be reminded that debut took place at the long gone Decade in Oakland, but no matter. Bono then introduced the band, comparing them to Western Pennsylvania icons: bassist Adam Clayton as Perry Como, The Edge as Andy Warhol, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. as Charles Bronson (a surprising but accurate inclusion, Bronson born in Ehrenfield, Cambria County) and Bono — of course he was Christina Aguilera.

"I'm in touch with my inner chick," Bono said.

The next song, "I Still Haven't Found What I Was Looking For" produced the evening's first spine-tingling moment as the crowd sang along on the chorus; Bono referenced Bruce Springsteen's "The Promised Land" as the song faded away.

Then came one of the quietest moments of the evening: An acoustic version of "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" that filled the stadium and featured one of Bono's best vocal performances.

Throughout the show the much touted stage production of the 360 Degree Tour dazzled, a brilliant concoction of surrealistic lights and images that was equal to the music in its magnificence, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" through the vision of Alexander Calder.

Other astonishing moments:

• Astronaut Mark E. Kelly, by way of videotape from the International Space Station, introducing "Beautiful Day." Bono dedicated the song to Kelly's wife, U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting in Arizona earlier this year.

• "Miss Sarajevo," which featured snippets from Bill Carter's award-winning documentary of the same name on the video screen, and Bono's incredible vocals on the part originally sung by the late Luciano Pavarotti.

• A rendition of "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" that sounded as if it was being relayed via time machine from 20 years ago, The Edge's pealing guitar timeless and enchanting.

• The simple sentiment of "One," the first encore, underscored by vintage footage of the band driving a Trabant,, the East German car that was used in the stage production for the Zoo TV Tour.

There are so many more things that make Tuesday's concert the show of a lifetime, an experience that will linger long after U2 leaves town. And while I have no tangible evidence, I can't help but feel nights like this leave everyone who witnessed this rock 'n' roll spectacle a little better off than they were before the show started. It's just a matter of faith.




"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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RosemaryTwo
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Mikhailoh
Jul 27 2011, 06:29 AM
Sounds like it was great fun!!! Rock on, R2 family. We're thinking about going to Paul McCartney in August.

What did the boys think?
It was the boys' first rock concert. They love U2. They could not believe their good fortune. They ate it up.

We got some family-friendly seats (not on the floor where things get more rowdy).
"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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Mikhailoh
Jul 27 2011, 06:29 AM
Sounds like it was great fun!!! Rock on, R2 family. We're thinking about going to Paul McCartney in August.

Highly recommended -- we saw him last year. the old codger still has it.

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The next song, "I Still Haven't Found What I Was Looking For" produced the evening's first spine-tingling moment as the crowd sang along on the chorus; Bono referenced Bruce Springsteen's "The Promised Land" as the song faded away.
That certainly works.

I haven't seen U2 live in over 20 years, but I would definitely go again. How old are your boys? You're cool mom #1.
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Horace
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Awesome.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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jon-nyc
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Cheers
Sounds cool, R2.
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RosemaryTwo
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Boys are ten and twelve, IT.

Still young enough to like me. : )

I hadn't seen U2 since the Joshua Tree days. They have aged well. Really well.
Edited by RosemaryTwo, Jul 27 2011, 10:28 AM.
"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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