{"id":194,"date":"2011-08-03T00:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/wordpress\/?p=194"},"modified":"2011-08-03T00:26:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:26:00","slug":"u2-360-tour-moncton-nb-with-arcade-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2011\/08\/03\/u2-360-tour-moncton-nb-with-arcade-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"U2 360\u00ba Tour, Moncton, NB (with The Arcade Fire)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, this was pretty sweet! Two of my favorite bands one after the other with my wife and some great friends in the inner circle just a few feet from the stage.<\/p>\n

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Amber dropped me off at Magnetic Hill so I could get in line early, which didn\u2019t do much aside from me getting the inside scoop on what was going on. It was pouring rain and I was expecting to be soaked, so it wasn\u2019t bad \u2013 the best part of the rain is that it kept the crowds from turning up early. I was number 402 in the line and they wouldn\u2019t give me numbers for Amber, Dallas and Claudia so I ended up waiting for them after getting into the venue (they were in the 900 group if they had numbered the line).<\/p><\/div>\n

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I met some great folks from Fredericton, Halifax, L\u00e9vis, Grand Falls, St Johns, Iceland while waiting in line. I was given a seat to use and beer and cherries while waiting in line too!<\/div>\n
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Sopping wet, we made it easily into the inner ring just 20 feet from the stage. We saw other fans returning from the rear entrance where they didn\u2019t think they could get in, but there were only about 600 people in there when we entered (capacity 2000). Amber gave me a dry shirt to wear as I was soaked (she was dryer). The sun came out briefly and it didn\u2019t rain again from about 5 pm onward.<\/div>\n
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Carney was the first act. The singer plays Spiderman on the Broadway show that Edge and Bono wrote the music for (and which has notoriously has been postponed for ages). The band has been together for a dozen years, since they were 14 years old. The music was quite good, very classic rock like Led Zeppelin and Queen.<\/div>\n
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Arcade Fire<\/a> had a sensational stage presence and their set just lacked a couple of my favorites (Ocean of Noise<\/i> and Rococo<\/i>). The entire band put everything into it and got the whole crowd going. I had a perma-grin the entire 12 songs.<\/div>\n
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The guy beside me noticed Arcade Fire\u2019s setlist taped on a monitor (oops) and got a snapshot of it. He asked if I wanted to see it. I was weak! Great set:<\/div>\n
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