41st Birthday - U2 Concert

My birthday present this year was the opportunity to see U2 as they came through Chicago this past weekend. U2 is a band I've always wanted to see, but never had. It was really quite amazing.

From what I understand, this current tour - the "360" tour - is the most elaborate tour the band has ever put together. It's not hard to see why. The stage took five full days to construct inside Soldier Field this past week, and stretched high above the roof lines to the point that it was visible from Lake Shore Drive.

A video I shot is here.

Great time!

Jimmy Buffet Concert

Kristen and I attended our first Jimmy Buffet concert last night, at Toyota Park (home of the Chicago Fire Soccer team). We joined Libby Lawson, and a group of Lawson friends from Columbia, as we all celebrated Warren's 40th birthday. It was quite a lot of fun, and great music.

I shouldn't have been, but I was surprised by the vast number of followers Buffet has at concerts such as these. It wasn't just the number of people in attendance, but the fact that they all seemed to know about a dozen rituals for pre-concert, concert, and post-concert behaviors. Amazing people-watching.