October 28, 2001 East Rutherford, New Jersey Tasha, Paola and I went to the Continental Airlines Arena right after the New York 3 show. This was to be Paola’s first GA show. We got our numbers (I was 46) and went back to our hotel to sleep. We were back in the GA line at 7am. It was the most [continue reading]
October 24, 2001 New York City 1 at Madison Square Garden Tasha and I arrived in New York City at Madison Square Garden at 5:15am. We were 39 & 40 in the GA line. For whatever reason, I was VERY excited to see Macy’s a block away and then I noticed the Empire State Building. Around 9am, we [continue reading]
Sunday October 21, 2001 Baltimore, MD I started the third leg of the Elevation Tour in my hometown of Baltimore, and am going to the next 7 shows. The U2 show at the Baltimore Arena on October 19, 2001 was absolutely amazing! The best I’ve seen out of ZooTv, Popmart and the first leg of [continue reading]
Friday September 7, 2001 VMAs New York City Arguably the best night of my life last night. Tasha and I were in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House right at the rope on the red carpet for the MTV Video Music Awards. We were diagonally behind the MTV News desk. We had signed up to be seat [continue reading]
Saturday June 23, 2001 East Rutherford, NJ The first leg of the Elevation tour is over, and I am very sad. I drove up to New Jersey around 6:30pm Wednesday night and met Tasha at the hotel around 10pm. We got up early Thursday morning and were in the GA line at Continental Airlines Arena by 6:15am. [continue reading]
Saturday June 16, 2001 Washington, DC “What do they sing in DC?” I will never forget when Bono looked down at me at the tip of the heart and asked me that after Desire. I just froze. I was still in awe of being THAT close to Larry. Then Bono sang Ground Beneath Her Feet to the girl three down [continue reading]
Saturday June 9, 2001 Boston, MA The Boston shows on June 8 and 9 were amazing! I’ve only slept 7 hours in 2 days, but it was worth it. I flew up to Boston on June 7th. I waited in the GA line at the Fleet Center from 7am to 6pm before each show. I got to hang out with a lot of great people like [continue reading]
Saturday June 2, 2001 Albany, NY I flew up to Albany and hung out with Tasha and her sister all afternoon outside the Pepsi Arena. I met a bunch of people from the U2 internet community. I also saw Bono drive in for the sound check. I saw this Elevation show from the seats, on the side of the [continue reading]
Monday May 7, 2001 Columbus, OH I flew to Columbus for the U2 show at Nationwide Arena. My head still hurt from where I hit it in Pittsburgh, but this Columbus show was great – almost as great as Pittsburgh. I definitely like standing at the tip of the heart the best. Pride and One were my [continue reading]
Friday May 4, 2001 Lexington, KY Best U2 concert ever!! I know I write that after each concert, but they get better every time I see them! Vicki and I flew into Lexington around 11am, went to lunch, shopped a little, then I got in the GA line at Rupp Arena around 2pm – Vicki had a seat. Bono came [continue reading]
Thursday April 12, 2001 Tacoma, WA I arrived in Seattle yesterday. John and I went to the Space Needle, dinner at a great seafood restaurant then listened to some music at this great Irish pub. Today we had lunch at this cute pub before getting in the GA line at the Tacoma Dome – luckily the sun [continue reading]
Saturday March 24, 2001 Elevation Opening Night in Ft. Lauderdale, FL I left my parents’ condo in Ft. Myers at 9am and drove two hours over to Ft. Lauderdale and met up with Mike. We went to the Orioles spring training game, which they won and both Cal and Brady played. Then we had Subway subs in [continue reading]
The year after Popmart I spent the summer of 1998 in Dublin, Ireland. I stayed and studied at Trinity College and took weekend visits to London and Belfast. While in Dublin, I visited U2 sites. I walked from Trinity to Windmill Lane and saw the wall where all the U2 fans signed, just like the wall [continue reading]
I traveled to Florida for the third leg of the Popmart tour. My parents have a condo in Ft. Myers, so I had a free place to stay. Laurie flew down with me to attend the shows in Tampa and Miami, both about a two hour drive from Ft. Myers. At the time, the Popmart show at Houlihans Stadium in Tampa [continue reading]
After the Pittsburgh show, Mike, his girlfriend and I drove the three hours to Columbus, Ohio for our second Popmart show on May 24, 1997 at Ohio State University. We saw Bono get off the bus, but he was swarmed by fans. It wasn’t orderly as it had been on ZooTv. We got a few pictures though. We [continue reading]
Two days after the Jersey show on August 15th, Mike and I were back in our hometown for two more ZooTv shows. Well, sort of. As close as the ZooTv tour was going to get to Ellicott City, Maryland. We were at RFK Stadium in Washington DC in the rain. I met Bono again and he autographed the picture [continue reading]
On August 11, 1992 three friends and I drove up to New Jersey for the official opening of the ZooTv Outside Broadcast tour at Giants Stadium. Opening night had been pushed back one night to August 12th. Mike and I went over to the stadium anyway and ended up sneaking in and getting up on the stage [continue reading]
On the Road With U2 