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]
Achtung Baby was released on November 19, 1991. I was very excited for the release of Achtung Baby as I was now old enough at 19 to finally go to a U2 concert. My mom wouldn’t let me go to the Joshua Tree tour because I was only 14. But I was even more excited to finally have new U2 music. I [continue reading]
I am going to use a little creative license with this post and combine two concerts into one, making both U2 shows in Washington DC at RFK Stadium on the ZooTv Tour on August 15-16, 1992 my favorite ‘W‘ U2 concert. I feel justified in doing so because in all honestly I cannot remember [continue reading]
My favorite ‘V‘ U2 concert was also my last on the Zoo Tv Tour at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 3, 1992. There were two shows in Philadelphia and I was supposed to go to both, but was I moving back to College Park so I only went to the second one. I guess [continue reading]
My favorite U2 concert that begins with ‘H‘ could be none other than the ZooTv Rehearsal concert in Hershey, Pennsylvania. This show started the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour. In the summer of 1992, U2 ditched arenas for stadiums to take their ZooTv Tour outside. I went to the first [continue reading]
One of my favorite U2 concerts was Opening Night of the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour at Giants Stadium in New Jersey on August 12, 1992. It was my first tour opener. It was the first time I met Bono. It was my first and only time on stage. It was the first time I heard Larry sing. It was a great [continue reading]
This April I am again participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. The challenge is to blog thematically from A to Z every day, except Sundays, in April. My theme this year is ‘U2 Concerts from A to Z.’ I will pick 26 concerts from the 75 I have attended. Ideally, they would be [continue reading]
On the Road With U2 