Tuesday, 20 October, 2009

Univ. of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, AZ, US
Opening Acts: Black Eyed Peas

Show Report

The roof is open in Phoenix tonight and we're looking up into an endless Arizona sky. More on the way from us, meantime how was it for you ?Tell us what it was like and post your photos below.



Breathe
Get on Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stuck In A Moment
No Line on the Horizon
Elevation
In A Little While
Unknown Caller
Until The End of the World
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy - Remix
Sunday Bloody Sunday
MLK
Walk On
One
Where The Streets Have No Name

Ultraviolet
With or Without You
Moment of Surrender


( 75 ) Comments
Tony Simmons - 21 October, 2009
Magic...
I just got home from the concert here in Phoenix.. roof open.. the arms were in the air.. the smiles were wide.. Bono running around the stage with a sweet little kid... and three girls joining him on stage.. I bet they are still smiling from the magic that happened tonight.. and I am still smiling from the magical night that was... U2 doing what they do!!!
- 21 October, 2009
Fun night in Phoenix
This is my second U2 concert and first time ever being at the Univ. of Phoenix Stadium. The concert was really good. Just wish Bono run around the stage more I miss that. The stage was a killer. Just wish the price of seats weren't that expensive but I bought them anyway because I didn't want to miss them and they were my birthday present. I would so do it again. WIsh I could meet them and design there stuff. :) First time ever seeing black eyes peas. They were amazing to.
Eric Anderson - 21 October, 2009
BEP ROCKED THE HOUSE
For the first time ever, I think U2 had an opening act almost steal the show. BEP totally owned that stage and really made me sweat. The U2 show was a bit of a letdown in some ways. The crowd control was not very good this time and it seemed like there was no end to the people showing up at 700PM and then expecting to crowd in with all of us who had been there since 700AM. There were far too many skirmishes and way too many drunks. The stage didn't really put the band in the crowd like the last 2 tours, and frankly, the venue was too big. More shows in smaller arenas, please! I just felt a little like I was back on the PopMart Tour. E
- 21 October, 2009
Phoenix Show
Great show...I loved it all but the extras they did tonight: Beautiful Day then Bono mixed Blackbird into the melody at the end Also loved One - Bono did an A Capella verse of Amazing Grace before he transitioned into Streets Have No Name...amazing. Shivers down my spine...didn't have a camera, but hoping the mexicans next to us will send us their amazing shots....
digitaldelay - 21 October, 2009
U2 - Party of 4 !!!
The guys have outdone themselves again with this tour. The sound was awesome (Black Eyed Peas warmed up the PA amps quite nicely). Very cool lighting effects - especially on Ultraviolet. Good mix of songs with some surprises thrown in. Poor Edge had to re-learn "In A Little While" - he got it, though :) And Guys - please come back to Edmonton - this following you around the continent is wearing us out!!!
- 21 October, 2009
Pretty awesome
Hey, Dan Feldman here... GREAT show. Liked the set list-- I saw em' in '92 and '97, so it's fine with me that they left out Pride (In the Name of Love) and New Year's Day. The stage and presentation are quite the sight to see. I was way up the nosebleeds and visually it was still very cool. Kinda wish the sound could've been even better than it was-- there was a lot of publicity about the huge sound system, and being a musician for the last 30+ years, I thought I deduced that this would mean maybe it would actually sound really good in ALL the seats in a huge stadium, but no, not really. I sat in 3 different spots around the upper level, including straight back, and the bass was too boomy in all of them. The snare and other drums were drowned out in The Unforgettable Fire by keyboards. These are just minor notes from a drummer. Again, overall, great show.
Vigilante13 - 21 October, 2009
Please
Please, please, please oh god please play Pride in Vancouver!!!!!!!!
KatM - 21 October, 2009
Momentous Occasion
This was an AMAZING moment of this lifetime. We went specifically to take our 4 year old to his first concert. U2 has been his parent's favorite band forever and we were able to share U2's magic with him. When he grows up and can finally wear the concert shirt we bought for him I hope he'll remember what was shared last night. Thanks U2.
Leah - 21 October, 2009
Emotionally uplifting!!
Thank You Larry, Adam, Edge, and Bono for another spectacular, and for me in particular, another emotionally and spititually fullfilling evening! The Dalai Lama once told me that music and sound are the truest forms of communication because it is a language that the whole world can understand and it has the power to reach the deepest depths of your soul, take hold, and never let you go. You four beautiful, marvelous men, whom I have followed for 30 years since I was 10, very powerfully exemplified that sentiment to me last night, again and again! Every U2 show I have seen in my life is truly a spiritual homecoming for me, many times mixed with overflowing emotion because of what your music has meant to me over the years. My world is a better place for having had these experiences. Thank You from the farthest part of my heart...it is yours!!
- 21 October, 2009
Intimate and Spectacular
Amazing how U2 can integrate social commentary, a moral compass, and explosive stay-on-your-feet rock into a mesmerizing and intimately moving event! Along with Black Eyed Peas, this night was a revelation!
bonolove - 21 October, 2009
awesome night
WOW.. that stage is something else, and because i was on the floor and able to go in the inner circle i was blown away... I do have too say 50 yards back was a whole different experience City of Blinding Lights made the stage come to life, and then being 2 feet from Bono swinging during Ultraviolet, it was a moment like no other . totally a perfect show...
kstorey - 21 October, 2009
Remembering
When I bought the tickets to the concert way back in April, I recalled the first time I saw U2. I lived in Iowa then and saw them at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Since then, I have been lucky enough to see them in Phoenix several times as well as LA and San Diego. However, last night's show was especially poignant. For it was 22 years ago last night I saw them for the first time...October 20, 1987. The music is just as wonderful....a great time was had by all. I had just as much fun last night as I did that autumn night so many years ago!
TucsonWildcat - 21 October, 2009
As Always
As always, U2 connected to me, the audience, and the world through Phoenix last night! I've been to six of their concerts and each one memorable. Bono said early on that he wanted to create an intimate experience and they did. I took a first-timer and she agreed that he delivered. Honestly, this was the best sound quality I have heard going back to 1984. The open roof brought an ambiance that it was "our" moment, but open to the world. I bet many long-time fans agree, U2 songs represent a time in our life. Going to a U2 concert is truly an experience; an experience of the here and the now, and memories of years past. Going into the show, I had heard that they didn't play as many "classic" songs as some would have hoped. Well, it honestly didn't matter. The new stuff was killer! SPOILER ALERT: The version of "If I don't go crazy" they played last night with Larry on the bongos was out of this world. If you didn't feel your spirit grooving and toes tapping something is wrong man! I would love to have that version. I had seats in the upper deck, but found that the crowd was TOO mellow. I have never sat during a U2 concert and never will. I had to go to an open area where I could groove. And groove I did! Right on. Thanks for another great show (as always) and see you on the next Tour! bcool
KC_Allen - 21 October, 2009
Great, but not the best
U2 rocked the house! Passions running high as we've come to expect. Poor Bono seemed to be suffering from a cold. His voice was a bit thin and the pitch not quite there. Hope he's getting his hot toddy today! We're off to Vegas to see them again on Friday. U of Phoenix stadium was too full of food and booze being hawked up and down the aisles. Distracting and annoying. Too many disinterested drunks.
bonosgurlie11 - 21 October, 2009
Surreal...
We had GA tickets...didn't know it'd be the BEST place to be in the stadium! Got there late (thanks Phoenix traffic!) and ended up on the other end of the stadium...parked in a random shopping area and walked a mile in the dark toward the lights...I wouldn't have cared about parking or paying for it...but since we exited earlier we were already close...as we were walking I could see at LEAST a mile of cars still waiting to exit toward the stadium...no thanks! Got there just in time to hear BEP play their big "good night" hit and headed down to the field. Side note...don't understand why they'd have the BEP play...eh, whatever. So...the show was amazing. Actually hit all my favortive songs...could see the Edge for most of the show from where we were...I;m guessing we were about 80 feet from the stage. The energy there was pretty incredible...Bono puts on such a great show. The person I took with me isn't a big U2 fan but thought it was great. It's hard to explain to people that it's not a concert...it's an experience!!! The roof of the stadium open was amazing...the lights could've been a little bit better (2001 tur had PERFECT lights) and the sound at points got a little fuzzy...but truly? This gets added to one of the best nights of my life...and I'm sure Bono will be awesome and maybe even more high energy in Vegas Friday! Thanks U2!!!
- 21 October, 2009
Good Lord
I saw the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in December of 2006, and they completely blew my mind. The lights were great, the sound was great, and it was overall the best show I'd ever seen. That was completely true until October 20, 2009. The Phoenix leg of this tour was my first U2 show, and I lost my mind. Bono is the single greatest frontman ever, the Edge has an incredible stage presence, Adam Clayton rocked the house on bass and Larry Mullen tore the drums apart. I'm a 17 year old musician, and these guys are everything I hope to be one day. There were points in the show that I thought I was going to cry. The best part of all this is I was in the nosebleed section!! Can't imagine what the floor would have been like. To those who haven't been yet, you may want to stay sitting down in case your knees buckle. This will be the greatest show you ever see.
Cornelius413 - 21 October, 2009
Excellent show guys!
You continue to draw people into the show...even us in the nosebleed seats. Me and my date sang along like a couple of crazy people at times.
unym1 - 21 October, 2009
amazing show!!
Thanks guys it was incredible!! my little girl was so happy to be there !! I hope to see the show again!!!
PAG-IN - 21 October, 2009
Amazing Boys!
Simply Amazing! The set is stunningly huge and a sight to see. Add in 4 mates who know how to put on a first class show you have a night to never be forgotten! Thanks Guys for an awesome night!
ALP - 21 October, 2009
The Band Gets an A+ but ....
Loved the show. However, the crowd seemed a bit sluggish to me. I have been attending U2 shows since 1985 across this country and this may have been the lowest energy crowd in my opinion. Unfortunate because the band was great - Edge's solos on "Unknown Caller, "Until the End of the World," and "Moment of Surrender" were superb and the set list included some gems like "In a Little While" and "The Unforgettable Fire." It seemed like the band sensed the lethargic crowd and redoubled their effort to give an extraordinary performance. A U2 show, as the band members always say, is also about the audience, and in my opinion, we may have dropped the ball tonight.
jeffx - 21 October, 2009
Desert Sky
What a great night!
campen - 21 October, 2009
28 years w/ U2
I can honestly say, in my 28 years of seeing this band live that last night's stage/show was INCREDIBLE ! Breathtaking could be used as well. I was blown away from the minute I got there and saw it in the light (thank god i missed BEP, bad choice of an opening band), to the first darkened view of the spectacle. I find it amazing, as Bono said, that they can keep the intimacy in a huge stadium. I still get shivers up my spine at the beginning of "Beautiful Day" and to this day "Where The Streets Have No Name" wells tears up in my eyes. I only wish that I could go back in time and be that little boy he brought on stage.. To have that a memory for a lifetime would be harmonious to seeing heaven. I have been through good and bad in my life, but nothing can take me to a good place like U2, especially seeing them live. THANK YOU Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam for making the last 28 years amazing...
qguy - 21 October, 2009
Outstanding!
Loved the show! The crowd on the floor looked like they were having a better time than all the drunk posers in the pricey seats -- fancy that! Once a few feedback issues were resolved in the first few songs, the band kept gaining momentum and were just sizzling by "Streets". I keep reading snarky reviews by people on other blogs -- too big, not intimate enough, the Suu Kyi masks are too much, what's with the laser jacket -- but I still saw a huge group of people who get it amidst the many who didn't. I don't want to sound arrogant, but it's really hard to explain simply what makes U2 great. I'll just say they remain a unique blend of passion, charisma, talent, and showmanship, and every mile I've traveled to see them in Dallas and Phoenix and every penny spent was worth it.
bonohot - 21 October, 2009
night of my life
U2 rules the universe! Flew in from NYC for the Phoenix show.Bono was on fire! The Edge and Adam tight and solid on the guitars.Larry putting it all together on the drums. And of course BONO with his spectacular voice,stage presence and endless sex appeal.Keep jumping into that mike.! Had fantastic seats thanks to this website/membership.The sound was superb.The stage and special effects were stunning and surreal.COME BACK TO THE USA IN 2010....LUV U GUYS..
tinapope - 21 October, 2009
Speechless
1st ever U2 concert and it will not be my last. It was an experience, not just a show. Great energy, music and Bono sung his heart out! It was a beautiful setting inside the stadium w/ the roof open. Great messages told to crowd. Emotions were invoked in me that I didn’t know I had. If you ever get the chance to see U2, DO IT! They do music the way it should be done. No one does it better than U2!
Cara44 - 21 October, 2009
sweet U2
I have been wanting to see U2 since I was a little girl. You guys sang and played as if your lives depended on it. I cannot imagine how exhausting it is to give and give on tour. I hope you felt the energy I was bouncing back to you! Our section was really into the whole show- I watched a man in his late 60's have the time of his life! I am 31, i left my 3kids and drove 8 hours by myself to see you!! It was worth every mile. I came in with a smile and left with an even bigger one. I will see you again for sure. U2 makes me feel happy and high on life. My ONLY complaint is that I was not on the floor, my seats were great but it felt like i could not get close enough. Thanks for making Oct.20th one of the best nights of my life, no doubt. Thanks for all you do to make the world a better place- it matters, we appreciate your time and energy in all the causes you support. ~ Namaste Adam, Edge, Larry and BONO!! you guys killed it.
abqfan - 21 October, 2009
Amazing!
What an amazing show! We drove from Albuquerque to see them. U2 is such an inspiration to so many! The songs were perfect, the stage was phenomenal...what a perfect night! LOVE THEM! BEPs were an awesome opener! Couldn't have asked for a better show! Thank you U2!
kkal - 21 October, 2009
Amazing!
There are no words...it was just incredible! I had tickets to their April 2006 concert in Yokohama but it was rescheduled, we moved back to the States, and I subsequently missed the rescheduled event...it's been over three years but I finally got to see them and I couldn't have asked for a better concert. It was the perfect mix of songs and of course the performance itself was just SOOOO AMAZING!!!
alxzoo71 - 21 October, 2009
Honest Review from a True Fan
It's always great to see U2 live,(I've seen them live every tour since the Joshua Tree) but this time was not as good as all the other times. I think U2 needs to start downsizing their shows and let their talent create the magic we all love. The stage was amazing but it overpowered the band, and the sound was awful; it may have been the venue that created an annoying echo that worked against the Edge's echoing riffs. Prices were too high for choice sections which were notably empty for the most part. I enjoyed the show but this was not one of their great shows that I have come to expect. I hope the band changes things up next year, and if they come back they may consider playing smaller venues to reconnect with the audience. Sorry guys...just saying it like it is.
badlands65 - 21 October, 2009
Phoenix Show
Great show, great setlist-- another amazing ( Magnificent ? ) performance by the Larry Mullen Jr Band
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