Oh You Look So Beautiful Tonight

10:00 Stereogum

11:00 Fluxblog (pop set)

12:00 Stereogum

1:15 Fluxblog (disco meltdown)

U2 @ Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn 11/22/2004

Vertigo / All Because Of You / Miracle Drug / Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own / City Of Blinding Lights / Original Of The Species / She’s A Mystery To Me / Beautiful Day / I Will Follow // Out Of Control / Vertigo

For a full, detailed review of the show, I recommend checking out Chris Conroy’s post on U2log. (For photos, you should check out Brooklyn Vegan.) It was quite a spectacle, and most definitely worth the four hour wait. It was great to be within 20 feet of the stage at a U2 show for a change, and even better to be surrounded by highly enthusiastic U2 fanatics. Normally, I end up in the cheap seats next to the bored 40somethings who clap for “Pride” and “Where The Streets Have No Name” and run off for hot dogs and beer through the rest of the set.

Also: Fiery Furnaces fans should note that Eppy has posted his analyses of “Chief Inspector Blancheflower” and “Spaniolated.”