Sunday night and into Monday morning I rocked with the band U2 at its concert in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

I didn’t have tickets.

Instead, I was one of more than 1 million people around the world to watch the group’s concert via live video stream on You Tube.

While it does not have the effect of watching them or any other band live, it showed at least me where technology has taken us.

U2’s manager, Paul McGuinness told the BBC, the group was already filming the concert so it was a chance to make it a global party.

It is not the first time U2 has been part of an online broadcast.

In 1997, the group let fans watch a Boston concert via Microsoft’s MSN Web site.

I was mesmerized by Sunday’s event. The live stream started 30 minutes before the band took the stage at 11 p.m. Central Time. There were interviews mixed with shots of the grow awaiting the band’s arrival on the huge spaceship stage. The boys played for 2 hours with a 30 minute encore.

To add to the tech savvy event, concert goers and viewers could comment via Twitter and the group’s official Web site in real time.

That was the amazing thing to read and watch as the band rocked the Bowl.

Tweets on Twitter rushed in by the thousands in mere seconds from around the world. This group really has a hold of the world.

I guess it was my Beatles come to the U.S. moment for the first time moment.

It was indeed a beautiful day and experience.