The stadium:
El estadio:
The famous futuristic, space-ship like stage:El famoso escenario con forma de nave espacial:
The hyper-excited audience: ;-)
El público entusiasmado:
The opening band, Muse, who gave a very enjoyable performance while people where still getting to their seats (they were good enough to give a concert of their own, although they did not play for very long):
Los teloneros, el grupo Muse, que ofrecieron un buen espectáculo mientras la gente iba ocupando sus asientos (la verdad es que tenían pinta de ser lo bastante buenos como para dar su propio concierto, aunque tampoco tocaron mucho rato).
And of course, the main event: U2 live on their 360 tour !!Y por supuesto, la atracción principal: U2 en directo en su gira de 360 grados!!
As you can see from the pictures, we were lucky enough to get GA (General Admission) tickets and we were standing on the field, right in front of the band. Being this close to Bono and company was an amazing experience.
Como podéis ver por las fotos, tuvimos la suerte de conseguir entradas de suelo, por lo que estuvimos muy, muy cerca del escenario; prácticamente al ladito de Bono y compañía.
The main circular platform where they played had an external ring, and at some points during the show they crossed to it using a mechanical moving bridge. When this happened, just a few meters separated us.
La mayor parte del tiempo, la banda tocaba sobre una plataforma circular en el centro del escenario. De vez en cuando, cruzaban hasta un anillo exterior usando un puente móvil, y cada vez que esto ocurría los teníamos a apenas unos metros.
The lighting effects were simply spectacular, and from a technological point of view the show was definitely state-of-the-art. The huge 360 degrees giant screen, which was the jewel of the crown, was used to display an incredible array of visual tricks, always in a very cool and creative manner.
Los efectos de luz y de sonido eran sencillamente espectaculares, de vanguardia, muy difíciles de mejorar. La megapantalla electrónica de 360 grados, que constituía el eje central del despliegue, se utilizó para muchas funciones distintas, siempre con gran creatividad.
The full list of songs that were played that night can be found at the official U2 website. Some of the ones that I enjoyed the most included “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”, “Mysterious ways”, “Where the streets have no name”, “Beautiful day” and “Elevation”.
La lista completa con las canciones que tocaron está disponible en la web oficial de U2. Entre las que más me gustaron, yo destacaría “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”, “Mysterious ways”, “Where the streets have no name”, “Beautiful day” and “Elevation”.
During “City of blinding lights”, Bono invited a little boy to run with him around the stage and he dedicated the song to him. In my opinion, the whole thing was supposed to be a metaphor where Bono was trying to see himself as a little kid, before he got fame and glory, by looking at the boy ("what happened to the beauty inside of me?").
Durante la intepretación de “City of blinding lights”, Bono invitó a un niño a que subiera al escenario y juntos corrieron alrededor del anillo exterior. Luego se paró y le cantó la canción mirándole a la cara. Al parecer, se trataba de una especie de metáfora a través de la cual el cantante se veía así mismo reflejado en ese niño, la inocencia del chaval le recordaba los días en los que todavía no era famoso.
On the other hand, the song “Sunday Bloody Sunday” was dedicated to the people of Iran, and a guy from the audience who was wearing a turban and had a US flag wrapped around his neck was invited to sing with Bono, in a gesture intended to encourage tolerance and diversity (probably set up in advance, hard to believe that it was purely spontaneous).
Por otro lado, dedicaron la canción “Sunday Bloody Sunday” al pueblo de Irán. Un hombre del público, que llevaba un turbante rojo y una bandera de EEUU atada al cuello, subió a cantar con Bono, en un claro gesto de tolerancia y abrazo a la diversidad (tan bonito, como probablemente preparado de antemano).
In any case, in was particularly touching to hear live renditions of two all-time classics such as “One” and “With or without you”:
En cualquier caso, he de reconocer que fue una auténtica gozada escuchar las versiones en directo de “One” y “With or without you”:
Finally, as promised, we did “Go crazy tonight” (although in an exotic remix version, quite different from the one in the previous post).
Al final, como lo prometido es deuda, también tuvimos ocasión de volvernos locos (aunque la versión que tocaron en el concierto fue muy distinta a la del video del post anterior).
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