dougs digs: How To Dismantle A Gold Digger

Yesterday I received a frantic call from Jenae explaining that she has just been offered four tickets to the U2 show in St. Louis . . . for that night ! ! ! Without hesitation we agreed to take the tickets and would figure out how to make it work along the way, we just could not turn down an offer as unbelievable as this.

We had only a few hours to round up two other people to join us and leave KC in order to make it to the show on time. So I called the few friends I knew that would be absolutely overwhelmed by the opportunity. I was right. They were all so overwhelmed that they couldn't move . . . seriously no one moved, no one went with us.

It was extremely such short notice, plus people "our age" just can't drop all of their life stuff and go to concerts. What does it say about us that we did (not necessarily could, but did) ? All in all, it was a 12-hour whirlwind (4:00pm - 4:00am . . . plus we had to wake up at 7:00am) and well worth it ! ! !

We made it just in time to catch the last two songs of their newly appointed opening act, Kanye West. The last two songs he performed were coincidently the only two songs of his I know, Jesus Walks and Gold Digger. He put on quite the performance, I love that guy.

About an hour later U2 took the stage and nothing was same after that. They started off a little flat (for U2 standards). However, as the show progressed they pick it up and ended with an arousing explosion of emotion, visuals, and sound. Overall the show was outstanding, however I felt the Elevation Tour was more intimate and powerful, or at least the show I saw was compared to this one. Perhaps since this was one of the last shows of this leg of the Vertigo Tour, the chaps were probably just plain spent. Regardless, they offered one unforgettable experience . . . as usual.

St.Louis Post-Dispatch review

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12.15.2005

How To Dismantle A Gold Digger

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