The day has finally arrived! We talked about hitting the beach early, but we didn't get ready early enough. So we headed up to Beverly Hills. On the way we stopped at Fry's to see if they had anything good. Eventually we got of on Santa Monica Blvd. and started heading East. We ended up passing by the Los Angeles Temple. We didn't even know it was there. The crazy thing was driving through Beverly Hills (which is junk by the way!) we saw the temperature hit 99 degrees! Eventually we headed north to Hollywood Blvd to check the sights (And Hollywood is also trash!). We walked portions of the walk of fame, and saw many names. We didn't know at the time that U2 had a star, or we would have looked for it. So we checked out the Kodak Theater, and Grauman's Chinese Theater. Some cool stuff there for sure! We got a couple pictures of some of the hand and footprints in the concrete at Grauman's like Star Wars, and Star Trek. That was pretty cool. After that we headed down a little bit to the La Brea Tar Pits. That is kinda crazy. It's like one block in the middle of the city. The movies to really make it look bigger than it is. Then back up to Beverly Hills to eat at the Hard Rock (Although I guess it's actually LA). Then it was show time!

We began the short journey to the Staples Center. An hour later we got there. J/K it wasn't that bad, but it was the worst traffic we encountered the whole trip. We got there, took some pictures and found our seats. The very last row in the upper nosebleed section. But it wasn't that bad. The Staples Center is smaller than the Delta Center, and we were directly to the side of the stage, not directly in front. That would have been worse. The Kings of Leon opened. They played their song that is on some TV commercials, then everything else sounded the same. Then the reason for the whole trip.

Tony and I head out to take a quick pee, and we start hearing... Everyone, Everyone, Everyone! We knew it was the beginning of the concert! We rushed back into the arena just at U2 came out! Made it back to our seats for City Of Blinding Lights to begin. Very cool! Next up was Vertigo, and it was then we saw the lights of the stage really go! That was so cool! Then Elevation. Not as cool as during the Elevation Tour, but still very cool! Then back to the Boy days. Electric Co. followed by The Ocean! The Ocean! A song that hadn't been played in 23 years! And I was there to hear it! It was so cool, but it seemed like lots of people didn't know the song. A couple more songs, then Miracle Drug. As it was starting Bono was talking about Pope John Paul II, and when he gave him some Fly shades! That was pretty funny. A couple more songs, then ZOO STATION!!! That was so very BAD!!! Then The Fly! Those were so cool to hear! I became a U2 fan just before the Pop Tour, so I had never seen those two songs live. It was so very cool! Then Mysterious Ways. Bono pulled a girl onto the ellipse, then another "well endowed" girl climbed up to follow. She was psycho! She scared Bono, who ran away from her with the first girl. Then the encore. Pride, Streets, then One. Bono had all the lights killed and asked all of us to hold up our cell phones. "They're dangerous little devices" Bono said. It looked really cool! A very cool concert! I kept trying to sing along to "40", but my voice was just giving out. I sang until the house lights came back up. Great show!

The complete setlist is as follows:
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
The Cry/The Electric Co.
The Ocean
New Year's Day
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Love And Peace Or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)
Running To Stand Still
Zoo Station
The Fly
Mysterious Ways

Encore:
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One / Unchained Melody (snippet)
All Because Of You
Yahweh
40