I sat down today to continue my series on songs from and related to the Pop album, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, but after a little review, I discovered that I have covered the whole album and all of its attendant B-sides and other related songs. So, that means that I can […]
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Zooropa!
The Astrobaby and the album that inspired it turn 24 today, and you know what that means: six more years until it gets an anniversary tour! Okay, that’s not likely – but who’s to say that a Zoo TV 2022 tour can’t happen? That would be a great way to incorporate a few songs […]
Read MoreU2 ZooTv Hershey 8.7.92 – the rehearsal concert
My third concert on U2’s ZooTv Tour was the rehearsal concert in Hershey, Pennsylvania on August 7, 1992. 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 five shows and another one a month later. Living […]
Read MoreWorlds Colliding – U2 ZooTv DC 8.16.92
Have your worlds ever collided? If you don’t know what I am talking about, then they haven’t. Your worlds collide when two of your passions burst together to create one amazing experience. This happened to me 22 years ago when my favorite band played a song by my favorite singer/entertainer on the 15th anniversary of […]
Read MoreThey Took Your Life, They Could Not Take Your PRIDE
Today is April 4th, the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. U2 wrote a song in honor and celebration of Dr. King, called “Pride (in the name of love).” I am not sure if it is because “Pride” is the first U2 song I ever heard, or […]
Read MoreDecember 10, 1993 – Tokyo, Japan – Egg Dome
Opening Act(s): Big Audio Dynamite II Setlist: Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One-Unchained Melody, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Numb, Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Angel Of Harlem, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Satellite Of Love, Dirty Day, Bullet The Blue Sky, […]
Read MoreDecember 9, 1993 – Tokyo, Japan – Egg Dome
Opening Act(s): Big Audio Dynamite II Setlist: Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One-Unchained Melody, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Numb, Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Angel Of Harlem, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Satellite Of Love, Dirty Day, Bullet The Blue Sky, […]
Read MoreDecember 4, 1993 – Auckland, New Zealand – Western Springs Stadium
Opening Act(s): 3Ds, Big Audio Dynamite II Setlist: Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One-One Tree Hill, Unchained Melody, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Numb, Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Angel Of Harlem, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Satellite Of Love, Dirty Day, […]
Read MoreDecember 1, 1993 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Lancaster Park
Opening Act(s): Big Audio Dynamite II Setlist: Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One-One Tree Hill, Unchained Melody, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Numb, Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Angel Of Harlem-My Girl, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Satellite Of Love, Dirty Day, […]
Read MoreNovember 27, 1993 – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – Sydney Football Stadium
Opening Act(s): Kim Salmon and The Surrealists, Big Audio Dynamite II Setlist: Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One-Unchained Melody, Until The End Of The World, New Year’s Day, Numb, Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Angel Of Harlem, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Satellite Of Love, Dirty […]
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