All the roads are going to lead to FNB Stadium this Sunday for the U2 concert. I am sure a lot of people are very excited and I no doubt will also be, once I am in the grounds.

Driving back, along the congested routes of the World Cup on a Sunday evening does not appeal to me, and I see that the trains are going to be running on the way back, at 11h40. I took the train during the World Cup on one of the occasions and that was a mistake, because it was slower than going by car, much more cramped and quite hot – and that was in the middle of a cold winter.

The fact that the trains are scheduled to start at 11h40 means that the concert is obviously timed to end around about then, with the result that about 110 000 people are going to be hitting the roads just before midnight, with more congestion on the way home and an awful lot of tired people that work on Monday! In any event, let me not sound far too old and grumpy, just because I am not excited at a 2 hour journey there and probably an hour on the way home to listen to a band who, to be harsh, last had relevance 20 years ago, when their music was much more cutting-edge than the topics they sing about now, such as a “beautiful day”! I loved the U2 of Joshua Tree – With or without you or before that Sunday, bloody Sunday. They sang of politics and issue and now, they sing of a bit of love and lovely days. Certainly I will be more keen to hear the older songs because I think that while that was not the height of their popularity with the public at large who obviously prefer more middle of the road music, it certainly was for me.