Links of the Day, November 4

News

• Five British soldiers are killed in Afghanistan.
• Election results: Republicans Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell win the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia respectively, but Democrat Bill Owens pulls off an upset in NY-23.
• A slim majority in Maine rejects gay marriage.

Green

• Some new photos illustrate the impact our dependency on plastic (and our inability to dispose of it properly) has on marine wildlife.
  

Miscellaneous

• The U2 concert at the Rose Bowl that I was at was a record-breaker!

U2: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

You might be able to hear me singing …

(Rose Bowl, Pasadena; October 25, 2009)

U2 at the Rose Bowl

In 2005, I saw U2 during their Vertigo Tour at Twickenham Stadium along with 70,000 other people, and it was phenomenal.

This past weekend, I got to see U2 during their 360 Tour at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena along with 96,000 other people, and it was OUT OF THIS WORLD.

The setlist:

• Breathe
• Get On Your Boots
• Magnificent
• Mysterious Ways
• Beautiful Day / In God’s Country / God Only Knows / The Maker
• I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Stand By Me
• Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
• No Line on the Horizon
• Elevation
• In A Little While
• Unknown Caller
• Until the End of the World
• The Unforgettable Fire
• City of Blinding Lights
• Vertigo / It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
• I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight / Two Tribes
• Sunday Bloody Sunday
• MLK
• Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone
• One / Amazing Grace
• Where the Streets Have No Name
• Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
• With or Without You
• Moment of Surrender

Here are a few pics from the evening, and below is the concert in full as streamed on YouTube.