This is a picture of the crowd at Slane Castle for the U2 gig on August
25th, 2001. With Slane Castle and the River Boyne as back drops, and
80,000 people (with tickets) in attendance to see the best band in the world, rock Ireland for the first time since
97, and Slane for the first time in 20 years, it was nothing short of amazing. Everything including the long walk
from the bus to the venue and the 4 hour extravaganza to travel 45K back
to Dublin was one of the best experiences of my life. Also performing at
Slane were JJ72, Coldplay and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, as well as a few other bands.
Unless you were actually at this show there is no way I can describe it
other than the word amazing, the best concert I will ever go to, hands down.
During Kite it seemed that all 80,000 had a piece of liter or trash in their hands,
on fire, as Bono gave tribute to his father who had passed away
just a few days before. I have never seen a crowd as alive as when U2 played
Where The Streets Have No Name. You can see the set list on the next page.
This is not my picture, but you can see why I have put it up.
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