No Line on the Horizon

In honor of it being U2uesday, I thought I'd make a good nostalgia post! These images are from the U2 concert at Slane Castle on August 26, 2001. Jess and I went over to Ireland and met up with some friends from my University College Cork days of 91-92, then up to Dublin for the show. It was a marathon trek to the actual concert site at Slane Castle. U2 fans will recognize Slane from the cover of the Unforgettable Fire - the album was actually recorded in the Castle back in 1983-1984.

It was a homecoming for U2 and the death of Bono's father a few days earlier put the show at risk and added some heavy emotion to the performance. As seen in the photos, we arrived on time to get the absolute back row standing plots. The amount of people who were passed out before U2 went on was considerable - some I though may have been dead. Coldplay and Red Hot Chili Peppers played before U2 so they had been there a while.

We flew home a few days later and then of course the world changed the next week.