After nearly six months, U2's "Vertigo" tour returned triumphantly to Los Angeles last week.
At the start of the concert, it was all about teasing drummer Larry Mullen on his birthday, and from that point on, U2 became the Larry Mullen Band.
This was definitely one special show. Talk about a party; if you were not there, you should have been. "Happy Birthday" signs were all over the place in the crowd, paying tribute to the drummer.
The band members even had shirts on that said "The Larry Mullen Band."
As Bono opened up the show with "City of Blinding Lights" and "Vertigo," the crowd was on fire, and there wasn't an empty seat in the house.
I understand there were also quite a few celebrities in attendance; Bono mentioned Salma Hayek, Heather Graham, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron, Val Kilmer, and Lionel Richie. I'm sure there were plenty more, but none compared to Mullen; after all, it was his party.
As praises and compliments were paid to Larry, he took the mic alone on stage (wearing Bono's cowboy hat) and thanked the crowd for coming to his celebration. "You can leave your gifts at the door," he said, and then thanked Bono, Edge, and Adam Clayton for being his backing band.
There was surprise after surprise throughout the evening.
"Edge, it turns out, is from the future," said Bono, "but ah, we already knew that." He's from a very different planet in the future, coming to us in a time-traveling space ship, Bono said. The guitarist played the same four notes over and over, which opened "Miracle Drug."
Bono's speech got lots of laughs, and by the time Bono had finished his latest version of the early U2 mythology, the fans behind the stage were chanting "Edge, Edge, Edge." More>>>
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posted by ADMIN @ Sunday, November 13, 2005
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