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WINNIPEG — About a hundred hard-core U2 fans — one from as far away as Tokyo — waited in line with sleeping bags and lawnchairs to get close to the stage when the gates to the concert open tonight.
Comic book artist Makiko Tamai came by herself from Japan to see the show — the third of five U2 concerts she’s planning to see during its 360 world tour.
She was prepared for the cold weather but warmed by the welcome of friendly Manitobans in line at the stadium parking lot.
“They gave me a chair and barbecue,” she said huddled in a sleeping bag.
“All are very kind.”
Nearby, Jonathan Redemaker came from Thompson and had been waiting in line since 8 a.m. Saturday. As people got in line, they had their place number written in indelible marker on the back of their hand.
“This is fun,” Redemaker said, with his group huddled on the cold, crumbling Canad Inns Stadium parking lot. He slept in his truck parked nearby and came back to claim his chair in line early this morning.
“There’s a huge sense of community,” said Paul Martens, sitting beside him.
Further back in line, Deborah Roberts dozed with her husband George on a mat with pillows and a blanket. She was waiting for her 105th U2 concert to start.
The couple travelled from Litchfield, Connecticut, to see the band’s first show in Canada on this tour — one of nearly a dozen countries she’s dragged her husband to for U2 concerts in the last 28 years.
“If they’re on tour, either you’re with me or against me,” she said.
