I felt this way once before. Back in 2005 during the Vertigo Tour. Not being a fan of HTDAAB, I was kind of over it and sold eight of my sixteen shows. But I bounced back hard on 360 going to 24 shows. Not being a fan of SOE, I am only going to THREE concerts on this upcoming eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE [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]
To be honest I expected more from the second show in New Jersey, as historically the second show in the same city has been much better than the first. Case in point, Chicago2 was worlds better than Chicago1. But it is a U2 show, so of course it was great, but I was really hoping for “A Sort [continue reading]
Larry loves New York (and New Jersey)! He and the rest of U2 seemed to be having a lot of fun last night at MetLife Stadium. It was a great show with the same set list as the previous show in Boston. This was the start of my five day, 1000 mile, six state, 4 concert road trip to end this first US [continue reading]
There was a really great energy at the U2 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree show in Washington DC last night. Bono seemed especially pumped. It was cooler than the previous shows I had been to in Miami, Louisville and Philadelphia. And the GA was not as crowded, even though it was sold out. I started my [continue reading]
The show in Philly was hot! It was as hot as Louisville, which is crazy for a show in the Northeast. But it was a great show with two firsts: the tour debut of “Mysterious Ways” and the first proper band introductions of the tour. I was particularly exhausted on this day of the show as [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]
If you don’t see me online until June 3rd, don’t be alarmed. With rehearsals about to begin and the tour starting in May, I am going to be hiding from anything U2. This Joshua Tree tour means the world to me, so I am going to try my best to be surprised in Chicago June 3rd for my first [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 did not want a U2 tour in 2017 – I wasn’t ready for it. After the last tour in 2015, I have distanced myself from listening to U2 – as I do after every tour. I get so entrenched (aka obsessed) I just have to go away for a while and dream it all up again. Also I have my 2017 [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]
The seventh U2ieTour show in New York City at Madison Square Garden saw the tour debut of “Satellite of Love” (not played since 1993), Paul Simon singing “Mother and Child Reunion,” the booing of an obnoxious ‘fan,’ and the return of the Dalton Brothers – [continue reading]
The fifth U2ieTour show in New York City on July 26, 2015 was the fourth anniversary of the last 360 show in the U.S. That show in Pittsburgh was when Larry hugged me on his way to the stage. This NYC5 show wasn’t quite as memorable. Although Larry did finally wear his blue shirt that I [continue reading]
What made the first two U2ieTour shows in New York City at Madison Square Garden on July 18 and 19 especially fantastic was that I was not expecting anything – I had no plans to meet the band or wait in the GA line. I had already had so many great experiences on this tour that I had no goals [continue reading]
On the Road With U2 