U2 Vertigo X 2

After missing out on the U2 pop tour back in South Africa in '98?. Now was the time to make up for it. It almost didn't happen as we bought the tickets ages ago and the tour was rescheduled by 9 months - to last weekend. So what's better than going to U2 - going to U2 twice. So we went on both Friday and Saturday and weren't disappointed!

Not shy with the size of the screen - puts the usual stadium sized ones (top right) to shame!

The support act was Kanye West - odd choice and pretty ordinary for most U2 fans. With that out of the way the band came on on at 8:45pm and played a two and a half hour set, starting off with "City of Blinding Lights" and ending off with "Kite" while a kite floated up into the sky above the stadium pulled off into the distance by helium balloons - after the 3rd encore. The first concert on Friday began in bucketing down rain, for half an hour, but this didn't dampen the crowd enthusiasm. Bono did his usual plugs for make poverty history (aka the ONE campaign) , Coexisting religions for world peace, and putting politicians in their place. Some new songs, some classics, and some different ones on each night. Even a couple of lines from the Beatles and Kylie Minogue :

Friday Night	Saturday Night
City of Blinding Lights	City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo	Vertigo
Elevation	Elevation
Until The End of the World	Until The End of the World
New Year's Day	New Year's Day
Beautiful Day	Beautiful Day
Yahweh	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Walk On	Stuck in a moment
Sometimes	Sometimes
Love and Peace	Love and Peace
Sunday Bloody Sunday	Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky	Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo	Miss Sarajevo
Pride (In The Name of Love)	Pride
Where The Streets Have No Name	Where The Streets Have No Name
One	One
Zoo Station	Zoo Station
The Fly	The Fly
With or Without You	With or Without You
The Saints Are Coming	The Saints Are Coming
Angel of Harlem	Desire
Kite	Kite

Two SA flags on the big screen

Some highlights were Bono singing the Pavarotti Tenor part bit in Miss Sarajevo - just like the fat Italian himself! The South African and Namibian flags across the big screen, while the did there plug about Make Poverty History Campaign. Seeing my name scroll across the big screen (after smsing to support the poverty campaign - actually I didn't believe that they could get names from an sms and onto the screen but there it was - and a photo to prove it!). They should have been playing Lemon - "He turns his money into light...."

My name on the big screen - (Top left)

My ears are still ringing from the 20 square meters of speakers on each side of the stage. Brilliant show all in all! My apologies to Steve and Colin for the phone calls, though I know you enjoyed it!