'It's a great night that we made it here, we didn't know that we would. 'Thanks for waiting for us, thanks for waiting in line for tickets,' explained Bono in the break after New Year's Day. When was the last time in the same show that we saw Larry on keyboards, Adam on guitar, Edge on bass and Bono on drums ? Did we ever ? (Let us know, if you think so.) In fact it turned out to be a show full of surprises. as many of you will be sometime this year.) 'Wanna go back, wanna go back, wanna go back to where it started for us.' said Bono, before U2 ripped into Cry/Electric Co., An Cat Dubh and Into the Heart from way back in the late 1970's.Īlready Willie Williams' stunning new show design was catching every breath - not least for fans with seated tickets who were the only ones who could see that the stage floor itself was embedded with lights, periodically hosting racing contests between different series of coloured illuminations. Then, almost as if they had been written yesterday, the band played a clutch of tracks from their very first album. Vertigo, a second song from the latest album followed to a tumultous reception as Bono called out 'Hello, hello, we're in San Diego!' "The more you see, the less you know." he sang, and the tour was underway. And with Adam, Larry and Edge at their positions on an incredibly simple, stripped-back stage set, Bono emerged, almost unnoticed, way down at the tip of the new 'elipse' shaped catwalk. U2's 'Vertigo//2005' Tour kicked off to a rapturous reception in San Diego tonight.Īfter a blistering opening set from Kings of Leon, finally, three and a half years after the end of the Elevation Tour, U2 hit the stage again in San Diego tonight.Īs a series of different voices intoned through the PA, 'Everyone, everyone, everyone.' suddenly the opening chords of City of Blinding Lights alerted the capacity crowd to the arrival of the band.Īt the same time the back and sides of the stage were surrounded by a breathtaking curtain of lights, a series of great neon skyscrapers falling from the rigging high above.
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