U2 opened their 360 Tour in Barcelona just 30 minutes ago (as I write this it is 21:30 on June 30th). You will probably see it in the news tomorrow or read it in the paper in the morning. But why wait?

If you don’t appreciate the power of social media just check out what I could easily access between 21.00 and 21.15 this evening, just minutes after the concert started.

Videos

I found a link on twitter to the first video 6 minutes after the show opened. It was taken from a mobile phone and sound quality while not the best gives you a good sense of the occasion.

u2 video

Real Time Pictures

There is a constant stream of new photos being uploaded on twitcaps.com

u2 on twitcaps

Real Time Chat (from twitter)

Here are just some samples from twitter from people at the concert and following it themselves on twitter.

u2 on twitter

This is amazing stuff. People are closer than ever before, information is real time and to think I remember the very first day I used the “internet” in college back in 1996.