you're right.......
the closest I've been is outside the hotel they where staying at here in BsAs during Vertigo, I waited outside 3 hours, then word came that maybe one of them would come out... a couple of minutes later we found out they went out through a back gate off to the stadium to do the sound check.....
that was pretty much it.....
closest I've been was at the concert itself... a few mts away during the first 6 songs...
and a wink from Edge during a concert. 