This was the most relaxed I had ever been the day of a U2 show. After touring the Country Music Hall of Fame and RCA Studio B and eating lunch in Nashville, Sharon and I were back in our room by 1pm to rest up before the U2 show. It started pouring rain and when it died down, Sharon decided to walk [continue reading]
Happy Birthday Larry Mullen Jr! 16 years ago today we celebrated your 40th birthday at my 40th U2 show, my favorite concert ever – the Elevation Tour Providence2 October 31, 2001. Thanks for the drink! Immediately following the first concert in Providence on October 30th, Paola and I got in [continue reading]
Everyone keeps asking me how this 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree Tour ranks among other tours. Well for me nothing will ever top the great Elevation Tour of 2001, but this Joshua Tree Tour has my favorite set list as The Joshua Tree is and always has been and always will be my favorite album. So [continue reading]
My 100th U2 show (that’s in 25 years since the ZooTv tour in 1992) was also the last US show on the first leg of this 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree tour. It was significant to me that my 100th show was a Joshua Tree show since it is my favorite album and I missed the original Joshua Tree tour [continue reading]
The show in Louisville was my halfway point of this leg of the tour, my 5th show of this 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree tour and my 95th U2 show overall. It was a great show, but not my favorite of the tour that I had predicted back in May. Even though it was the 16th of June and the lyrics to [continue reading]
“Miami hot as hell tonight! Miami hot as hell tonight!” Bono sang at the end of “Beautiful Day” in Miami June 11 on the 30th Anniversary of The Joshua Tree Tour. And it was HOT. The heat index during the day was 101. Even at night it was hot because inside the stadium there [continue reading]
While the first Joshua Tree show in Chicago was intense and exciting as it was my first of the tour, the second show was more relaxed and fun. The audience was more into it and the band as a whole was more into it. Bono seemed to be having much more fun the second night. On this my 92nd U2 show, I [continue reading]
OMG! That was amazing! Nothing will ever beat the Elevation Tour for me, but this Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour has my favorite set list with the exception of one. I was excited for every song except “Miss Sarajevo.” Each of U2’s first five albums were represented except [continue reading]
As I have stated over and over, The Joshua Tree means the world to me. It is the album that got me into U2 in 1987 and is still my favorite 30 years later. Below are 17 reasons why I love The Joshua Tree. In order from favorite to least favorite, here is how I rank the songs (including b sides) [continue reading]
It was 30 years ago today, March 9, 1987, U2 released my favorite, and in my opinion, their best album THE JOSHUA TREE. It is truly a part of me. It is ingrained in me. Its songs are second nature to me. The Joshua Tree is like being home. The Joshua Tree is the album that got me into U2 at age [continue reading]
I wasn’t allowed to go to concerts until I graduated high school, so I missed U2’s Joshua Tree Tour in 1987 (coincidentally or as a result of The Joshua Tree is my favorite album). I had to wait five years to see U2 in concert. So my musical journey on the road with U2 started on the [continue reading]
2015 was a great year to be a U2 fan. In 2015 I reached a goal that I had set back in 2010, in during the 360 Tour. I published my U2 memoir On the Road with U2 – my musical journey – and people seemed to like it! Apparently people enjoyed reading about my adventures and travels to 75 U2 shows [continue reading]
Today is not a holiday to me because it’s Halloween. Today is a holiday to me because it’s Larry Mullen Jr’s Birthday! It is also the anniversary of my favorite U2 show ever, Larry’s 40th Birthday show in Providence, Rhode Island on the Elevation Tour October 31, 2001! That [continue reading]
How many bands attend a fan party and play with the tribute band? Only U2 and that’s why we love them because they love us! We were never more shocked and excited then when Edge and Adam took the stage with Unforgettable Fire and played “Where the Streets Have No Name” and [continue reading]
The fifth and final show in Chicago, my ninth of the tour and 84th overall, was magnificent! I finally got my picture with Larry (after 23 years of touring), and U2 played “Gloria,” “Bad” ending with a verse from “Moment of Surrender,” “California” [continue reading]
The U2ieTour shows in Denver were the last added. I sold two of my NYC shows, so I could go to Denver. One, because it was a weekend. Two, because I am a Broncos fan and like going to Denver. Three, because I wanted to see U2 in a different city. And four, because I knew these shows in Denver would [continue reading]
I have written my U2 memoir, On the Road with U2 – my musical journey. It is about my adventures since 1992 on the U2 tours from ZooTV to 360, including all 75 concerts, the people I’ve met, the places I’ve seen and my quest to meet Larry. It has been a wonderful journey, both [continue reading]
Last night Paolo Vetri posted a video of a compilation of live versions of my favorite song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” through the years 1987-2009. Watching it reminded me just how much I truly love this song. It’s more than just my favorite song. It [continue reading]
Most people honor the anniversary of U2’s Rattle and Hum album, but I have always honored the anniversary of Rattle and Hum the movie, which premiered in the U.S. on November 4, 1988. Maybe because that is the vivid memory in my head. I don’t remember buying the album (uh tape), but I remember [continue reading]
Happy Birthday Larry Mullen Jr! And Happy Anniversary of the night we shared a drink – the Elevation Providence show on Larry’s 40th birthday 10.31.01. Here is what I wrote about that night: October 31, 2001 Providence 2 Larry’s 40th Birthday This was the best show ever! There will [continue reading]
On the Road With U2 