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Originally posted by u2met861992-03-09 - Uniondale, New York - Nassau Coliseum (ZOO TV)
-I was 5 years old (I've been obsessed with them that long) (...)

2001-06-17 - New York, New York - Madison Square Garden (Elevation)
-Streets Intro: Bono screams as the drums kick in, and when the lights went on, I looked around and watched the whole arena going ballistic, the image has never left me.

2005-11-22 - New York, New York - Madison Square Garden (Vertigo)
-After "Streets" I noticed how deafeningly LOUD the arena was. Bono said, "the sound of a 747 taking off from MSG"

stevejames

18 years

I went to the cardiff vertigo concert- 29 june 2005. first u2 concert i went to, i was looking forward to it and waiting 4 them to come on stage and then a crazy person ran at people near us with a flick knife. not a great view but eager to see them again.

has any1 been in the elipse? how do u manage to get in there? on the dvd it shows people having their tickets scanned so that the chose elipse people is random, but there again i thought it was those who stood in line the longest. anyone know?

LikeASong

18 years

Originally posted by stevejames(...)Has any1 been in the elipse? how do u manage to get in there? on the dvd it shows people having their tickets scanned so that the chose elipse people is random, but there again i thought it was those who stood in line the longest. anyone know?

At the Vertigo Tour tehre were 2 different stages: one with a closed ellipse (for the American & Canadian legs) and one with an open ellipse (the stage for the European, South America and Pacific' legs). The method to enter the closed ellipse is the one withthe magnetized tickets, for America (evidently, is the one which you see in the official DVD of Chicago, which is in USA

). But to enter the European ellipse, you "only" had to wait the longest at the stadium queue (that in Spain meant 16 hours, and even so we only got a semi-enter ellipse place!!).

I hope you like my explanations.

stevejames

18 years

But how did u know before the gig that there was going to be an open elipse? Because those people who waited the longest in the american leg may have waited for no reason and been disappointed as they used a magnetic randomised operation.

gibbo1968

18 years

from these dates you can tell i'm an old twat!!

Manchester apollo 10/11/84

My first EVER gig,16 years old and what a way to introduce me to U2 live.I am vertically challenged but this helped me get pulled to the front of the stage with adam right in my face.happy days!

Milton keynes bowl,Longest day 22/6/85

Pissing down with rain all day,I had no coat! this was the day R.E.M got loads of bottles of piss thrown at them,although looking back they were rather shite on the day!

Birmingham N.E.C 3/8/87

Can't remember much,but I was right at the back.

Zooropa Leeds roundhay park 14/8/93

If you listen to the pop boot from leeds apparently Bono thought it was the best gig from Zoo TV,of course I believe him!!Another gig that I was miles away from the stage.

Popmart Leeds roundhay park 28/8/97

I was by the B stage where the 40 foot Lemon ended up for this gig.Another day of rain and warm beer!but the support band Cast were very good

Missed Elevation,to this day very pissed off!

And finally Manchester vertigo 14/6/05

I got into the inner circle purely by chance and was by Edge's B stage.strange one this one cos there wasn't much atmosphere,partly due to why the boot is called a light night in manchester.

hkle77

17 years

I attended several U2 Shows all over the world.

1987-07-08 Brussels Vorst
1989-12-18 Amsdterdam RAI
1992-06-15 Rotterdam Ahoy
1993-05-09 Rotterdam Feyenoord Stadium
1993-05-10 Rotterdam Feyenoord Stadium
1993-08-03 Nijmegen Goffert Park
1997-07-18 Rotterdam Feyenoord Stadium
1997-07-19 Rotterdam Feyenoord Stadium
1997-08-20 Hannover Expo
2001-07-12 Koln Arena
2001-07-31 Arnhem Gelredome
2001-08-03 Arnhem Gelredome
2005-06-24 Dublin Croke Park
2005-07-13 Amsterdam Arena
2005-07-15 Amsterdam Arena
2005-07-16 Amsterdam Arena
2005-11-13 Miama Airlines Arena

Sofar the first in Brussels with 6.500 people really amazing show.
Also the last one In Miami just in front if the band on the second row in the ellipse was goose bumps all over for too many times, was really great and amazing again.
In Brussels I met Bono outside their tourbus before soundcheck.
In Miami he drove by during queing up just before showtime. Than he was really the popstar who drove by.
Gelrodome in 2001 was OK.
Dublin special on home turf.
Amsterdam Arena sucks, although on 2001-07-16 amazing,amazing setlist.

drewhiggins

17 years

One show only - Adelaide 2006-11-16, the best part was when City of Blinding Lights started because it was so loud in the stadium.

akulak

17 years

I've attended: New Haven CT in 87
Rochester NY in 87
Foxboro MA in 92
Foxboro MA in 97
Boston MA in 01
Boston MA in 5/05 and 12/05

Best show was New Haven in 87...you never forget your first, and 12/05 in Boston...very energetic/great performance...only Vertigo show to end with Fast Cars (that I know of)

aparofan

17 years

Ames, IA 9/11/92
Kansas City, MO 10/18/92
Denver, CO 5/1/97
Kansas City, MO 5/19/97
St. Louis, MO 11/8/97
Denver, CO 4/6/01
Minneapolis, MN 5/1/01
Denver, CO 11/7/01
Kansas City, MO 11/27/01
St. Louis, MO 12/14/05
Omaha, NE 12/15/05

BelgianBono

17 years