Let me start out by saying that I am not the most frenzied U2 Fan (I do love there music and what they stand for in issues that are going on in this world). With that asside I will say there performance in Kansas City was one of the most emotional satisfying concert experienes I have seen.

Garbage opened the concert with 50 min set in which they played Stupid Girl and others songs. I thought that they played a fair set and it got the juices flowing for what was to come.

After the Beatles pre concert music subsided you could hear the drones of Elevation on a pre recorded loop starting to amplify and the members of U2 slowly emerging from the backstage area. The only thing left for Bono to do is let out a big screaming Woo Hoo to get Elevation elevated.

U2 have decided on this tour that bigger was not better and have taken great pains to make sure this tour was a bit more personal in scope rather then employing a massive stage show. In my honest opinion it worked wonderfully.

There stage was in the shape of a heart with fans on the inside of the heart I was lucky enough to get inside the heart which in opinion is where the action was I will say one thing I got to meet a lot of great people while waiting for the show to start. Being on the inside of the heart gave a certain warmth and created a great mood for everyone in it.

U2 set list consisted of 4 songs off the new album the rest of the material was pulled from the time frame of the mid 80's early 90's.

I will say that Bono's stage presence is not like any thing you have seen in rock and roll he really likes to get as intamate with the audience as he can and the fans just loved it. He took a portion of the concert to read every sign that the fans had displayed which I thought was a nice touch. He did alot of handshaking and hugging with audience members which is something you do not see in today rock concerts

As far as the bands sound they put on one of the tightest sounding musical shows you will ever hear they really have done there home work when it comes to playing live.

I will say though the highlite of the concert was getting a blood brothers handshake from The Edge after the last song was over it lasted a good 20 seconds that will be a fond memory I will always cherish for the rest of my life. Thanks for the memory Edge

I just wanted to thank U2 for such a wonderfull warm and emotionally fufilling experience.

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