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U2 Concert

My very first U2 concert. Wow! Let's just say that this concert was one of the most fun, crazy, and breathtaking experience ever. It's a rare moment where you're surrounded by 70,000 people with a common interest - love for U2. They spent $150 million just for that enormous spaceship looking stage, with literally (no joke) hundreds of various kinds of stage lights.

Since we had the general admissions ticket (which means first come first serve on the field), we started waiting in line at 7:30 a.m. that morning. It was shocking to see about 600 people already there, someone of them whom camped out since 3 in the morning. We brought stuff that we knew we would throw away: old pillows, $1 monopoly bought at the Salvation Army, food, and an old blanket/rug which has drawings of some french comic. (pink elephant, pink people, etc...)

Hearing others about their experiences with previous tours and concerts were really interesting. One guy had gone 50 U2 concerts. Another guy went 70 shows. One particular guy, whom traveled by himself from somewhere out east, told us that he had just received a call from someone whom he made friends with during the previous tours. He said, "I havn't seen her since (whatever tour they met before), I'm going to say hi to her". Hilarious!

We made it into the inner circle, and about 20 feet away from the stage. It's really hard to describe the show. It doesn't do justice explaining it. The 360 degree screen which at times lowered to the stage and even expanded into smaller screens, hundreds of lights, special effects, Bono being Bono, Edge with that guitar (man!), and some great music! It blew me away. And of course, it's their music that we love so much. After seeing the site of the "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in Londonderry in Northern Ireland made singing it more special.

Where the streets have no name!

The whole concert was a visual overload. The main stage, Bono at the catwalk behind us, really cool video that went with the music, Edge on the moving bridge that were on top of us, crazy lights, sounds, and fog machines. I brought my lomo with b&w films and shot some photos.

yay! after 12 hours of waiting!

So I did not realize that being in the inner circle was life and death situation for some people. We had to run, just to keep up with rest of them, whom were so desperate to get the perfect spot. The moment we were inside the stadium, wow! This was what we saw, and I managed to take a photo while running to the inner circle. That stage was a monster when I first saw it.

There's the inner circle. Waiting in line for 12 hours definitely paid off.

One of eight speakers. This one was right above us. Thankfully, it stayed intact.

That huge 360 degree screen. It's quite impressive. You'll see in the later pictures, it comes down and it even folds out.

Here's the bridge that I was talking about earlier. This bridge was originally at the side, but it can move. It was right above us for one song, which Edge was right above me, and then it moved again to different positions throughout the song.

They did a really cool video along with the remix version of one of the song from the new album.

We turned around, and we happened to see Edge and Larry on catwalk. Seriously, talk about sensory overload. It was like this the whole show. They were everywhere.