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I've seen a few concerts/shows so far in my life, but none have come close to spectacle last night at TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of U of Minnesota.
First of all, nice stadium. I was a little bit miffed that they weren't serving alcohol at the stadium, AND you couldn't tailgate as well.
There were a few large beer tents so that made up for it.
The U2 set for the 360 tour is a $25 million piece of awesomeness. I saw U2 in Omaha in 2005 on their Vertigo tour. It was shortly after my girlfriend (at the time) and I had seen DMB a few weeks earlier at Qwest Center Omaha and thought it was fantastic...before we had ever seen U2. Even though you could do without some of the political stuff Bono throws in his shows, U2 has got to be one of the best grandiose shows out there.
http://www.startribune.com/entertain...126071808.html
http://www.startribune.com/entertain...126068033.html
Those are some reviews of the show. The opening act, Interpol made good use of the 3.5 million watts of power. You could feel the bass waves hitting you in the chest much like a good show in your HT. I hadn't experienced that outdoors, that impactful, before. I have seen 311 and KISS but this was nuts! Interpol was solid though the vocals were a little underwhelming with the amount of bass mixed in.
The U2 setlist http://www.u2setlists.com/360-northamerica-2011.shtml was solid. I still haven't heard them play Sweetest Thing, but maybe that isn't a great show song.
Beautiful Day was quite impressive. They had Cmdr Kelly from the Intl Space Station have an intro throwing lyrics and a message into the floating air of the space station. It was right when a front was blowing into the cities. The wind came up to gusts of 30+ on key parts of the song, and along with the light show that this massive set produces, was quite.....awesome. Transitioning into Elevation afterwards, it was probably the highlight of the show for me.
Kiss Me, Kill me is actually one of my live favorites, as is Where The Streets Have No Name, which were included in the encores.
I thought it was an amazing show. Most people prepared for the deluge of rain that came, we had ponchos. Bono mixed in a bunch of "Singin in the Rain-with cool umbrellas-during the breaks....Hardly anyone left though it poured for the 2nd half of the show, with lighting/thunder that I wondered how it didn't hit the 167 ft tall peak of the set.
And guess what, there is a show the 26th at Heinz Field. Might still be tickets. Thought you easterners could catch the show!
I'd go again.
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