I have spoke with the tongue of angels, I have held the hand of a devil

Yesterday was a fun day. There was a school mini fair at my work. My work friend and I made and sold so much jelly at our stall and the children had an absolute blast. When the jelly sold out, I wondered around the fair to look at all the other stalls that the teachers were running. I was delighted to buy some lilac fairy floss - it perfectly matched my nails and eye shadow. Where's a camera when you need one? I laughed to myself. I joked that I was the mini fair purple queen, which my students found amusing.

And after work, I went to see U2's Joshua Tree concert with my family. My sister organised it and we were all happy to go. 

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We arrived a little late and I started to panic as I could hear music blaring from outside the stadium. It was Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds performing as the opening act. Noel said that the first half of his set was for him, because he declared "I'm amazing" and the second half was for the audience "because you're amazing," with a bit of expletives thrown in because Noel is still the same overly-confident person he's always been. He was quite self deprecating in the first half of the set, complaining that the audience probably weren't familiar with his solo work. The audience responded well when he played his Oasis songs such as 'Wonderwall' and 'Don't Look Back in Anger'. I was in my element, of course. This all made me think that Noel really ought to reconcile with his brother Liam and get the band back together, the music was much better when Oasis were together.

After a long wait, U2 finally came out. The music was fantastic, they sounded great! My favourite songs were:

Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Where the Streets Have No Name

Sunday Bloody Sunday

With or Without You 

and

Beautiful Day.

Bono, being Bono, naturally shared some of his political views (looking after the Earth and uniting as one) and even included a song and presentation about the power and achievements of women. He's a good guy, that Bono. There were even a few references of his old, Australian friend Michael Hutchence, which I appreciated. He incorporated 'Devil Inside' into one of the songs. 'Need You Tonight' was played before the show and everyone left the stadium singing along to the resounding sounds of 'Never Tear Us Apart'.

At one point, it started to rain and we were all getting wet, when Bono spontaneously burst into a verse of 'Singing in the Rain'. It was quite endearing. 

The only down side to the concert was that the stage wasn't high enough. At some points, I could only catch glimpses of the band as the screens weren't always showing U2 play. I've never been one to complain about mobile phone use during concerts, I think it's okay to take a few quick photos or videos for memory's sake. But in the standing area on the floor, it bothered me that people were using their phones to film the whole time and blocking my view of the band. Nevertheless, these two issues were no fault of the band. They sounded great and Bono's voice is marvelous. Overall I had a great night!

Wearing (and practically living) in this purple dream of a dress.

 I love returning to old favourites.

We were also looking forward to seeing KISS this Friday but their Australian tour has been cancelled due to a band member being sick. Nevermind, I've still got another concert to look forward to this year. Can you guess who it'll be?

And before I go, I've got to share a photo of my matching lilac nails and nail polish inspired by another music (and fashion) legend: Cher. Some of her 1970s looks are beyond fantastic.

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See you in a next week.

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Title: Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2.