A white Portland to put out the unforgettable fire.

What a trip it was. All the way there, starting on the plane, I saw fellow fans I knew. 3 hours after we got to Portland it starts to rain. Well, the rain soon turned to snow. What a treat! We played, froze, and looked like we had never seen snow before in our lives.
The next day we were at the box office at 8am. Lucky us it was inside. I met some new friends and saw some old ones. Well, after four hours the security got nervous and kicked us outside into the rain. While we froze we talk U2, ate hot pizza, and drank hot tea. Around 3 they started to sell tickets! We finally saw the end of the tunnel. And thanks to the beautiful Julie we got a GA ticket.










































Set List
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
I Will Follow
Still Haven’t Found
Beautiful Day
Original of the Species
Sometimes you Can’t Make it On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride in the Name of Love
Where the Streets have no Name
One / Help
Instant Karma / Happy Christmas (War is Over)

Until the End of the World
Mysterious Ways
With or Without You / Happy Birthday

Yahweh
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Special guest, GA, and the best set list ever!

So after getting home after the JT gig there was time to close my eyes for 20 min. Then back to the MGM for tickets. Thanks to the Starbucks down the hall I was conscious.

Where we stayed the entire weekend for free! The best room at the MGM.


After waiting in line for 11 hours I finally got GA tickets!
















































Set List:
1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo / Rock N Roll Nigger (Snippet)
3. Elevation
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Until the End of the World
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. Beautiful Day / All The Things That I've Done (Snippet of Killers song)
8. Miracle Drug
9. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / Torna A Sorrento (Snippet)
10. Love & Peace Or Else
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday / Father Abraham
12. Bullet The Blue Sky / Hands That Built America (Snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Snippet)
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
15. Where The Streets Have No Name / Wow Snippet
16. One (Christmas Tree Mix) featuring Mary J. Blige

ENCORES:
17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. With Or Without You

Happy birthday to Dennis Sheehan (Tour Manager)

20. All Because Of You
21. In A Little While (w/Brandon Flowers of The Killers)
22. BAD / People Got The Power

Viva Las Vegas!

What a crazy weekend. 2 U2 shows, 2 Joshua Tree shows, and no sleep in between. Chica goes ahead(because we agreed to wait in line in shifts) and when she gets to the MGM they tell everyone wrist bands will be handed out at 8am. I get a phone call at 6:59am from a frantic Chica yelling "they are handing out wrist bands at 8! GET DOWN HERE!" Janelle and I get down there, in line, by 7:32. Thank God traffic was light.


The MGM was all U2y out. U2 music playing in valet. Everywhere we looked you could see them.

We wait until 10:45ish and tickets go on sale. We get perfect seats right behind the stage! It was the most beautiful view... hehe.






Wow, Edge is from another world!















At the end of the show, we ran into Bono... haha.


Set List
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Electric Co.
The Ocean
I Still Haven’t Found
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own
Stuck in a Moment
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Human Rights
Pride in the Name of Love
Where the Streets have no Name
One

Walk On
Wild Horses
With or Without You

All Because of You
Yahweh
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Staple's Center Back For More

Middle of the week. Hump day at its best. We got there a little late. Missed Mr. Marley completely. We went straight to will call for our tickets. The guy behind the window asked me "are the tickets through Ticket Master or the band?" I laughed and Chica said The Edge left them for us. Jokingly the guy said they weren't there. Then Chica said maybe Adam left them. The guy looked at the computer and said "Ah, yes he did." He gave us the tickets and we were happily on our way. Security took us through the back halls(aka where the band walks)to get to the GA. A couple I love you Bono echoed through the halls. When we got to the GA I immediately saw the beautiful Rachel followed by Chas. Jase was also there(lucky bitch got in the bomb shelter). Were we at a JT show? Nope... the beany wasn't on The King's head. Chica and I got this beautiful idea that we could talk our way into the shelter. She got in for a minute... a minute more than I. We still had a rocken time in the back of GA! How could we not, it's our boys.











































After the concert we headed to the elivator. On the way down Chica asked me "where's the Bono party?" This guy in the elivator ask her "oh your going to the VIP party?" She said yes and he said he would take us. So we fallowed him across the the areana, up an elivator, to this hall way. He points down the hall and saids its the first door on the right. We thank him and go to the doors which are "garded" by two younge men in suites. They asked us for our tickets, so we show them our GA tickets. Then they asked if we had our fliers or wrist bands. We told them we lost them during the concert. So after a while they let us in...hehe.

Birthday Dreams...

Sept 25. U2's 29th birthday... and my 25th. What a night. We had to walk 5 blocks in the heaviest rain I've ever seen. Other than arriving late for the opening band it was beautiful. A fan, a lady we never had met, someone who saw us and held out her hand, helped us get really close to the bomb shelter. I've never seen Bono seem so touchable singing as he walked by. The Edge feel 10 feet tall with solid foot steps. We unfortunately left my good camera in the hotel room, but that's what camera phones are for.

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Set List
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Cry / Electric Co.
The Ocean
Still Haven't Found
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride in the Name of Love
Where the Streets Have No Name
One

First Time
Wild Horses
With or Without You

All Because of You
Yahweh
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San Jose, the last show until Sept.

It was a such an odd day. We got 3 hours sleep that night. We got up early to help our chances for a good spot in the ticket line. We got there around 10am to find a spot behind 50 people. We saw some people we knew and that helped the time pass. Around 12 they told us tickets would go on sale at 5. So we waited. We decided if no GA tickets were available we wouldn't go. We had no food, no drinks, just an apple. Around 3:30 there was excitement over the Vertigo plane flying over us. At 5 the line finally started moving. We got news only seats behind the stage were left. No GAs! There was a dark moment. A quiet , dark moment. Then out of no where someone shouts "I GOT GA!" It was the light at the end of the tunnel. We finally got to the front of the line, got two GAs, and walked away screaming.
























Set List
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Cry / Electric Co.
The Ocean
New Year’s Day
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own
Love and Peace
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running to Standstill
Zoo Station
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Pride in the name of love
Where the Streets Have No Name
One
All Because of You
Yahweh
40

Surprises, friends, birthday wishes, and all in San Jose.

Traveling by car to San Jose from San Diego for a weekend might sound crazy. The weekend turned out to be wonderful. We got to the JT show late. Silly me forgot to pack some stuff so a run to the store was called for. But the rain didn't slow us down and we finally got there. The guy at the gate was so funny, he said to me "We have U2 inside." Chicaedge and I both said "We know." at the same time. He looked scared. Anyways, it was crazy when we got inside. The greeting I got was so sweet. I will forever remember that moment perfectly.
I wish someone had a birthday every show.