360°, myself and the wives were lucky enough to go to see U2 at the Continental Airlines arena the other night. As is typical there was a barbecue grill incident in the parking lot. There was also an extraordinarily funny episode of crying over spilt urine. To say that our seats were good is an understatement. We were in the third row rear stage left. This is an area right in front of steps where Bono, and the rest of the band would enter the great circle portion of the stage. The last time that I saw U2 was in the late 1980's as part of the Unforgettable Fire tour. Too far back for me to even recall whether or not they were good in concert.
Here is the set list:
05/18/2005 Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, New Jersey
City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo / Stories For Boys (snippet) / Pump It Up (snippet), Elevation, Gloria, The Ocean, Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet), Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet), Love And Peace Or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky / Please (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet), Running To Stand Still, Pride (In The Name Of Love), Where The Streets Have No Name, One
encores: Zoo Station, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, All Because Of You, Yahweh, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bad / 40 (snippet)
While there were many older songs that could have replaced some of my least favorites such as, Zoo Station, the fly and, bullet the blue sky, I will say that the remainder of the night was extremely good, excluding the appearance of three teenage punkers called the Bankrobbers who Bono brought onstage to jam with the band. I didn't pay over $100 to see the bankrobbers so I think this pissed off many fans. This had to be staged or part of some type of contest.
Overall I have to rate the concert a B+.