Whats a girl to do!

What's a Girl to do....

When her fiance is gone for two weeks....go to a concert maybe...how about....

THAT'S RIGHT! Sunday night I went to see U2 live in concert at Soldier Field. Friday afternoon, one of my co-workers informed me that there were still tickets available for $30 for the Sunday performance. I debated, cause money is tight right now, but decided to go, cause it's U2, and it's supposed to be there biggest show ever. Luckily the show did not disappoint!!!!

I headed downtown and as soon as I got off the train, I followed the sea of people walking to the concert. :)

A view of Soldier Field while I head to my seat.
My seat was located right at the back of the stage. I was down in the lowest levels of seats, on the 5th row, so I had a great view of the stage and the backstage space. (Which was perfect for me, I love backstage!!)



I got there pretty early, people were slowly coming in.

The opening band was Snow Patrol, I have heard of them before on the radio, but wasn't that familiar with their music. I really enjoyed their show. ;)

After they finished it took the stage crew about an hour to change the set for U2.

This is a blurry picture, but I wanted to show that the follow spot operators were actually sitting on little platforms that were hoisted up in the air. So, each one of those lights has a man sitting behind it, and they sat there through the whole concert, way up high in the air.

What a great seat!!! Here we are waiting for U2 to come out. :)


WHOO HOO! Go U2 U2 U2!

The countdown begins...

Yeah! Here they are!

Bono coming over to sing to the people in the back!

The stadium was completely full. I have never been in a place with so many people at one time. An estimated 55,000 people there!

It was an amazing concert, and the set was awesome! Here is a moment when the screen opened up and created this great funnel.

There was a needle which extended high into the sky.

Here's the band as they leave the stage!

A pretty awesome experience, and I'm so glad that I went!

Getting home was interesting, luckily I live only one stop from the stadium on the train, and had an easy trip home. I was in bed by 12:30am.

What a blast! Hope that Ruben is having fun in Lawton, OK with his Mom!

I'm looking forward to his return, but having a lot of fun on my own. ;)