My U2 Experience
Providence, RI
October 30, 2001
Bono
noticed my 9 year old daughter, Nicole, waving to him During “Bad”.
He waved back to her and started singing to her.
Bruised silken skies and
burning flak If I could, you know I would. This Separation Isolation Separation. Condemnation. Now Revelation. Let it go, uh huh
Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes.
If I could, I would let it go.
Isolation
Isolation
Isolation.
Now Revelation
And so now fade away.
To let it go, uh huh
And so now fade fade
The next thing we knew, he proceeded to leave the stage towards her.
Before leaving the stage, he looked to see where he’s headed again.
fade away. Fade away, fade away
He walked behind the stage and climbed to where our seats were.
Then he hopped over the rail …..
….and was right in front of her!
It got pretty crazy and
Bono had to hop back over to safety. Then
Wide Awake I'm not sleeping.
he sang another verse!
I'm wide awake.
Wide awake.
Oh, no no
He kissed my daughter’s
hand ….
and asked her “What’s
your name?”
I'm not sleeping. What’s your name?
Oh, no no
You can see me in the
shot below. I’m right above Nicole in
the blue
shirt. My sister is standing next to me, but
leaning over so she looks
like she’s standing to
the right of Nicole (L-R in photo she’s on the left side).
What’s your name? “I Love You!”
Nicole didn’t hear Bono’s
question and didn’t quite know what to say
when he held the mike to
her! She yelled “I Love You!” and
everyone
cheered! Bono then said a prayer to all of us during
these times after 9/11.
I want to make a
prayer, we’re living in,
just want to make a prayer -
that these times that
that they pass quickly,
and we get onto the next chapter of our lives
where America and Europe is safe
where the rest of the world is not living on less than a dollar a day,
That's our prayer...
How long to sing
this song? How long to sing
this song?
Then he finished the song
with “40.”
As the crowd continued to
sing, Bono went back to the stage and
“Streets” started.
At the end of the night,
Bono went to wave goodbye to Nicole where he
climbed, but we were
waiting to wave to him above the exit door and
missed him. We asked the crew behind the stage if there
would be a
video and they said that
they weren’t taping the show. Then one
of
them gave us a copy of
the set list that was taped to the equipment!
It was the most amazing
experience! I really enjoyed finding
reviews
of the concert on the
Internet as most of the people mentioned it and
it was fun to hear how
they saw it. I searched for photos and
the bootleg
and am very happy to have
acquired both. The bonus was a video
from a generous fan that
read my review on U2tours.com and sent
it along. I used the video to do these screen
captures. I want to thank
everyone that assisted me
in my quest for more documentation!
U2 fans are awesome!
The other bonus is that I
have met via the Internet a lot of nice fans
from my concert review on
U2tours.com and posting on Zootopia
and Interference. Hope you enjoyed this page!