U2 concert in Santa Clara: 'Monkeys could have organized better'

SANTA CLARA - If it was a good time they were after, many U2 fans didn't find what they were looking for Wednesday night at the rock band's only Bay Area stop on its Joshua Tree tour.

Complaints flowed in on social media, a good number of them about concessions stands that either had long lines or ran out of food and drink before U2 even finished playing its first song.

“Worst ever,” Mick McLaughlin wrote on Twitter. “Hour wait for a hot dog! We are in Silicon Valley, right?”

Another Twitter user said she spent 45 minutes in line only to be told there was no more food.

Lines also were long to park and get in the stadium, which is managed by the San Francisco 49ers.

Floodlights were another source of aggravation for some concertgoers, who said they couldn't see the stage.

Despite taking the stage later than scheduled, the band itself was not a target of many complaints.

“Incredible,” Sean Cunningham, a sports producer and reporter for KXTV in Sacramento, wrote on Twitter. “Getting my mind blown by U2.”

Danielle Simmons, however, couldn't say the same.

“First real outing since having a baby and it has been the worst experience,” she wrote on Twitter. “Monkeys could have organized better.”