Friday was the U2 concert and I got to be there! Vertigo, while the name of the tour also described the feeling we had from our seats, I think there were 2 people that were farther away from the stage than I was, and the guy two people back tipped over and fell on top of me during the show. It was a big fall, but he seemed to be ok afterwards. Even with the nosebleed seats, it was still one of the best shows I've been to. They really know how to play to the cheap seats. Here's the set list.

There were two highlights for me. In the runner up spot was City of Blinding Lights and hearing 20,000 people sing "Oh you look so beautiful." Wearing the tiara for the evening was Miss Sarajevo. I had not noticed before how the form of the song mimics Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. The background story about the song was what clinched it for me.

In classic U2 form, social justice issues flowed through the concert leaning heavily on The One Campaign and the idea of CoeXisT (which is an iconographic spelling using the muslim crescent as the "C" the star of David as the "X" and a christian cross as the "T." A great message of unity that is running into issues as it is apparently trademarked by a US clothing company.