“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]
On November 14, 1997, I was in Miami, Florida at Pro Player Stadium for my last PopMart show. Just like the show in Tampa a few days before, I again did not stay in my seat and stood right at the B stage. This time Smashmouth opened, who were not as exciting as Third Eye Blind was in Tampa. When U2 [continue reading]
We headed to Miami immediately following the U2 show in Tampa on December 1, 2001. We being me, Tasha, Jenny and Paola – the usual Elevation Tour crew I went to shows with back then. We arrived at the American Airlines Arena just before 5am on December 2, 2001, the morning of the final show [continue reading]
I went to the first show and the final show of the Elevation Tour. It is the only time I have ever done this, part of the reason the Elevation Tour will always be so very special to me. The final show of the Elevation Tour at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on December 2, 2001 was just [continue reading]
After the U2 show in Miami Wednesday night, I spent Thursday relaxing in my fabulous suite in the fantastic Epic hotel. I left Miami at 6am est Friday morning and should arrived in Nashville around 7pm cst. But because of horrible traffic around Atlanta, I didn’t make it to Nashville until [continue reading]
The U2 360 show in Miami was great! It was the same set list as East Lansing except U2 played North Star for the first time in the US. I had a great Larry moment during I’ll Go Crazy. It was hot in Miami, but not as hot as it was in Baltimore. U2 360 Miami 6.29.11 I stayed on Edge’s [continue reading]
Days 45 and 46 of my U2 360 tour across America brought me from East Lansing, Michigan to Miami, Florida – 1,426 miles bringing my miles driven over 10,500 miles so far. I left East Lansing Monday morning after the U2 show Sunday night, drove through Dayton and Cincinatti, Ohio, drove [continue reading]
Tomorrow I leave for the U2 360 tour, a journey that I have been planning for over a year. I am so excited! For 2 ½ months I will be driving with my 2 dogs, Elvis and Cilla, across America to all 16 US shows. Along the way, meeting great people and visiting great places – writing about all of my [continue reading]
December 4, 2001 – the final elevation shows in Tampa and Miami The glorious Elevation Tour has come to an end. Very sad, but what an amazing time we had! Tasha, Jenny and Paola came over Thursday night, and we watched U2 stuff until about 1am. We left Friday morning November 30th at 5am, flew to [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]
On the Road With U2 