Vertigo Tour

A white Portland to put out the unforgettable fire.

2005-12-19T13:09:00.000-08:00

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
40

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

2005-11-05T12:33:00.000-08:00

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!

2005-11-04T11:31:00.000-08:00

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 HavenÂt Found
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You CanÂt 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
40

Staple's Center Back For More

2005-11-02T20:00:00.000-08:00

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...

2005-09-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

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
40

San Jose, the last show until Sept.

2005-04-09T19:39:00.000-07:00

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 Years Day
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes you cant 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.

2005-04-08T19:18:00.000-07:00

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.

Las Angeles Staples Center

2005-04-05T15:55:00.000-07:00

What a night. We were in the back, all the more to sing louder.

Set List
Love and Peace
Vertigo
Elevation
Cry / Electric Co.
An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart
City of Blinding Lights
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own
New Year’s Day
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’

Anaheim

2005-04-01T13:22:00.000-08:00

The show was the best out of all four shows!

Set List
Love And Peace
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Hands That Built America
Running To Stand Still
Human Rights
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
New Year’s Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
Beautiful Day
Pride In the Name of Love
Where the Streets Have No Name
One / "Everyone"
Zoo Station
The Fly
Elevation
Mysterious Ways
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
All Because of You
Yahweh
’40’

My dream came true... pinch me..

2005-03-30T18:08:00.000-08:00

Wednesday was insanely perfect. I got to the arena around 2:30pm. This time at the east gate they had a roped off area for all of us to wait in. So I found a place along the rope and watch and wait. I see some fans I know, Exit gals and Diamond, and wait for about an hour until the bus for Kings of Lion drives by. Then two black cars, about 10 minutes apart from each other, drive by. One carrying Adam, and one carrying Larry. Then a Car with The Edge drives by. About 15 minutes later he comes out of the gate and starts signing autographs.

It was very orderly and calm. He made his way down the line of fans smiling the entire time. When he finally reached me he smiled at me and said hello. I responded with an excited high pitched hello and he then said, “How are you guys?” I said fine. He saw the picture I had for him to sign and immediately signed it.

I told him I had taken it at Mondays show and told him “you guys rocked.” I then asked him if I could take a picture with him. He said, “Sure sweetheart, where’s your camera?” I pointed to Andrea and he leaned in and smiled.

I thanked him and he continued down the line of fans. About 30 minutes later Bono’s black SUV comes driving up to us. His window is open and he is waving at the screaming fans. When he saw me I smiled the widest smile I could and he did that, opened mouth, silent scream face and then smiles and waves at me. The SUV continues to drive by and then stops about 10 feet past where I was in line.

The crowd instantly hovered around the opened door. He spoke with fans while putting his shoes on. He then put his hat on, stepped out of the car, and started to sign autographs.

Everyone made a crowd around him with me in the back. My friend asked one of the security guards to help us get to him but he seemed to ignore us. After waiting about five long minutes I felt tears running down my face. The security guards saw me and told people to step back so I could meet him to. Bono made his way down the edge of fans signing as he went. When he got to me he smiled and said hello. I said hello and he looked down at the drawing I had for him to sign.

He asked me if it was of him. I said yes and he then picked it up to look at it. He told me it was very good and said “You made me look taller, thank you.” I thanked him and he then asked who he was signing it for. I told him Melissa and he signed it in blue ink. I then told him I wanted to thank him for sending me a signed cd from New York last year and that it meant the world to me.
(For the story about the cd cover being signed click here.)
He paused and got this puzzled look on his face. After a moment he smiled and asked, “OH...that was you?” I laughed and said yes. He then leaned over and kissed the top of my head. I thanked him again. He was just about to leave when my friend said wait, you have to sign one more thing. She handed him the picture I took on Monday.

As he looked at it I told him I took it at Mondays show. He told me it was incredible and signed it right below Edge’s signature. I thanked him again, he smiled at me and then continued down the line of fans. When he got to the end of the crowd he got back into the SUV and waved one last time at me while rolling passed. It still doesn’t feel real. I hope it never does.

After glow...

Here is a picture of Kelly and me. A fellow Interferencer.

At about 7:30 we went too the VIP party. I lost the raffle for the back stage tour but we got to miss Kings of Lion!

Now for the pictures from the concert.

Set List
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo/ Boy
Electric Co.
Gloria
Beautiful Day
With or Without You
New Year’s Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
Love And Peace
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky/ Hands That Built America
Running To Stand Still
Zoo Station
The Fly
Elevation
Pride In the Name of Love
Where the Streets Have No Name
One
All Because of You
Yahweh
’40’

First day of Vertigo

2005-03-28T14:45:00.000-08:00

Ok, what can I say? I think I’ll forever be in a state of shock. On Monday, March 28, I got to the arena around 1:30ish pm. I saw people waiting at the east gate when we drove in so we headed there. As soon as I got out of the van I heard my name being called from the GA line. I must take this time to say U2 fans are the friendliest group of people anyone will ever know. In the past few days I have met(old and new) so many friends. I saw Allegra and Trevor as soon as I got over there and my best friend, Tina, came by for an hour to keep me company. We saw Kings of Lion’s bus drive in and then saw them walk by us. My friend had to leave and in about 10 minutes my other friend Jahiara showed up. After four hours of waiting in the cold we decided to leave and see JT across the street at Tower Records. They were all hooked up with the flatbed truck in the parking lot.

The boys were playing on the truck while Jason was working the crowd. Then Bullet the Blue Sky began. Jason on top of the Cab of the truck, spot light in hand. It was droolable.

After a couple songs we headed to AM/PM for some food and coffee before the show. We then headed to the Arena to meet Janelle.

We got to wait at the top of the stares while everyone waited down below in line. So as cheap entertainment we held up our sign we made for U2 saying “U2 = Xanax, We = Wine” Some people yelled.

After a while Paul McGuinness walks passed us and says hi to the crowd. We get to say hello to him, shake his hand, and he then walked back inside. By then I realize we never got a picture. So I ask my friend to try to get him back outside. So she and I went up to the glass doors, she waved at him, when he saw her she pointed at the camera and then pointed at me. He smiled and walked back outside to take pictures with us.

The rest of the evening was like nothing I have ever experienced. Between the emotions from it being my first U2 concert, meeting the fifth member of the band, and having great seats I was so overwhelmed. Then the opening band started to play. We actually managed to make it through Kings of Lion without headaches. The wait after then was unbearable. While we were trying to pass the time Jason and Chas came over. We talked awhile and then they left to go find their seats.

Then the one word, said by a voice from above, was spoken. “Everyone.” The crowd started to go crazy and then City Of Blinding lights started.

It was such an emotional two hours. Miracle Drug fallowed by Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own had me in tears. Bono on the drums looked more like a boy that just got his first set of drums.

Singing to me...

My friend ran passed the yellow security puppets and took these.

At the end of 40, Bono sat down his spot light, and after the music had stopped and the band had left the stage, the audience continued to sing long after the house lights came on.

It was a beautiful thank you to the band and a perfect ending to an evening.

Set List
CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS
VERTIGO
CRY/ELECTRIC CO.
AN CATH DUBH
INTO THE HEART
BEAUTIFUL DAY
NEW YEAR'S DAY
MIRACLE DRUG
SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN
LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
BULET THE BLUE SKY
RUNNING TO STAND STILL
ZOO STATION
THE FLY
ELEVATION
PRIDE IN THE NAME OF LOVE
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
ONE
ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
YAHWEH
40

Vertigo Eve

2005-03-27T19:43:00.000-08:00

The entire evening was special. Got to spend time with friends, party to JT, and raise money to help Africa.

I love the shoes..