My U2 moment was in one simple word, AWESOME!

My brother (a cop) and I are walking around the Theater and checking out how we are gonna get into this show without tickets?  We found some of  his cop buddies in Somerville and they are trying their best to get us in… I even have a cop jacket on (the second time I impersonated an cop - the other time was also for a U2 show).  As Bono stated later in the night, you can get away with just about anything in this town, as long as you know a cop or are in U2.

As it gets closer to show time, I check with a connection that Shawn Stewart gave me, thank you!  I talk to a U2 person outside and he  knows The Mountain and says that "We are one of the best stations in the country", I must agree!  Well while I check with my inside connection, my brother walks into the theater with another cop and they check out the sound check and come out and tell me that U2 is shooting a video for the next release, WHAT and I miss it…. oh well, it was meant to be because my inside connection didn’t have the right cell number for me and once we get that straightened out, he is my in!

We get in about 15 before show time and the place is so tiny and very hot, there is steam hovering in the theater and the crowd is buzzing and a guy comes out and introduces the band.  First Adam walks out and Larry takes his seat behind the drums and The Edge strolls out and the lights dim and Bono walks out.  The stage is so small they looked caged in.  They break into Get On Your Boots and Bono is just about in the front row with one step.  The place is just rocking and the band cruises through Magnificent, I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight, Breathe and then Bono says we have one more song for you all he says in Uno Dos…. and the crowd kicks in and B-Bam the whole place is singing right along with Bono and the energy was just chilling, goose bumps!

The Q&A followed with questions that continued while they were in commercial.  Some good ones:

1. What song do you wish  you wrote? Bono said Leonard Cohen’s "Hallelujah" and the audience taunted him into singing it and he treats us to a few bars

2. What is it like to play Boston? An experience for them each time, the crowds energy is always amazing.  Bono says that when he looks out in a Boston audience the first thing that comes to mind is the potato famine(crowd laughs) and The Edge chimes in "well this is where all the tall Irish came to settle"(more laughs)

3. Is there a song that you wish you didn’t record or before release? A surprise yes comes from Bono.  He felt that they were rushed in the early years to release albums and he would love to rerecord Boy.  he said the band played well but his vocals sound like its filled with a fake British accent and that he sounded like a girl, not that there is anything wrong with sounding like a girl but he is not a girl.

I also had the best shirt there, lots of nice comments and people took lots of pictures of it.  I got it made at B-Bam in Seattle that read on the front Cool name: The Edge Uncool name: Sting and on the back it said U2 Boston 3/11/09

Well lot of fun was had, best birthday ever! Now I am tired and I hope I can sleep on the plane back to Seattle.

Bob