Jason & Darcie Weglo: U2 Concert

Well what can I say about the concert. It lived up to all the hype and excitement and everything we expected it to be and more. It was in Rogers Place where the Blue Jays play. There were two shows in Toronto - one on Sept 16th and one on the 17th. We went to the second one. They were both sold out with 50,000 people at each one. Pretty sure the stadium hadn't been that full since the Jays were in the World Series. It was so cool to be at a concert on the floor and look around and see that many people watching U2 with you. Ondrej and Ivona joined us from Calgary. It was so nice to see them again. First time seeing them since they're wedding. We had a lot of fun with them. More with them in another post. Ondrej managed to buy our tickets in March and the plan was to hang out with them for a couple days after they flew in to watch U2. We were in an amazing section. There was the main stage but then they had two bridges which connected it to a circular walkway/ring around the whole main stage. Even the bridges moved along the ring. The money that must've gone into making the stage and structure is mind boggling. We found out that there's 3 stages/structures on tour that leap frog each other. One where they're currently playing, one being setup in the next city, and one that's being dismantled where they just were. I can't imagine how much designing and manufacturing the 3 stages cost them. The production costs too - operating cameras for big screen above stage, lights, sound, operating stage effects............ Everywhere I looked I was amazed. You know how I get. We had the choice of standing in the cramped inner ring or go off to the side and watch from outside of the ring. We chose the outside because we were still really close. The section we were in was called the red zone and there were two on each side of the stage. It was seperate from the general admission tickets on the floor so there was tons of room in our section. It was a waist of space really. You can see from some pic's how much room there was. We even had our own area of bathrooms that only people from red zone's could use. We were on the side that The Edge was playing on which was sweet. Snow Patrol opened up for them. They were alright but no one really cared. We were all waiting for U2. They played a lot of songs from their new album, No Line On the Horizon, and a lot of their classcs. They came out for two encores. I hope to see them if/when they tour again. Each time we've seen them, we're blown away by how good they play live, how many good songs they have, and how good of a show they put on. It's worth every penny.