Well tonight was the big night—the consumation of my $100 ticket and taking in the U2 Vertigo Tour concert. Of course I was way up in the nose-bleed section because of the unscrupulous web-based deeds of TicketSlaveMaster. Otherwise I might have been down on the floor. Lesson learned I guess… for the important shows it pays to go wait in line at the box office for the tickets.

I did start the show out right… of course I’m talking about a Guiness in hand and NOT about the boring performance of Dashboard Confessional. Sorry guys—I know you played your heart out and gave it your all, but your songs all sound the same and the EQ’ing was TERRIBLE. It wasn’t enjoyable to listen to and shoulda just waited to come later for U2.

But lemme tell you, when U2 took the stage, I was simply in awe from start to finish with that show. Not only were the lights and visual effects stunning, but Bono’s charisma carried us all the way through—uniting us all to learn to CoeXisT and simultaneously inspiring me to want to be a part of a world-wide human rights movement. He certainly is an amazing person, how he can unite such a diverse crowd of people.

It really did make me stop and think about how volatile the world is getting between the big three faiths, and yet in the midst of one of songs, Bono said that all three descend from Abraham—Jesus, the Jews, and Mohammed. He really did push the idea of CoeXisTing with one another and learning to love one another; something none of these religions or faiths have been doing very well at.

Despite the horrid seats, the show was still really fun. Oh, and somewhere in this post is a tiny little suprise from the show.

September 24, 2005, 1:37 am

Filed under: Performance

3 Comments »

1. kingjavan said,

   September 24, 2005 @ 3:26 pm

   Thanks for your post on the blog, I enjoyed the concert as well,It was my first arena concert and I couldn’t of asked for a better show to go to. Fantastic! I also am now very motivated to get involved in a peace movement that Bono is promoting. During the concert I kept thinking about the wars we have fought and the reasons we have fought them and it angered me. I also thought about how slavery is a live and well and living in the IMF and World Bank. It depressed me to think about it and has pushed me into a more active roll in politics. I hope it will push you in that direction as well. I was up in the nose bleed seats in the area of 230 something and even with binocs I was still a long ways a way.
   Great show, great blog.. MG

2. Jamison said,

   September 25, 2005 @ 1:34 pm

   Hey Kingjavan,

   I was there too a few rows behind Michael, section 239. Even though it was a ways back, it was really nice not to have to turn my head if I had been sitting on the side.

   Great show, that’s for sure.

3. Michael said,

   September 25, 2005 @ 9:19 pm

   Hey Kingjavan. Thanks for joinin’ the blog and your comments. It was a fabulous show—I’m not sure in what way I plan on involving myself interms of equal rights globally, but I know politics just isn’t my thing.

   I’ve considered getting back into Amnesty International and in the very least spend some time writing letters like I did in high school. Back then I used to be pretty active with AI and wrote many letters and actually did see results from our efforts.

   Anyway, again, welcome!

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