A Night with Me, Nancy, Bill Gates & U2

Irish rockers U2 wrapped up the second leg of the 360° Tour in Vancouver last night. It was the last full concert show for 2009 and brought out many emotions from a hugging U2 to a grateful Black Eyed Peas. The emotions became evident when Bono, who actually looked touched, paused to speak to the crowd about the end of the 2009 leg of the tour. It was certainly an evening of hysteria and excitement for the massive audience of 55,000, including Nancy, myself and some guy called Bill Gates. Turned out he was in the audience and it was his birthday - Bono sang Happy Birthday to him with crowd participation.

The band worked its way through more than two hours of songs from eight of their albums on a magnificent stage that can only be described as a claw-shaped. Nancy described it as something that looked like it was out of the District 9 film, but the carousel HD screen provided a perfect view of the concert. The majority of the tracks were from their latest No Line On The Horizon. Although the crowd noise was strong on the newer tracks, it was the classics, like Sunday Bloody Sunday, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and With or Without You that really got everyone on their feet. My personal favourites and highlights were Stuck in a Moment, Beautiful Day and Elevation.

Opening act Black Eyed Peas were exciting to watch. Their short set had all their top hits, the performance was fun and it got the crowd pumped for U2. Fergie’s performance of her solo hit Big Girls Don’t Cry was a standout, as it was obviously heartfelt. I have to say best warm-up act I have seen at a concert.

Was it the best concert ever.... U2 definitely went out with a bang with the place coming alive and everyone sharing this band's amazing music together. Bono at one point took a moment to describe his own feelings about this particular tour and expressed that no tour had ever quite given him this feeling and that he was literally in awe of the support that had been given back to the band. We definitely won't be forgetting this show anytime soon.