The Infamous Nibbling Incident

Bono made a meal out of me!

Well, kinda. It was my sixth show, LA1, 11/12/01. I had 2 GA tickets, and took my mother with me to see the boys on the floor. You'd think it can't get better than that, but oh yes, it did. I made 3 signs asking Bono for a dance, they said:

Bono, wontcha set my soul free and have a dance with me?

1 GA ticket, $45

Airfare from Seattle, $275

1 dance with Bono - PRICELESS

BONO! I believe...you want to dance with this Seattle Party Girl!

I had 2 GA tickets, and surprised my mother with an early Christmas/birthday/Mother's day present. We were able to get into the heart. She'd seen them in Anaheim during the 1st leg, but was so far away she could only listen to the music (which doesn't mean she didn't like it!). But now she was up close and personal, and it was quite a show. She's partial to Larry; I keep telling her that while Larry is great eyeball candy, he just doesn't hold a candle to the B-Man. But I digress...

I know that Bono definitely read the first sign, I could see him reading it during "Beautiful Day" (2nd song of the show). My goal was to keep switching signs until I got my dance. Well, I don't think he read the other two, so it didn't work. (I think Adam and Larry glanced at the other signs though...not sure.) Anyway, "Until The End Of The World" started after BD, and I originally wanted to try to work my way to the bottom of the heart, because I knew that's where Bono lays on the stage while Edge slays him like a matador. I was in the heart towards Adam's side, and it was way too crowded to move around, so I stayed put. Well, I'm so glad I did! Bono started making his way towards the bottom of the heart, on my side, and on the way there he stopped...RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. Now, the kicker is, I couldn't see his beautiful face because there were 2 huge TV cameras between me and him. I could only see his feet, and I could see that they were pointed toward me. I was a little miffed, because I wanted to get some good pictures of him right in front of me. But then, HE LAID DOWN ON THE STAGE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I didn't know what to do there! I reached out my hand, hoping for a handshake, or maybe just to have his sweat drip onto me, anything! Since there were TV cameras on either side, there was only room for 2 people to be able to reach out and try to touch him, and it came down to me and one other girl. He toyed with us for what seemed like an eternity, singing to us and strategically placing his gorgeous face mere centimeters away from our fingers. The other girl decided to pull her hand away, and somewhere during all of this I snapped an incredibly close picture of Bono (see below). I didn't want to take my free hand away though, in case Bono did decide to shake my hand or something, so I couldn't wind my camera at this point. Now I was just a blubbering puppy, staring up at Bono, my eyes pleading with him, telling him I would do his bidding, and he knew that. I reached my 5'3" frame with all my might and still couldn't manage to touch him - he had all the control and he knew it, and was loving every second of it as he let his face hover mere millimeters above my fingers. He seemed to study my hand for a few seconds, noticing my wedding band, and my watch. Then...he opened up his gorgeous mouth, reached out with his sexy neck, and nibbled on my three middle fingers. He looked me right in the eye as he let his bottom lip caress my fingertips too, leaving them very wet. All of this happened within a few seconds, I'm sure, but it seemed like an eternity to me, and he really made me feel as if I was the only person in the arena for that time. I was reduced to a quivering pile of flesh for the remainder of the night. On the way home from the show, I had my U2 CD that I made for my mom with different mixes and things on it. "Mysterious Ways" came on, and all I kept singing during the chorus was, "It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, BONO NIBBLED ON MY FINGERS TONIGHT!!!!" **sigh** Thank you Bono! I love you!