Music: Re: [u2tour] Re: Balto show

Here's my GA experience - arrived a 6am and was #66 in line. From 6-8 the line only got up to 100 or so then steadily climbed through the morning but only got over the 200 mark late in the morning. I got outside the circle right where I wanted on the rail on Edge's side (best.....spot.......EVER). Right behind me was a group of 4 who got there at 3pm and they ended up right on the rail with us as space became available. So I could have gotten my spot by showing up later, but I wasn't going to take that chance!!

The stadium staff was excellent on how they observed the numbering system. Worked like a charm.

Why can people show up late and get into the circle? Because they stick too many people in there!!!!! You guys were in their like sardines!

Thanks to everyone on the list (especially JK) for their advice which led me and my daughter having the greatest time!!

This was my 14th U2 show since 87 but first of the 360 and it blew me away! Set list was incredible (sorry haters). Funny how we talked on this list about how they are playing a song from each album, but we all forgot about Pop! The heat was horrible and you needed plenty of water (girl next to me passed out for dehydration after Florence, but thankfully was fine and amazingly made it back before the boys came on). I was amazed at how small they made a stadium feel. It strangely didn;t feel much bigger than their arena shows.

Gearing up for Philly!!

Derek C

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt McGee
To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [u2tour] Re: Balto show

I think it's a myth that you need to show up at the crack of dawn, unless you ABSOLUTELY need to get a specific spot right along the front rail.

Wrote about Denver here:

http://www.atu2blog.com/photo-getting-close-to-the-stage-at-530-pm/5180/

Walked in at 5:30 pm and could've had amazingly close spot.

m2

On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Scot Kleinfeld wrote:

> I feel the same way, but I am still wondering how it happens. How do people
> both having GA tix but arriving 7 hrs later get the same spot in the
> circle? I guess a lot must prefer along the outside of the circle.
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> If I go to Pittsburgh I doubt I will get there so early.
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> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jennifer Breton <jenhybr@hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> I noticed that too, Scot. I also got there at 10 (probably sitting next to
>> you in line?) and we wound up second row in prime real estate right in
>> between Bono and Edge. The people in front of us were like #7-9 in line and
>> had gotten there the day before and camped out. I wouldn't say their
>> experience was any better than ours being a foot closer, particularly in a
>> stadium where there's so much extra space between you and the stage anyway,
>> unless you're going for bragging rights that you were front row... I'm still
>> showing up early for Philly cause I just enjoy the camaraderie and
>> experience of the GA line, but I don't know if I'd ever go through the
>> trouble to camp out when it doesn't make a HUGE difference in position for
>> the stadium tours.
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>> To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
>> From: scotk09@gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:57:23 -0400
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>> Subject: Re: [u2tour] Re: Balto show
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>> So about the GA line experience.
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>> I was there at 10 AM and got where I wanted to be inside the circle. But
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>> the people right next to me got there at 530...PM.
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>> So do a lot of people in the GA line want to be outside the circle? If not,
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>> how do people gettig there so late still get prime spots on the inside?
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>> Scot
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>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jennifer Breton <jenhybr@hotmail.com
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>>> Agreed; great show and way better than DC (even though I think I
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>>> DC's setlist)... I love heat and wasn't dying being outside all day, but
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>>> man, that pit was holy hot and so disgusting, LOL. I lost 2.5 pounds. I
>> got
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>>> one of Bono's water bottles he threw--do you think anyone would wonder
>> why I
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>>> have a crushed plastic water bottle in a shadowbox on my wall? Or anyone
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>>> know someone who does human cloning? I figure his DNA has got to be on
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>>> there... ;)
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>>> See you guys in the the GA line in Philly!
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