U2 filled Wembley Stadium, the second largest in Europe, nearly to capacity last night. We stood quite close to the stage in the centre of it all, surrounded by 88,000 fans.
Brilliant performance, visuals and choice of songs – a good mix of old and new – and a generally charged atmosphere. The type of show that melts you into the music.
Bono’s political involvement doesn’t please everyone, but I think it’s great that he’s using his spotlight position to raise awareness of important issues. Among other bits and pieces he highlighted last night, he honoured burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
She was recently awarded Amnesty International’s prestigious Ambassador of Conscience Award, which Bono announced in one of U2’s Dublin shows from the same 360 Tour at the end of July.
Set list:
Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Stuck In A Moment (You Can’t Get Out Of)
Unknown Caller
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
Mysterious Ways
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Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender
One incredibly cool moment was when the crows turned into the “Milky Way” and lit up the stadium with mobile phone lights.
I didn’t have my camera on me, unfortunately, but if you can find a photo of last night’s crowd (like the set image of the second video in the BBC link below) it’s pretty impressive!
Links:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8202230.stm
http://www.u2.com/news/title/going-crazy-in-london#
Youtube:
Little London Observationist 