Famous Dallas City Entertainment News
By: Graciela Ayllon
October 13, 2009
On Monday October 12, 2009 U2 performed an unforgettable night show in Dallas city at the new Cowboys Stadium; certainly it would serve as enough sound-blaster and the best performance evidence. More than 80,000 people witnessed the Dallas city stop of the Irish group's "360 Degrees Tour." The floor, which was standing-room-only and surrounded the mammoth stage, was an immense sea of fans.
It was incredible:”we saw a big platform contraption.” It was like a spaceship merged with a huge spider, its four claw-like structures flanking a circular riser and an outer ring. The two were connected by movable bridges. Above the band was a spectacular rotating video screen that extended into a funnel-like cloud constantly lit for maximum effect.
And of course, there's Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton and The Edge. These guys couldn't be more comfortable before a humongous mass, or underneath such high-tech gadgetry. For about two hours the U2 members sang and played with passionate precision. They backed up the spectacle with plenty of their best hits.
Bono was a messiah figure when he performed. Dressed in black and prone to raising his arms and tilting his head back, as if basking in the presence of his disciples, he wasted no time in preaching peace, asking for a "non-violent revolution" and turning "Walk On," the final number before the encore, into a thought-provoking tribute to Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi.
For sheer U2 explosiveness, we got "Vertigo," "Get On Your Boots," "Elevation" and "Beautiful Day." If you wanted a good groove, they delivered with "Mysterious Ways" and "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight." The tunes from No Line On the Horizon, the quartet's newest disc, blended perfectly with older material.
One more song deserves mention: "Sunday Bloody Sunday," an anthem that prompts fist pumping. It's just as inspiring a song now, with all the violent political unrest in the world, as it was back in 1983 when it was originally released.
Mullen's militaristic drum work filled the stadium with crisp, measured marching beats. Which brings us to the sound at the venue, a constant source of argument among fans. It was an excellent live show performance at Arlington neighbor and we want them to come back to Dallas again.
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