Friday December 3rd: Took the train down to Melbourne for the concert of the year-U2! Had planned to visit Gabrielle Leigh the President od the Victorian Principals Association. We had met in 2007 when Gerry and I visited her school in Caroline Springs and I was looking forward to meeting up. But she had to cancel. I was disappointed. Ended up in Melbourne with a few hours to spare and not a lot of shopping to do. Decided to do some 'UGG' shopping. I had a photo and went into about 13 shops, but no luck. The ones I was looking for were Chinese made not Australian.
Was due to meet Leigh and Janet before the concert but they had to return to Geelong as they had forgotten their tickets. Went in on my own. Jay-Z was the support artist and he was a good entertainer. I even recognised some of his stuff (is it okay to call them songs?)
U2 played for 2 hours and 15 minutes and were great value-ticket cost about €80. The sound was a bit distorted for the first hour and improved after that (or was it my ears?) The visuals were spectacular and overall I gave them 8/10. It was a special moment to hear them sing 'In The Name of Love'. 'Beautiful Day' nearly brought the house down.
Met Janet and Leigh after and returned to Geelong with them. Stayed with Leigh that night.
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