An Evening With Rod

We flew out Friday evening. The flight was great. Rod navigated us around the airport in Dallas like a pro. (I’ve always been afraid to try to travel by myself because I don’t think I could navigate through the airport, pick up baggage, rental car, parking lots…scary!) The hotel is beautiful. There’s a modeling/talent convention going on so there are beautiful young people everywhere you look, with doting, fretting parents just behind. We joked that Rod should go mingle in a sexy shirt that showed off his muscles and it might pay for our trip! We dropped in, unannounced, on some friends who took us to a great Indian place for lunch. Shopped for some concert duds and then found our venue.

The concert was phenomenal. We were on the floor, standing up, in what seemed a pretty far back place. But the stage came out into the crowd in a ½ circle type runway (the VIP people were sitting inside the circle part of the stage). When Bono walked out on the catwalk part he was only about 10 feet away from us! It was all so much larger than life!

They opened with City of Blinding Lights from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Then went on with Vertigo. It was 2 hours of U2 at their finest. They played all the best and greatest (except Gloria and Grace). They pulled a guy out of the audience just in front of us who had a sign that said, “I can play!” They gave him a guitar and he picked the song (One of the only ones I didn’t recognize- Angel of Harlem). Bono pulled a girl out of the VIP section and hugged her all the way through With or Without You. They ended with a worship set: Yahweh, All Because of You, and 40. Afterwards, Rod got a concert shirt and bought us all ONE “livestrong” bracelets. It was an incredible night and a totally awesome show; one I will never forget.

The best part was the company.
Thanks, Babe.