Hello, Hello. I'm At A Place Called Vertigo

Wow, what can I say. It's Tuesday in Auburn Hills (Detroit). It's U2 on the Vertigo 05 tour. What a show! Here's what they played for us:

Main Set: City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, Gloria, The Ocean, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Get Up Stand Up, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - MLK

Encore(s): The First Time, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, With or Without You, Crumbs From Your Table, Bad

Right from the start you knew it was going to be a special night. There was a great mixture of old and new stuff. To have 'Gloria', 'Who's Gonna Ride Your wild Horses' and 'Crumbs From Your Table' all on the same night was special.

Poignant moments included Bono's story about his dad conducting the stereo with his mum's knitting needles, then dedicating 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own' to him. Also the tribute to Rosa Parks (God Bless you in your rest), who had passed away the day before in Detroit, was very moving - MLK had the hairs standing on end!

Some of the new songs work really well live - the ellipse light show with 'Vertigo' being one of the best. Of the older songs, 'Bullet The Blue Sky' still takes a lot to beat for me, especially Edge's playing in the middle.

It was a great night and I'm sorry I won't be able to catch them again on this tour.