Leading up to the show, J was supposed to teach blackjack and wouldn’t be able to go, so I finally sold his ticket (and another) to my boss Nick and his wife Lisa. Then the class gets cancelled, so I have to buy J another ticket so he could go again lol. So we met up at their house, then went to Ken’s to hang out before hand, have some drinks and food, and head to the stadium. I had wanted to get there around doors open, but that didn’t happen and we got there by 7, which was ok. Found Kate and her boyfriend, and were decently close. Nick was amazed at how close we were, he had never been that close at a concert before. Is he nuts?!?! lol Where else do you go watch a show from?! Ended up meeting up with some other coworkers who found us on the floor, it was a good time.<\/p>\n
Beck opened, and he was fantastic. By far the best U2 opener since Garbage in 2001. Lots of energy, good songs, even if I only knew 3 (plus a new one that I didn’t know was Beck, which they play at work). <\/p>\n
As for the show, it was basically the same as the previous 2, except they switched out Miss Sarajevo (thankfully), and added Mysterious Ways. They sounded great, though I think Bono sounded better in June. They seemed to be having a good time on stage, which is always a plus. It ALMOST started raining during Running to Stand Still, which LeighAnne agreed would have been epic. <\/p>\n
Nick and Lisa were appropriately impressed (they had never seen U2 before, and I wouldn’t call them fans) which is always a good thing. They both said they’d go see them again, and even hours later Nick was still all “what a show!” Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, or get amnesia and see my favourite bands for the first time again. That feeling of awe and being impressed. <\/p>\n
from @u2.com: It was a spirited evening tonight as The Joshua Tree 2017 tour rolled into New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. Throughout the show, the spirit of John Lennon provided inspiration as Bono added a snippet from \u201cGive Peace A Chance\u201d to \u201cPride\u201d; a snippet from \u201cCome Together\u201d concluded \u201cI Still Haven\u2019t Found What I\u2019m Looking For\u201d; and a snippet of \u201cHelter Skelter\u201d ended \u201cVertigo.\u201d Bono recalled the band\u2019s first visit to Buffalo in 1980, on the night Lennon was murdered. <\/p>\n
Bono also spoke about the DREAMers: 800,000 undocumented young immigrants impacted by the rescinding of the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act) by the current U.S. administration. He said at the end of “In God’s Country,” “We Irish were the DREAMers of our day. Economic refugees. We must not forget that.” He then dedicated “Trip Through Your Wires” to the DREAMers.<\/p>\n
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were also featured during the show. There was a lyrical shift in “Where The Streets Have No Name” — “I want to take shelter from the hurricane.” As in Detroit, “One” encouraged people to text The Red Cross with a donation to help with the hurricane relief efforts. Bono said ahead of “One”:<\/p>\n
This country has been a second home for this band and it is an amazing country and we feel very blessed to be a part, even a tiny part, of your lives. America. Not just a country, an idea. A great idea. One of the best ideas ever. Recently, we\u2019ve seen a twisting of that idea. Stirring animosity. Summoning hatred. Bitter division here in the United States of America. After Hurricane Harvey, watching Texans crossing every kind of divide to help their neighbor, that\u2019s helped the world remember the kind of America that is always here. <\/p>\n
“One” ended with a few lines of “Drowning Man,” marking only the 30th time that song has been snippeted. “Drowning Man” has never been peformed in full.<\/p>\n
Sunday Bloody Sunday
\nNew Year’s Day
\nBad
\nPride
\nWhere The Streets Have No Name
\nI Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
\nWith Or Without You
\nBullet The Blue Sky
\nRunning To Stand Still
\nRed Hill Mining Town
\nIn God’s Country
\nTrip Through Your Wires
\nOne Tree Hill
\nExit
\nMothers Of The Disappeared
\nEncore
\nBeautiful Day
\nElevation
\nVertigo
\nMysterious Ways
\nUltraviolet (Light My Way)
\nOne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"