Washington D.C., October 20, 2005
For starters, the seats we had were better than i had originally thought! They were excellent! They opened with City of Blinding Lights, which i knew they would have, what i didn't know was that even though it was suspected, the feeling of pure bliss and joy i felt all over again was not. I mean, i knew i'd be excited and happy, but the feeling i had was more than that. I love the way they are doing Elevation this tour, i think its better than it was on the Elevation tour. I love they way they start out slow and let the crowd carry the song into its climax. Out of Control was a nice suprise. That song is as old as i am, and only gets better. SBS was great, as always, and followed by a killer performance of Bullet the Blue Sky. At the end of Bullet, he dedicated it to the U.S. Military, which made me think they wouldn't be playing RTSS. I got super excited when i heard the beginning of Miss Sarajevo! But, before they played it, Bono said that it was Luciano Pavarotti's 70th birthday this week and he wanted us to sing Happy Birthday to him, so he could send it to him on film. After that we were blown away by Bono's ability to sing the Pavarotti's part of the song, and in Italian. When he hit that high note and held it, i thought i was going to explode inside. Streets has to be the best song live too! The crowd was so into this song, after it was over Bono let us sing almost the entire song again, and just stood there in amazement and said, "My God, that is amazing!" They then went into an emotional "One," and walked off stage.
They came back for an encore of songs that were totally unexpected. An acoustic "Walk On!" Then came the ultimate suprise. "Wild Horses!" I was so overjoyed I couldn't help but cry. I've been dying to hear that song live since Achtung Baby came out. Didn't think i would ever get the chance, but i did. That was followed by the always great "With or Without You." Then ABOY and the suprise ending of the show was, "Bad." You can never hear that song too many times live. I thought it was a great ending to a perfect show.
Bono did slip on the lyrics to two songs, but thats Bono and part of the reason i love him so. It was also suprising to hear that Condoleeza Rice was in the crowd and Bono, even said 'Hello' to her. It was also cool when it appeared he stepped into the crowd. I got a pic of it, but still don't know what he was standing on. Although i have a good idea.
Complete Set List:
Main: City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, The Electric Co., Out of Control, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day - Many Rivers to Cross, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Happy Birthday, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One
Encore: Walk On (acoustic), Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, With or Without You, All Because of You, Bad
I took 150 pics, most of which turned out great, but will only post a few that are my faves.
The one below is when Bono stepped into the crowd.
I will be uploading the rest of my pics to Myspace soon, if anyone would care to see, just let me know. Can't wait for Charlotte!!!
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